Joaquim Gratovil Duch's Photo

Verified Profile

  • Payment verified
  • Phone verified
  • Government ID not verified

Not Accepting Guests

  • Last login over 2 years ago

Join Couchsurfing to see Joaquim’s full profile.

Overview

  • 1 reference
  • Fluent in Catalan, Valencian, English, Spanish; learning French
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2017
  • Hospitality Management
  • Tourism degree, Hospitality management master degree
  • From Catalonia, Spain
  • Profile 100% complete

About Me

After more than 10 years working and studying in the hospitality industry, mainly in hotels. I have decided to have a break in my live and make true my big dream, which is to have a one/two years experience around the world. Travelling and discovering amazing places, meeting nice people everywhere, try the typical gastronomy, make a regular local life, immerse in it.

I like the adventure, outdoor sports, good movies, I love to appreciate the local archquitecture, I love music, can't live without !. good books, and news.

I consider myself an open minded guy, lively, happy and kind. Love to have good conversations about any topic.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Mainly because it might be the right place to meet local people and know the culture with an authentic and very human atmosphere, one nice way of traveling and meeting people around the world.

Interests

  • culture
  • snowboarding
  • sports
  • cultural immersion
  • beaches
  • mountains
  • food
  • watching movies
  • cultures
  • different cultures
  • paddle boarding
  • meeting new people
  • vietnam
  • hospitality
  • meet people
  • landscapes
  • cambodia
  • indonesia
  • peru
  • peruvian food
  • argentina
  • philippines
  • empathy
  • colombian food
  • teamwork
  • stand up paddle
  • helping others

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Now I listen a lot of Folk - Indi - Reggea, I like all kind of music.

MOVIES: I like movies, many kinds, and some good tv shows. I lOve documentaries.

BOOKS: Reading ANACONDA "Alberto Vázquez Figueroa". Adventure, history, fantasy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was paddleboarding in Bahia de Banderas, Mexico. Suddenly I saw myself was in the middle of the bay among a group of humpback whales. and I felt really nervous at the beginning, they were so close. after 30 seconds breathtaking I realized what amazing experience I was living. All that, with the best views landscape possible, Puerto Vallarta and the Sierra Madre behind

I swam with wild dolphins in Mexico as well. After hours waiting for them, they finally came and start to jump and swim right next to me. Sublime experience.

I have climbed a nice mountain called Posets, at the Spanish Pyrenees. It was fantastic, we made a total of 5 summits. Myself and 5 more guys I met during my way to Posets 3371 meters, we had a great experience. Some parts were kind of hard to pass through , the weather wasn't good. We all helped each other in order to get to the top. Finally we did it and was amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love the nature, the history of the places I go, I like to know the wild life of the area: flora, animals... I can admire a landscape for long time if it deserve it. I love to learn the way of life and the thoughts, the different people I meet during my way

knowledge of hospitality industry, hotels ... that might be interesting.

I will share experiences we had in other cultures, trips, working aboard. So interesting for sure, always is.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can a offer a good guy to meet. Simple and quiet but who likes to interact and meet new people, honest, friendly and very social.

I always have shared my profesional experience and knowledge with the people I had close or liked to know about it. Obviously I will keep doing it. About hotels, restaurants, bars, banquets and marketing. It is all the experience I have. I will try to help among different ambits even though do not have experience.

I Speak a fluent English, I can teach Spanish perfectly.
Starting learning French

Best wishes

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Slovakia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Mexico, Spain, United States

Join Couchsurfing to see Joaquim’s full profile.