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Overview

  • 14 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese; learning Italian, Russian, Spanish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Saving for my RTW.
  • I'm very well educated!
  • From Linhares, ES, Brazil
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

RTW 2013!!!

ABOUT ME

Travel addicted.

I'm a 22 years old calm guy. Maybe not a big talker and also serious at first sight but that's because I'm shy (just a little)... Except for that, I'm very comfortable meeting strangers and end up making new friends easily.

I just try to make the best to people and see the best in them, that, I believe, is a lifestyle.

I love riding my bike. No matter if it's raining, if it's a dirt road or an urban scenery. I'm also a music lover, trying to go to all of those huge festivals.

I'm not a party guy, which don't mean I'm boring and old!

PHILOSOPHY

"I know I was born and I know that I will die, the in between is mine." - Eddie Vedder

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As a travel addicted, I love the idea of this community, which also changed my vision of the world! I try to host and surf when I can and used to help the former Location Fixers Team, fixing Brazilian cities database.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed
Carol Correia, in Recife, Brazil (4 days)

Hosted
Marcel Schwartz, 4 days
Carol Correia, several times
Manassés Silva, 5 days
Karinne Marques, 1 day
Thyago Miranda, 1 day
Sebastien and Stephanie, 2 days
Daiana and Facundo, 6 days

Shared a Host
Victor Pena, at Carol's
Zane Rohr, at Carol's

Travelled
Zane Rohr, several places
Carol Correia, São Paulo and Rio, Brazil
Julia Castro, several places

Interests

Traveling (obviously!), reading, watching movies, listening to music, running, learning new languages...

I'm an enthusiast photographer and you can see my photos here:
Flickr

  • festivals
  • cooking
  • running
  • partying
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Ok, let's talk about passions!

I really like reading, and my favorite books are these:
1. all of the Bukowski works;
Cem dias entre céu e mar - Amyr Klink
1984 and Animal farm - George Orwell
The Almighty - Irwing Wallace
On The Road - Jack Kerouac
Into The Wild - Jon Krakauer
Around the World in 80 Days - Julio Verne
The Godfather - Mario Puzo
Cien Años de Soledad - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
El Aleph - Jorge Luis Borges
Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse

Music rules my life, no more words. That's what I enjoy the most: Pearl Jam, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Gogol Bordello, Kings of Convenience, The Pine Hill Haints, Radiohead, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys and also all of Jack White's bands!

LastFM

I'm one of those that goes to cinema alone, if necessary. Some movies that changed me in some way:
Into The Wild, Fight Club, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 127 Hours, Easyrider and The Motorcycle Diaries.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

> Sunset at Uyuni Salt Flats. Could not describe.
> Enjoy -22ºC in Bolivia
> Reach the top of a 5421m mountain without any equipments (Chacaltaya, Bolivia)
> Leave from -5ºC and 5km after, enjoy 25ºC in the middle of a rain forest

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm willing to learn something new. All the time!
Maybe I can teach you some cooking. Not that I'm a chef...

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil

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