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Présentation
À propos de moi
CURRENT MISSION
To be happy
ABOUT ME
I am a traveler by nature and am not sure where I feel most at home. I have moved around a lot in the past few years and am looking for a place to settle, at least for a while! I've worked for NGOs in Africa and the Caribbean and have recently relocated for Mozambique for work. I plan to be here for 2 years.
PHILOSOPHY
Be the change you wish to see in the world. -Ghandi
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. - James Dean.
Ama la vida que vives y vive la vida que amas.
Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I have surfed a few people's couches, hosted some others, and generally met great people through CS.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I was couchsurfing before I knew there was a term and website dedicated to it. I remember meeting locals and expats in many countries - Mexico, Costa Rica, Laos, Kenya, Mozambique - who opened their doors and their lives to me. I also hosted people when I lived in Kenya and the Dominican Republic. I recently joined CS and have surfed couches in Canada and Ireland - both great experiences with wonderful hosts!
Centres d'intérêt
Traveling, languages, music, food, diving, nature, international politics, activism, development work, meeting people...
- concerts
- dining
- cooking
- politics
- traveling
- socializing
- music
- guitar
- scuba diving
- languages
- hitchhiking
Morceaux de musique, films et livres
Music: I love West African (Salif Keita, Ali Farka Touré, Habib Koité, Oumou Sangaré, Rokia Traoré, etc.), Latin (Maná, Juanes, Los Aterciopelados, Juan Luis Guerra, Manu Chao, salsa and bachata, etc.) and Haitian music (all konpa)
Writers: Isabel Allende (La Casa de los Espiritus, Eva Luna, Los Cuentos de Eva Luna), Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Cien Años de Soledad, El Amor en Los Tiempos de Cólera), Ryszard Kapuściński (Ebène), Edwidge Danticat (Dew Breaker, Krik? Krak!), Jorge Amado (Capitaes da Areia), Pablo Neruda, Mario Vargas Llosa (La Fiesta del Chivo)
Movies: Amores Perros, Amélie, La Vita é Bella
Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue
Diving with manta rays in Mozambique...Traveling for a year in Africa...working in South Sudan and seeing the so-called transition from war to peace...getting lost in a Costa Rican rain forest...meeting people all over Latin America, with friendships that have remained until today...Seeing Maná in concert...working in Haiti and the Dominican Republic...the strong and beautiful people of Burma...Reaching Lake Turkana by matatu...working in a Kenyan orphanage...meeting AIDS activists...hitchhiking along the coast of South Africa...the mosque in Djenne, Mali...
Enseignez, apprenez, partagez
I can teach you some languages such as Spanish and Swahili. I can also teach you how to cook some dishes.
I would love to learn how to play the guitar...
I love to share views of the world and life...
Pays que j'ai visités
Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Zimbabwe
Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu
Dominican Republic, Kenya, Mozambique, United Kingdom, United States
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