CURRENT MISSION

Traveling, writing, learning, cooking (not necessarily in that order).

ABOUT ME

Born in Peru 🇵🇪, raised in Canada 🇨🇦, and seasoned in Chile 🇨🇱.

I’m a savvy traveler with epicurean habits, welcoming and friendly, but never shy about speaking my mind. Give it a try; maybe I’ll even host you.

I was born in Lima but grew up in Canada. When I was seven, my parents returned to Peru—homesickness, they called it.

Years later, while still in school, I dreamed of becoming an archaeologist. That plan changed in high school when I picked up the French horn. A massive crush on my music teacher’s daughter helped spark what became a deep passion for music.

After graduating, I was convinced I wanted to be a musician. In 1988, I moved to Chile to continue my music education—just as Pinochet’s dictatorship was voted out through a historic plebiscite. Democracy arrived, the country came alive, and Chile suddenly became endlessly fascinating. Immersed in that moment, I realized my future wasn’t music after all—it was journalism.

WHO AM I? 🤔

I’ve been described as a warm and generous host; an incurable foodie with decadent, epicurean habits; a tireless conversationalist; and a knowledgeable guide. I’ve also been accused of being opinionated and arrogant—“pretending to be God because he thinks he knows everything” (a direct quote from a couchsurfer). I’ll admit it: all of the above can be true. 😂🙈😎

I’m deeply passionate about my culture and love sharing my travel knowledge with anyone curious enough to listen. I enjoy hosting and cooking for guests—less so after the pandemic—traveling whenever possible, and trying not to lose my sense of awe. I value life’s simple pleasures, cynicism notwithstanding.

I’m blunt. I speak up. I have strong opinions. I’m not particularly politically correct. To me, honesty and uncompromising forthrightness are virtues. If you’re easily offended, you’ll probably have a hard time around me. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Last—but definitely not least—I’m very sarcastic and possess a well-developed sense of (dark) humor. I can’t help it. Fortunately, I’ve also learned to laugh at myself.

WHAT I DO

I’m a print journalist by trade; a travel and food writer; a fixer and producer; and a tour conductor and travel specialist. Over the years, I’ve contributed to a wide range of outlets across South and North America, as well as Europe.

I was a co-author of DK’s Peru Eyewitness Travel Guide (first edition) and an updater for the third edition of the Moon Peru Handbook. I’ve conducted research for the National Geographic Society and published in National Geographic Traveler. More recently, I’ve worked as a fixer for U.S., Iranian, and Chilean documentary and television crews, showcasing Peru’s gastronomy and tourist attractions.

👁 Instagram: @the.peru.travel.expert

WHAT’S NEXT?

The post-pandemic world feels like a rare chance to reframe life. I hope to finally make serious progress on a long-term project close to my heart: a book in Spanish about my travels. And once it’s finished, I sincerely hope someone out there is bored enough to buy a copy—and actually read it!

PHILOSOPHY

The Anti-Tourist Manifesto

"... as the world has become smaller, so its wonders have diminished. There is nothing amazing about the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, or the Pyramids of Egypt. They are as banal as the face of a Cornflakes packet.

Consequently, the true unknown frontiers lie elsewhere.

The duty of the traveler of the voyager is to open up new zones of experience. In our overexplored world, these must of necessity be wastelands, black holes, and grim urban blackspots: all the places which, ordinarily, people choose to avoid.
The only true voyagers, therefore, are anti-tourists.

Following this logic, we declare that:

• The anti-tourist does not visit places that are in any way desirable.
• The anti-tourist eschews comfort.
• The anti-tourist embraces hunger and hallucinations and shit hotels.
• The anti-tourist seeks locked doors and demolished buildings.
• The anti-tourist scorns the bluster and bravado of the daredevil, who attempts to penetrate danger zones such as Afghanistan. The only thing that lies behind this is vanity and a desire to brag.
• The anti-tourist travels at the wrong time of the year.
• The anti-tourist prefers dead things to living ones.
• The anti-tourist is humble and seeks invisibility.
• The anti-tourist is interested only in hidden histories, in delightful obscurities, and in bad art.
• The anti-tourist believes beauty is in the street.
• The anti-tourist holds that whatever travel does, it rarely broadens the mind.
• The anti-tourist values disorientation over enlightenment.
• The anti-tourist loves truth, but he is also partial to lies. Especially his own."

