I'm trying to get to know the world a little step at the time. I have climbed up the Great Wall of China, I have skinny-dipped a hot summer night in the Baltic Sea under the full moonlight, I was bitten by a bullet ant in the deep tropical jungle and lived with the Emberá tribe people, I have stood on the top of a pre-incan pyramid in Lima, I have kissed a beautiful woman sailing the Seine in Paris, I have had my eyelashes freeze at -40 degrees Celsius beyond the Arctic Circle... and it feels like there's a whole world still waiting there to be experienced.

I have lived in Sweden, France, and in the UK. I have been in Europe for about a decade but I was born and raised in Colombia.

This year I will visit Dubai, Australia and Greece for the first time. So I'm super psyched already! Can't wait.

I'm a scientist at Imperial College London.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting people and traveling. Are there any other reasons to join couchsurfing? ;)

Interests

My greatest interest is to live life to the fullest. As cliché as it sounds.
I have also a profound interest in the nature of life and the universe.

• traveling
• socializing
• sailing
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: I have read from Dostoyevsky to Neruda. I read from self-help books to manga. I particularly like fiction but I do not set any limits to my interests. I'm reading now 1Q84 by Murakami... Fascinating book, I'm totally hooked.

Movies/Shows: I watch everything that is out there. I like SciFi, special effects, Japanese animation. Pretty eclectic taste.

Music: I was a lot into reggae, ska and Caribbean music in general... not so much anymore. I enjoy the great composers, party music, son, rock, indie. I'm an open-minded kind of guy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have discovered how the process of oxygenic photosynthesis originated and evolved for the first time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, France, Peru, Sweden, United Kingdom