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Overview

  • 11 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish; learning French, Italian
  • 48, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Physical education teacher
  • Bachelor in Sport Sciences and Master in Biodiversity
  • From Born in Coimbra, grew up in Olhão
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Be happy and enjoy life

PHILOSOPHY

Carpe Diem, with respect by the others and by nature

Interests

Travel, be with my friends, listening music, sports (climbing, trekking, alpinism and other outdoor sports), collect and identify mushrooms, meet new people, places and cultures.
To feel, be in and enjoy the great Outdoors....

  • traveling
  • eating out
  • alpinism
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • trail running
  • sports
  • rock climbing
  • mycology

Music, Movies, and Books

I hear different kinds of music. For instance,
Reggae: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Gregory Isaacs, The Skatalites, Finley Quaye
Rock/pop (not to much pop...): Mettalica, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Dire Straits, Led Zepplin, Ben Harper, Manu chao, The Doors...
World traditional music, like ZaKir Hussein, Youssou N'Dour, Ravi Shankar, Fela Kuti, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Toumani Diabate
A lot of portuguese music: Sérgio Godinho, Xutos e pontapés, Madredeus, António Variações, Deolinda, Rao Kyau, Carlos Paredes, Jorge Palma, Dead Combo
Sometimes some Electronic (less and less...) : Underworld, Shpongle, Infected mushrooms, Astral Projection, Juno Reactor, Peter Kruder, Thievery Corporation...

Some writers that I like: José Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Mia Couto, Luis Sepúlveda, Paul Bowles, Milan Kundera, Hermann Hesse, Aravind Adiga.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Diving with sharks in Azores, seeing wild orangutans in Borneo, climbing really nice mountains in Alps.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Cabo Verde, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Italy, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal

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