— Excerpts from the resolutions passed at the First International Congress of Anti-Tourists at the Shymkent Hotel, in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, October 1999. From the book “Lost Cosmonaut: Observations of an Anti-Tourist” by Daniel Kalder, 2006.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

➡️ I have hosted travelers and friends as long as I can remember, way before CS2 existed. 😎

➡️ I used to share a flat with a very good friend and we once had around ten people camping out in the living room! 🙈

➡️ I don't do that anymore and rather have one or perhaps two guests at a time. 🙂

➡️ But it's fun to meet people, exchange travel experiences, learn in the process, grow a network, and possibly make good friends. ✌🏽🍷🌞

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Some interesting facts:

Since September 2008, I've hosted at least 200 couchsurfers from more than 40 countries, as of July 2025.

(Disclaimer ⛔: not all couchsurfers I have hosted wrote me a reference, nor I have written them one.)

So far, the majority have been from France 🇫🇷 (55), United States 🇺🇸 (25), Spain 🇪🇦 (19), Germany 🇩🇪 (16), and Argentina 🇦🇷 (12).

Couchsurfers who hosted me in:

2008

• Areli Gutierrez ➡️ Oaxaca, Mexico 🇲🇽 (11/08)
• Patrícia Figueiredo ➡️ Tomar, Portugal 🇵🇹 (12/08)

2009

• Zeinab Dieng ➡️ Dakar, Senegal 🇸🇳 (02/09)
• Nikolas Sweet ➡️ Saint Louis, Senegal 🇸🇳 (03/09)
• Maylen Rafuls ➡️ Nouadhibou, Mauritania 🇲🇷 (03/09)
• Patrícia Figueiredo ➡️ Tomar, Portugal 🇵🇹 (05/09)

2012

• Juan Carlos Olivo + Caroline De Vreese ➡️ Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪 (10/12)
• Patrícia Figueiredo ➡️ Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹 (10/12)
• Judith Groenewegen ➡️ Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱 (10/12)

2022

• Sol Morán Gaibor ➡️ Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨 (09/22)

Couchsurfers I traveled with in:

2009

• Inbal Abarbanel (Israel) 🇮🇱 ➡️ Mali 🇲🇱 (01/09)
• Christien van den Brink (Netherlands) 🇭🇺 ➡️ Senegal 🇸🇳 (02/09)
• Judith Groenewegen (Netherlands) 🇭🇺 ➡️ Portugal 🇵🇹 + Spain 🇪🇸 (05/09)
• Anne-Laure Bonhomme (France) 🇫🇷 ➡️ Bolivia 🇧🇴 (07-08/09)
• Juliette Ferrer (France) 🇫🇷 ➡️ Huancayo + Cusco, Peru 🇵🇪 (09,10/09)
• Paola Arenas (Spain) 🇪🇸 ➡️ Tingo Marí­a + Pucallpa, Peru 🇵🇪 (11/09)

2010

• Michal Karmi (Israel) 🇮🇱 ➡️ Chaparrí­, Peru 🇵🇪 (01/10)
• Vanessa G. Rosa (Brazil) 🇧🇷 ➡️ Arequipa + Majes Valley, Peru 🇵🇪 (02/10)
• Magdalini Parali (Greece) 🇬🇷 ➡️ Arequipa + Majes Canyon, Peru 🇵🇪 (02/10)
• Philippa Jephson (South Africa) 🇿🇦 ➡️ Paracas, Peru 🇵🇪 (04/10)
• Eva-Maria Kuntz (Germany) 🇩🇪 ➡️ Canta, Huaraz (05/10) + Tingo Marí­a (06/10), Peru 🇵🇪
• Ydwine Zanstra (Netherlands) 🇭🇺 ➡️ Arequipa + Madre de Dios (12/10), Peru 🇵🇪

2024

• Sol Morán Gaibor (Ecuador) 🇪🇨 ➡️ Arequipa 🇵🇪 + La Paz, Bolivia 🇧🇴 (08/24)

Couchsurfers I have hosted:

June 2009

• Marine Exposito (France) 🇲🇫
• Sharon Kennedy (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Judith Kalb (Netherlands) 🇳🇱
• Jen Hsu (Taiwan) 🇹🇼
• Nancy Hasle (France) 🇨🇵
• Saul Elbein (United States) 🇺🇲
• Eva Treichel (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Mona Mathews (Germany) 🇩🇪

