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Overview

  • 55 references 40 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Spanish; learning Russian
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • challenging stereotypes and xenophobic ideas
  • PhD in Social Research
  • From Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I have a documentary photography project called The Road Provides (https://www.instagram.com/theroadprovides). Through photos and stories I struggle to counteract the dangerous effect of the fear to the unknown, reducing intolerance and challenging xenophobia and racism.

ABOUT ME

I live between Taiwan and Spain while I study my PhD in National Chiao Tung University, in Taiwan. I have travelled to 94 different nations and have been on the move for the most part since 2011.

PHILOSOPHY

Life's too short to stay doing things you don't really like

Interests

Photography, traveling and writing are all, together, my main interests.

  • culture
  • writing
  • photography
  • acting
  • dining
  • walking
  • traveling
  • guitar
  • sports
  • teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Guns n'Roses, The Who, Nirvana, The White Stripes...

Woody Allen's, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Lucky # Slevin, V For Vendetta, Good Bye, Lenin!, 25th Hour, A Beautiful Mind...

Series: Boardwalk Empire, Mr. Robot, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Los Soprano, Picky Blinders, Vikings...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In 2013 I traveled for 4 months, crossing Asia from Seoul to Istambul by land.

Facing the Hindu Kush between Tayikistan and Afghanistan, totally alone in a XII century rock fortress at the top of a rock, looking the sunset

Looking at the gas crater of Turkenistan, in the middle of the desert, after fighting to get a lift there.

I was robbed in French Guyana, left without a single euro, credit card or even passport... I had to ask even for food during the 3 days that it took me to get back to Spain.

Living the Muhorram in Iran, the most important religious ceremony in that country, surrounded by nice Iranian people letting me experience and participe in their culture

Climbing alone, in the middle of nowhere, till the top of a "volcano" throwing up acid steam in Iceland.

Walking at 2am alone in an unknown suburb of Chicago looking for my host's house. Some dangerous guys threatened me!

Parachute jumping in France with a crazy wind and heavy load, while I was in the army

I have been stage actor; musician in 2 rock bands; barman at discos; paratrooper for 2 years; international buyer for a clothing company en India and Pakistan; showman, actor and English teacher (or all at the same time) in China

Go up to the Everest Base Camp feeling like shit, spending the night there just wishing the morning to come and go down again :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Guatemala, Panama, Spain, Taiwan

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