ABOUT ME
Peacelover, explorer of the mind and the world.
Photographer, engineer, and moderate naturalist.
Love forests, rivers, beaches and mountains. Admirer of those who live on or next to them.
Eu seu um garoto muito tranqüilo, que gosta da gente y compartir com ela. De fácil convivência e sociável.
Amante de la paz y la tranquilidad, explorador de la mente y el mundo. Fotografo, ingeniero y naturalista moderado. Amo las selvas, rios, playas y montanias. Admirador de aquellos que viven en estos lugares.
@simo.jara

PHILOSOPHY
Love...Share
Live...Explore
Enjoy...Adapt
Work...Learn
enjoy reading Zen, Shinto, Tao, Buddhism...
and living American indigenous wisdom...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosted 15+ while in Antigua, and surfed while island hopping on my way back to Colombia, in St. Kitts, Nevis and St. Martin.
CSurfed in Manaus, Belem, Fortaleza, Joao Pessoa, Salvador, Rio, Sao Paulo*, Florianopolis...
Was part of the 1st CS Panamericam Summit in Rio.
Fui host de mas de 15 viajeros que pasaron por Antigua. Desde que sali de la isla, he sido guest en St. Kitts, Nevis, St. Martin; en Brasil en Manaus, Belem, Fortaleza, Joao Pessoa, Salvador, Rio, Sao Paulo, Florianopolis y Buenos Aires. Estuve en el 1er encuentro panamericano de CS en Rio.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

2013. Hosted Alan Ginzburg from Canada; Shira Perlstein from Israel and Travis Mascitelli from US; UliaF from USSR Chernivtsy, Ukraine/Cleveland.
2010. Brasil, the Amazon first and all the coast after... towns, natural reserves, rivers, beaches, hills and mountains. Shared with the locals, fell in love with the country, its people and its culture... learnt Brazilian Portuguese and made lots of friends.
Durante el 2009 y mitad del 2010 recibi gente en mi casa en Antigua, donde trabajaba. Luego deje la isla y viaje por Sur America. En Brasil conoci y fui guest de muchos CSers, viviendo experiencias muy gratas y enriquecedoras.
2009. Hosted about 15 people who came through my house in Antigua, or through my tent right next to the House enjoying the view and the breeze. Was great meeting new people, having fun, sharing and having new experiences. Surfed in great people's houses in St. Maarten, St. Kitts and in Nevis. Have been meeting amazing couchsurfers, most of them on the road by chance, and having really good times with them.

Interests

Photography
Travel
Nature
Biking, hiking, snorkeling
Music, dancing, films
Cooking

• culture
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• boating
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• windsurfing
• camping
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• sailing
• bungee jumping
• skydiving
• buddhist
• paragliding
• teaching
• engineering
• beaches
• parks
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Love movies... except horror.
Read a lot... really enjoy it.
Loove music, enjoy it a lot, specially live.
Reggae, jazz, lounge, acoustic, 60´s rock, south american Rock... symphonic, and goes on... Salsa, forró and samba to dance... Pagode, MPB, bossanova, caribbean steel bands, tropi-pop, soca, calypso, champeta, cumbia, gaita...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

ONE DOZEN...
*Skydiving, paragliding, bungee jumping, rafting, windsurfing, scuba diving, snorkeling, I like all that...
*Sailing from Antigua to Barbuda and back. Coco point in Barbuda=paradise.
*Feeling the breathe of God, inside the gorge of the Iguazu falls...
*With two friends, in motorcycle, we travelled most Colombian mountains in a 3 months bike trip in 2004. Many of our stays were in friends or relatives or referred people's houses. The rest of them except a couple of hotel nights were camping. Cooked most of our food and met lots of nice people in our way...
*Having visited 8 different National Natural Parks in Colombia.
*5 months crossing Brazil from Tabatinga (NW border) to Chuí (border-town with Uruguay)... including more than 10 days navigating the Amazon river, and around two months in the amazing Rio de Janeiro State (reveillon & carnival 2010)..
*Living frenzy buenos aires for almost 4 months.
*Having had a girlfriend called Colombia =)
*Spending almost 3 months in the Amazon jungle, living a very simple life, with friends.
*Getting married.. =)

Teach, Learn, Share

Inquire within yourself.
Teacher of English as a Second Language (TESOL/TESL certified). Can teach Spanish.
Like learning all kinds of new things, specially those practical ones that may be useful. All knowledge is welcome, from astrology and mysticism to how to build a small boat, or a windmill, or whatever.
Anytime I can help, I will. Practical engineering solutions are useful.

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, France, Italy, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Spain, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, United States