August 2009

• Virginie Descamps (France) 🇨🇵
• David Cherqui (France) 🇨🇵
• Suzette Little (United States) 🇺🇲
• James Kelley (United States) 🇺🇲
• Hiromitsu Okimori (Japan) 🇯🇵
• Jana Dolezelova (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Tomas Motl (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿

September 2009

• Ania Wajcowicz (Poland) 🇵🇱
• Marcin Narloch (Poland) 🇵🇱
• Sandra Reynders (Belgium) 🇧🇪
• Jef Hermans (Belgium) 🇧🇪
• Charley Hesse (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Carolina Castaño (Colombia) 🇨🇴
• Minna Heinonen (Finland) 🇫🇮
• Kirsti Lempinen (Finland) 🇫🇮

October 2009

• Juliette Ferrer (France) 🇨🇵
• Marianne Phillips (France) 🇨🇵
• Delphine Sastron (France) 🇨🇵
• Nancy Hasle (France) 🇨🇵
• Paola Arenas (Spain) 🇪🇸

April 2010

• Delphine Zamai (France) 🇨🇵
• Samuel Zamai (France) 🇨🇵
• Fernanda Rivas (Mexico) 🇲🇽
• Marika Tamm (Estonia) 🇪🇪

May 2010

• Miriam Carmo (Portugal) 🇵🇹
• Sasha Clarke (United States) 🇺🇲
• Sarah Saadoun (Belgium/Morocco) 🇧🇪/🇲🇦
• Mike Finn-Kelcey (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Sarah Graham (Scotland) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
• Hubert Piotrowski (Poland) 🇵🇱
• Ania Piotrowska (Poland) 🇵🇱
• Andrea Cessna (Canada) 🇨🇦

June 2010

• Philippa Jephson (South Africa) 🇿🇦

August 2010

• Renee Wainwright (New Zealand) 🇳🇿

September 2010

• Jeremy Marie (France) 🇨🇵
• Elisabeth Connelly (United States) 🇺🇲
• Renee Wainwright (New Zealand) 🇳🇿
• Fiona Mc Keague (Australia) 🇦🇺
• Kelly Shetron (United States) 🇺🇲
• Eunjung Lee (South Korea) 🇰🇷
• Lucia Mondella (Italy) 🇮🇹
• Cristiane Marques (Brazil) 🇧🇷

October 2010

• Barbara Kunkemöller (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Angela Ma (Denmark) 🇩🇰
• Anastasia Pertsjonok (Estonia) 🇪🇪
• Michal Stefan (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Jana Mitrová (Slovakia) 🇸🇰
• Rowena Mortimer (Australia) 🇦🇺
• Liam Furlong (Australia) 🇦🇺

November 2010

• Rachel Gans (United States) 🇺🇲
• Dorothee Saucourt (France) 🇨🇵
• Pia Räty (Sweden) 🇸🇪
• Annika Gilljam (Sweden) 🇸🇪
• Antje Tara Breitkopf (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Ydwine Zanstra (Netherlands) 🇳🇱

December 2010

• Alysha Lederhouse (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Ricardo Cosentino (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Morgan Daniels (United States) 🇺🇲
• Ydwine Zanstra (Netherlands) 🇳🇱

January 2011

• Matt Noonan (United States) 🇺🇲
• Marie Brun (France) 🇨🇵
• Sandra Molina (Spain) 🇪🇸
• Roger Sánchez (Spain) 🇪🇸

February 2011

• Mariana Sainz (Argentina) 🇦🇷
• Sasha Clarke (United States) 🇺🇲
• Inga Grundke (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Gemma Marcet (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Katia Lasret (France) 🇨🇵
• Laura Böök (Finland) 🇫🇮

March 2011

• Sylvie Cazanove (France) 🇨🇵
• Axelle de Smaele (Belgium) 🇧🇪
• Lore Corty (Belgium) 🇧🇪
• Karina Simmonds (Wales) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
• Briony Hathaway-Jenkins (Wales) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

April 2011

• Lore Corty (Belgium) 🇧🇪

• May 2011

Aude-Marie Duval (France) 🇨🇵

June 2011

• Aude-Marie Duval (France) 🇨🇵

August 2011

• Astrid Forget (France) 🇨🇵
• Marilia Durand (France) 🇨🇵
• Pomme Durand (France) 🇨🇵

