CURRENT MISSION

There are 53 flags on my backpack and counting...

ABOUT ME

Insta @therealturtlecrusher

I think I have been around for to long now that is not possible to put everything into words but one can try :

Born in Monterrey capital of the Great Kingdom of Nuevo Leon.

Due to my father’s job I moved around the country, from north to south we changed cities every 3-4 years.

At the Age of 12 I remember hearing from a guy about his one year overseas experience, working for an institution and all the things he learned in that one year, my father looked at me and told me that I should think like that guy so in a future I could see the world.

It was the year 2003 when I was sent to live in Canada to learn English however it was not until 4 years later while in university I got bored of a normal life of studies that decided to apply for a volunteering position, and in the summer of 2007 I moved to Denmark for a year.

After that amazing year full of awesomeness, great friendships and backpacking around Europe i had to go back and finish my University Degree (Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering).

The year was 2011 and I graduated without knowing what to do next. Between traveling in the United States and trying to make my own company and failing at it a full year passed but in the summer of 2012 an opportunity came along and I started working as the new IT Support Engineer in a Hospital.

7 months after I started working in the Hospital a friend from Denmark came to visit and reminded me how much I missed Europe so started to look for new job opportunities there.

Few months later i was accepted to work in a University, so in the summer 2013 I moved to Germany. I spent there 2 Years learning new things, making new friends and falling for Eastern Europe Countries like Poland. After that time i had to go back to the motherland but not before making my way back through Dubai and Tokyo.

It was October 2014 and after a long time i was back at my parents house trying to figure out where i would go next. The call came from my hometown Monterrey where i got a 6 months contract working for a Telecommunications company.

April of 2015 and my contract ended so I went to my visit my parents in the deep south of Mexico. Just a few weeks after I arrived there a German friend let me know about a good job opportunity in the university he was studying so quickly I started with the application process.

August 2015, I got the job and I moved to Beirut where I spent 1.5 Years working as the IT Director of a University. During this time I learned a lot about the Middle East and the Culture around it.

In December 2016 i went for the holidays to Mexico to spent after 5 years Xmas with my Family and after this i moved to Germany to work on some personal projects where i spent the next couple of months visiting old friends.

In the summer of 2017 i got a new job, this time in Africa, in the country of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) where i spent 2.5 years working and traveling around west Africa.

Since 2019 i'm back in Germany where i work and live.

Im a simple guy with an open mind that likes to make new friends, to travel, get to know different cultures and i could go on writing like crazy hahah, but if you ever meet me and you like to hear stories, im 100% sure you wont get bored haha.

PHILOSOPHY

One Language is Not Enough,
One Country is Not Enough,
One Life is Not Enough

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have been a host a couple times and surfed a lot. This is an amazing opportunity to make good friends and help :)

Interests

Photography, Motorcycles, Cars, Design.

Travelling the World

• photography
• traveling
• socializing
• languages
• religion
• creative writing

Music, Movies, and Books

I like different kinds of music; but there's nothing like being in a cafe listening to cuban or french music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

From Mexico to the USA to Seoul in Korea to Vladivostok Russia.
Boarded the Trans Siberian train all the way to Moscow and then to St. Petersburg . From there travelled by bus to Helsinki and then by boat to Tallinn.
From there flew to Turkey and back to Beirut Lebanon where I was living at the time.
All of this in 17 days . Best trip I have ever done.

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach you Photography, Spanish, how to cook delicious Mexican (vegetarian) food, but what I like to do the most is to tell stories.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Travel Tips,Travel Stories, Tech wisdom?

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Germany, Lebanon, Mexico, United States