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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
THE YNKA TRAIL
ABOUT ME
I am a PHYSICIAN (medical doctor) graduated from Barcelona, Spain., working in Intensive Care in the USA for the last 40 years. I do part time jobs
for Doctors Without borders, and travel frequently around the continental USA in job related assignments.
I am interested in Tropical Medicine., Literature, art, and traveling.
I lived (1979) and worked in Burundi , Africa, in Ntita, near Gitega, with a Missionary Community of Asturias,Spain , and worked 1981-1984) for 4 years in Colombia as Rural Doctor.
I live and work now in Arizona for six months and travel (work.related) the rest of the year.
I love traveling, of course.
I am a romantic but, rationality and common sense guide my decisions.
My mind is in a continuous state of evolution.
I love classical Music in general, and BACH in particular.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
,Surfers are welcome to my "couch" in ARIZONA. . I do travel a lot, so if I am in TUCSON, I will be more than happy to have somebody staying with me at home, because I do love company .
JUST check my actual location because I could also provide couching at a place where I am at any given moment. RIGHT NOW, I am in TUCSON, ARIZONA.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I did travel throu Europe as a student and now, as a professional. I travel throu the States and to third world countries in specific medical mission, sometimes with Doctors Without Borders.
Interests
I enjoy debates and rational thinking. I like philosophy, mostly the presocratics. I´d been inspired by Nitzche, Bach, Borges ( no in this order).
- arts
- literature
- traveling
- music
- classical music
- medicine
- nursing
- tourism
Music, Movies, and Books
Bach, Mozart, and the Baroque era.
THE 50's and 40's
Traditional Greek music.
Movies : science fiction, documentals.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Hiking in the wilderness of Yosemite., hiking in Africa
Countries I’ve Visited
Italy, Switzerland
Countries I’ve Lived In
Burundi, Colombia, Spain, United States