September 2011

• Doris Fin (Canada) 🇨🇦

October 2011

• Steffi Lazik (Germany) 🇩🇪

December 2011

• Julie Cohas (France) 🇨🇵
• Emma Conroy (United States) 🇺🇲
• Amanda Wolin (United States) 🇺🇲

January 2012

• Teresa Kallsperger (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Jasmin Ziemacki (Germany) 🇩🇪

February 2012

• Elisa Rozados Sauser (Argentina) 🇦🇷

March 2012

• Elisenda Nadal (Spain) 🇪🇸
• Enric Catalá (Spain) 🇪🇸

• April 2012

Elisenda Nadal (Spain) 🇪🇸

July 2012

• Lana Rose (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Laia Rodrí­guez (Spain) 🇪🇸
• Karine Barbeau (France) 🇨🇵
• Simone Barison (Italy) 🇮🇹
• Caterina D'angelo (Italy) 🇮🇹

August 2012

• Shannon McKenzie (Australia) 🇦🇺
• Leanna Heart Worrell (United States) 🇺🇲
• Stephanie Jager (Netherlands) 🇳🇱
• Laia Rodrí­guez (Spain) 🇪🇸

September 2012

• Sara Sánchez Mateos (Spain) 🇪🇸

November 2012

• Magda Wieczorik (Poland) 🇵🇱
• Stephanie Jager (Netherlands) 🇳🇱
• Rémi Molinero (France) 🇨🇵
• Claire Troigros (France) 🇨🇵
• Emma Larsson (Sweden) 🇸🇪

December 2012

• Maira Carpenedo (Portugal) 🇵🇹
• Violeta Ferreira (Portugal) 🇵🇹
• Vanesa Correia (Portugal) 🇵🇹
• Rebecca Wolinsky (United States) 🇺🇲

January 2013

• Sashko Morokhovets (Ukraine) 🇺🇦
• Maria Sharoykina (Ukraine) 🇺🇦
• Lisa Scheuermann (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Georg Hasselberg (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Andrea Schinko (Germany) 🇩🇪

February 2013

• Andrea Schinko (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Lisa Scheuermann (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Georg Hasselberg (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Karolina Jansson (Sweden) 🇸🇪
• María Grazia Montagnari (Italy) 🇮🇹

March 2013

• María Grazia Montagnari (Italy) 🇮🇹
• Meg de Jong (South Africa) 🇿🇦
• Patrí­cia Figueiredo (Portugal) 🇵🇹

April 2013

• Patrí­cia Figueiredo (Portugal) 🇵🇹
• Julia Hildebrand (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Susanne Hildebrand (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Suvi Koskenmaa (Finland) 🇫🇮
• Antonin Dumont (France) 🇨🇵

May 2013

• Suvi Koskenmaa (Finland) 🇫🇮
• Antonin Dumont (France) 🇨🇵
• Lenka Sabolová (Slovakia) 🇸🇰
• Vincent Meyer (France) 🇨🇵
• Esthel Davidsen (Norway) 🇮🇸
• Sabrina Putz (Austria) 🇦🇹
• Gyöngyi Toth (Hungary) 🇭🇺
• Klaudia Borbola (Hungary) 🇭🇺

June 2013

• Audrey Fremiot (France) 🇨🇵
• Marine Chauchis (France) 🇨🇵
• Amira Boucherit (Algeria) 🇩🇿

July 2013

• Amira Boucherit (Algeria) 🇩🇿
• Débora Klempous Corrêa (Brazil) 🇧🇷

August 2013

• Emma Shane (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

September 2013

• Sara Miller (United States) 🇺🇲

October 2013

• Sofía Vizziano (Uruguay) 🇺🇾
• Santiago Rodríguez (Uruguay) 🇺🇾

November 2013

• Teal Balmore (United States) 🇺🇲
• Helen Schefer (Switzerland) 🇨🇭
• Michelle Pitts (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Sarah Newman (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Henry Covey (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Elena Bargo (United States) 🇺🇲
• Erica Bogart (United States) 🇺🇲

December 2013

• Hannah Clare Johnson (Australia) 🇭🇲
• Lucie Remešová (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿

January 2014

• Mélanie Schwartz (France) 🇨🇵
• Lucie Remešová (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Jana Ondráčková (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Zuzana Poláková (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Ani Ivanova Yanachkova (Bulgaria) 🇧🇬

