I am from Guatemala, at 17 I moved to Canada and then moved to Maine (USA) to go to college.

After graduating, my gf and I moved to the one city in Maine (Portland). I worked at a tallship for the summer, and just recently started working for an environmental organization doing grassroots outreach (aka plan a revolution).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I traveled around Europe a couple of times and Couchsurfing was a great way to meet people and places. I've had great experiences in Couchsurfing and met people I still keep in touch with and visit once in a while.

I believe that meeting people is one of the best things about traveling and I want to get that from my travels and offer that to people traveling.

Interests

Futbol is one of the things I can't live without. Music is another one.
I enjoy reading and talking about books.
I love cooking, and drinking coffee and beer.

• writing
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• kayaking
• soccer
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Enemy (Denis Villeneuve), The Double (Richard Ayoade), Inception and Memento (Nolan). Quentin Tarantino!

Books: Anything by Julio Cortazar, Garcia Marquez, Eduardo Galeano. I want to read more of Saramago and Camus.

Music: Pretty much anything. I've been getting into alternative latin music and electro-cumbia. Anything tho.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once during an intense kayak expedition off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada I saw a Humpback whale just a hundred meters in front of me. Pretty amazing.

Hike up the Machu Picchu and the mountain behind it.

Went to a Zapatista community and played futbol with little zapatista children.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Sweden, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Guatemala, United States