CURRENT MISSION

Eat my way through the world

ABOUT ME

Hi! Olá! Hola! 你好！

I am a student at the University of California Santa Barbara who has been traveling the world for a year. I study International Relations and Anthropology at my university and feel that traveling has helped me understand more about my studies. I love to meet new people and beileve that there is no better way to get to know someone than over a drink and some food.

PHILOSOPHY

Take the time to talk and listen to everyone you meet, the experiences and lessons you learn from others are far more important than the lessons you can learn from a book.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would love to meet more people in the cities I am traveling to. I have come to realize how special it is to see a city through the people that are currently living there.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couch surfed in Spain and Portugal.

Interests

Cultures, Languages, History, Cooking, Dancing, Music, Traveling

• books
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• anthropology
• history
• international relations
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Manu Chao, Juanes, Don Omar, Shakira, Anitta, Lulu Santos, Bodyslam, Tata Young, Baitoey, Jolin, Jay Chou, G.E.M, Mariza, Teddy Afro, Dengue Fever, Googoosh, Haifa Wehbe, Nancy Ajram, BY2 (as you can see my musical taste is an eclectic mix of Taiwanese, Brazilian, Portuguese, Ethiopian, Spanish, Thai, Lebanese, and Chinese music)

Books: Thousand Splendid Suns, The Kite Runner, The Scarlet Letter

Movies: Shades of Ray, The Kite Runner, Casi Divas, Central do Brasil, Love of Siam, Contracorriente

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Loy Krathong in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Sunrise over Angkor Wat

Biking through the ruins at Sukhothai

Hiking Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro

Hiking Machu Picchu

Teach, Learn, Share

I can always offer my help in English, cooking (I love to cook and would love to get to know new friends over a good cooked meal), and I am a bit of history fanatic.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Cambodia, China, England, Laos, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Thailand, United States