February 2014

• Carla Espinosa (Ecuador) 🇪🇨
• Ole Bendtzen (Denmark) 🇩🇰
• Eszter Laki (Hungary) 🇭🇺
• Gergely Szőke (Hungary) 🇭🇺
• Doris Fin (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Inga Kleschinova (Russia) 🇷🇺
• Florian Fischer (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Oleksandra Tsyrkina (Ukraine) 🇺🇦

March 2014

• Margit Atzler (Austria) 🇦🇹
• Eszter Laki (Hungary) 🇭🇺
• Gergely Szőke (Hungary) 🇭🇺
• Sally Macgarry (Wales) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

April 2014

• Margit Atzler (Austria) 🇦🇹
• Audrey Hage (Lebanon) 🇱🇧

May 2014

• Pierre Mauras (France) 🇨🇵
• Audrey Mercier (France) 🇨🇵
• Joanna Kuzuian (Uruguay)
• Kim Huang (Taiwan) 🇹🇼
• Mélanie Schwartz (France) 🇨🇵

June 2014

• Júlia Sangés (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Rebecca Katya Danicic (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Laura Rokaite (Lithuania) 🇱🇹

July 2014

• Marie Liogier (France) 🇨🇵
• Lucie Remešová (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿

August 2014

• Joanna Marracelli (United States) 🇺🇲
• Laurent Lhomond (France) 🇨🇵
• Elahe Neshat (Iran) 🇮🇷
• Mohammad Hassani (Iran) 🇮🇷

September 2014

• Heng "Scott" Zhang (China) 🇨🇳
• Jing Huang (China) 🇨🇳
• Mika Machalek (United States) 🇺🇲
• Neil Hilton (United States) 🇺🇲

October 2014

• Ana Ochoa (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Pablo Rojas (Argentina) 🇦🇷

November 2014

• Clara Ortiz (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Gaëtan David (France) 🇨🇵
• Mayrah Udvardi (United States) 🇺🇲
• Vilém Děd (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Alžběta Wolfová (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Sonia Mackowiak (Poland) 🇵🇱

December 2014

• Lucía Rud (Argentina) 🇦🇷
• Matze Geiselhart (Germany) 🇩🇪
• March Vargas (Colombia) 🇨🇴

February 2015

• Vida Rojo (Mexico) 🇲🇽
• Jeremy Villemot (France) 🇨🇵
• Lucie Peron (France) 🇨🇵

March 2015

• Melanie Eskelinen (Finland) 🇫🇮
• Carlos Laguna Ramírez (Spain) 🇪🇦

May 2015

• Tiphaine Bonnaud (France) 🇨🇵
• Sylvain Van De Sype (France) 🇨🇵

June 2015

• Jeanne Demonque (France) 🇨🇵
• Justine Demonque (France) 🇨🇵
• Nathalie Van Alphen (Belgium) 🇧🇪

August 2015

• Aurélie Sol (France) 🇨🇵
• Sara Vitoria (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Patricía Rodríguez Cabeza (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Alya Esat (Turkey) 🇹🇷
• Volkan Kalender (Turkey) 🇹🇷

September 2015

• Alya Esat (Turkey) 🇹🇷
• Volkan Kalender (Turkey) 🇹🇷

November 2015

• Anna Malinowska (Poland) 🇵🇱

January 2016

• Letícia Fernandes (Brazil) 🇧🇷
• Zoé Riolet (France) 🇨🇵
• Laris Nadjar (France) 🇨🇵

March 2016

• Marie Dereux (France) 🇨🇵
• Milena Muižniece (France) 🇨🇵
• Alena Chetwynd (France) 🇨🇵
• Quentin Frénéhard (France) 🇨🇵

April 2016

• Sally Stadelman (United States) 🇺🇸

June 2016

• Wendulka Kratochvilová (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• María Mónica Espinosa (Colombia) 🇨🇴
• Alfredo Alarcón (Mexico) 🇲🇽
• María Fernanda Torres Alvarado (Mexico) 🇲🇽

July 2016

• Florence Labrechevski (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Chloé des Neiges (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Véronique Larouche (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Jade Duquette (Canada) 🇨🇦

August 2016

• Mathilde Bertrand (France) 🇨🇵
• Évora Igual (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Adrián Ruiz (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Quincy Kittle (United States) 🇺🇲

