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Overview
About Me
Insatiably curious about the world, I'm always looking for a balance between a routine life and an adventurous one. Both stability and chaos bring me a more complete perspective of life.
In summer 2021, after getting vaccinated I packed all my stuff and I booked a flight to Turkey, from where I backpacked the Middle East during 9 months. It was my rebirth, a life-changing experience.
Afterwards, I settled down in Huesca, my hometown, with my family (that's why I hadn't be able to host general CS users, just CS friends that I made during my journey that visited Spain), where I've been working for the last year as a data analyst. It has been a great time since I have enjoyed the people I love and I have had enough time to question myself a lot of things, to learn new skills, to do sports, to read and so on.
Now, I feel like the energy bar of the routine life is reaching a temporary end, so a good friend of mine from Huesca and me have decided to immerse us back into the chaos. We are going to backpack Eastern Europe (from Serbia to Rumania) and then we'll take a flight to India to start a brand new adventure in Asia.
About me, I consider myself as an easy going, funny, honest and respectful person. Always curious and eager to listen to anyone's story, what is for me, the fundamental thing about traveling.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
This app suits perfectly with the traveler spirit. Gives you the opportunity to get in touch with locals (which normally are also travelers) so you dive into a full real experience, and that's priceless.
I'm being honest if I say that the majority of the greatest traveling experiences that I lived had been linked to this app and its amazing people.
Interests
I'm a keen person so I'm interested in any good topic, but if you ask me about my favourites, I would say personal experiences, philosophy, nature, science, spirituality, music, history, cultures, religion, traveling.
- culture
- partying
- politics
- chess
- reading
- traveling
- poker
- music
- guitar
- hiking
- sports
- tennis
- astronomy
- history
- languages
- philosophy
- science
- nature
- spirituality
- religions
- hangout
- soroban
Music, Movies, and Books
Music. I love music in general, and I enjoy any sort of music, but if I have to choose my favourite genres I would say spanish hip hop, classic rock and techno.
Books I read this last year (I don't want it to look like a trophy list, it's just to have a good talk if we share any of these books. Anyway, I also think that saying what you read is a good impression of how you thing and feel. Furthermore, many of these books were recommendations of surfers so I can't wait to hear yours). A Fine Balance, Solaris, Essential Poker Math, The Dispossessed, Foundation, Flowers for Algernon, Homo Faber, Fahrenheit 451, Why we sleep, The Great Gatsby, Crime and Punishment, Snow, Steppenwolf, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Elantris, The Art of Peace, The Plague, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Book of Genesis and Exodus, Lord of the Flies, We, The Little Prince, Industrial Society and Its Future, The Magic Mountain.
During this trip I had the opportunity to read: Vedanta in Question and Answer, Advaita Vedanta, Bhagavad Gita as it is, Jaap Sahib, Journey to the East, Smoke, Children of the Monsoon, The Analects of Confucius and Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches.
Movies. My favourite movie, The Man From Earth. My favourite directors Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Have an astral projection experience.
Have Christmas Dinner at the Ivory Coast Embassy.
Being escorted by a jeep full of military while jogging towards an Egyptian pyramid.
Survive a blizzard in the middle of nowhere in Armenia at -20 degrees.
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach you some Spanish and talk in general about the traditions and culture of my country.
How to play chess, poker, tennis and some basics about the guitar (just being playing for 1 year).
Some math stuff if you don't hate it so much(:
Basic knots for survival.
I'm open to learn anything new!
What I Can Share with Hosts
I can cook for them some nice Spanish dishes while playing Spanish songs on the background(:
Countries I’ve Visited
Albania, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Italy, Laos, Macedonia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City State, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
Spain, Turkey