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Overview

  • 7 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish; learning French, Italian
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Working at a hostel
  • MSc. Marine Biology
  • From Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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About Me

If you want to learn more about Brazil follow my instagram @gettingaroundbrazil \o/

CURRENT MISSION

I want travel with truth by new truths!

ABOUT ME

I finished my master degree in Biology and now I´m spending some time in Europe. Here I intend to improve my english in Ireland and make contacts for my doctorate. In this next months, I wanna live for a while in Lisbon and I want to visit Porto (meet some relatives), Spain and Netherlands.
Travel and biology are my great passions so when I travel I´m not only looking for learning about new cultures but I also seek to enjoy the local nature.
In Brazil my friends use to say that I am kind, easygoing and a fun person that love to partying.

PHILOSOPHY

Carioca way of life! Don´t worry be happy!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I´m at the couchsurfing to meet people and exchange experiences!
I surfed in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Cork, Porto and Amsterdam. I had an amazing time in all these places because of my hosts. I also hosted people when I was living in Dublin and Lisbon.

Interests

Nature, meet people, experience new cultures!

  • culture
  • wine
  • beer
  • partying
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • biology
  • communications

Music, Movies, and Books

Book: Our inner ape – A leading primatologist explains why we are who we are - Author: Frans de Waal

Movies: The Edukators; Trash; The way back; The boy in the striped pyjamas

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I could tell you just one, but I will tell 7 amazing things:
1 - Cruising through the Amazon river in Brazil;
2 - The hikking to the waterfall of "Segredo" in "Chapada dos Veadeiros", Goiais, Brazil;
3- Dive with pink dolphins at the amazing city of "Alter do Chão", Pará, Brazil;
4 - See and hear a jaguar in Pantanal, Brazil;
5 - Go to Playa Escondida in Puerto Vallarta, México;
6 - See the grey whales in Puerto San Carlos, México
7 - See the marine elephants very closely in Patagonia, Argentina

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to share my life experiences with people and teach them more about brazilian culture and people, especially the good things that are not shared with the world by the media. I'm excited to learn more about different cultures. I can also share many good tips from Brazil and mainly from Rio de Janeiro.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A lot of stories with a nice beer or wine.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Cambodia, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Ireland, Portugal, United Kingdom

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