September 2016

• Iera Díaz (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Eneko Bustamante (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Regina Doormann (Germany) 🇩🇪

May 2017

• Klaudia Jagoda (Poland) 🇵🇱
• Jolanta Kiszka (Poland) 🇵🇱

September 2017

• Paulina R Campos (Chile) 🇨🇱

October 2017

• Jazmin Cavazos Herrera (United States) 🇺🇲
• Thaïs Martins (France) 🇨🇵
• Cécile Perez (France) 🇨🇵

November 2017

• Daniela Camargo (Colombia) 🇨🇴

December 2017

• Débora Pighín (Argentina) 🇦🇷
• Emmanuel de Diego (Argentina) 🇦🇷

March 2018

• Gera Sarkisyan (Russia) 🇷🇺

January 2019

• Sirkka A (Finland) 🇫🇮

September 2019

• Katie Smal (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

October 2019

• Riama del Barrio (Italy) 🇮🇹

November 2019

• Anne Le Corre (France) 🇨🇵
• Nela Sadzak (Australia) 🇦🇺

December 2019

• Anne Le Corre (France) 🇨🇵

January 2020

• Anne Le Corre (France) 🇨🇵

October 2021

• Abiella Woerlen (France) 🇨🇵

October 2022

• Mirjana Kovács (Hungary) 🇭🇺
• Rita Katona (Hungary) 🇭🇺

November 2022

• Melika Hojjati (Iran) 🇮🇷
• Salomé Rainier (France) 🇫🇷

December 2022

• Ksenia Shevchenko (Russia) 🇷🇺

August 2023

• Işil Dikici (Turkey) 🇹🇷

October 2023

• Alexia Ramos Bargalló (Spain) 🇪🇸

January 2024

• Işik Altunbaş (Turkey) 🇹🇷

February 2024

• Noelia Fabiana Vizzo (Argentina) 🇦🇷

July 2024

• Cândida Schaedler (Brazil) 🇧🇷

August 2024

• Sol Morán Gaibor (Ecuador) 🇪🇨

October 2024

• Svitlana Leshko (Ukraine) 🇺🇦

February 2025

• Diana Infante Cuervo (Colombia) 🇨🇴

March 2025

• Natalia López (Argentina) 🇦🇷
• Belén Lucca (Argentina) 🇦🇷

July 2025

• Sabina Cazón (Argentina) 🇦🇷

August 2025

• Jimena Barros Frairia (Argentina) 🇦🇷
• Luz Ramírez (Argentina) 🇦🇷

September 2025

• Hila Hadar (Israel) 🇮🇱

October 2025

• Michelle Ternovšek (Slovenia) 🇷🇸
• Ele(na) Ávila (Chile) 🇨🇱

November 2025

• Maud van Roosmalen (Netherlands) 🇳🇱

January 2026

• Firdevs Tosun (Turkey/England) 🇹🇷/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Intereses

Traveling, photography, history, bars, cooking, music, hiking, red wine, labradors, cats, salsa dancing, women, plane-spotting, haunted houses, archaeology, ancient cultures, movies, books, writing (of course), urban legends and pranks.

• cats
• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• photography
• beauty
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• education
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• hiking
• camping
• archeology
• teaching
• history
• journalism
• languages
• logic
• tourism

Música, películas y libros

Movies: mostly Werner Herzog, David Lynch, David Fincher, Wes Anderson, George Cronenberg, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Cohen Brothers, Buñuel, Woody Allen, Tarkovsky (with tons of coffee), Bertolucci, Almodóvar and probably two dozen more;

Music: Beethoven, Kraftwerk, Yello, Seun Kuti & the Egypt 80s, Bajofondo Tango Club, Julieta Venegas, The Clash, Jorge Reyes, Depeche Mode, Ramones, New Order, Soda Stereo, Oumou Sangare, Deep Forest, J.S. Bach, The Cure, Jeff Buckley, Miles Davis, dj Estray, Shostakovich, Novalima, Cesaria Evora, Stereolab, Zap Mama, John Cage, Fraktal, Los Tres, Tinariwen, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Maria Rita, Bo Kasper Orkester, Air, Stereolab, and a million more.

Books: too many to list...

Algo increíble que he hecho

Too many to be listed here. Better ask me if you have the pleasure of meeting me!

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

My debts.

Países que he visitado

Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Western Sahara

Países en los que he vivido

Canada, Chile, Peru

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