Hey everybody! My name is Dídac and I am a 25 year old backpacker from nearby Barcelona :). Since November 2023 I am going to be living in Nouakchott for almost a year, so whenever you are here, message me! I do have a low answer rate cause last year I was really busy and not really able to host anyone. I do not need a big paragraph from you, just be straightforward and tell me which days really work for you :). I can show you around the capital of Mauritania and if I am lucky and in the next weeks I can buy a car, we will be able to move around much better. I hope you are not expecting a resort with piña coladas, cause I can only offer you a couch, not even a bed. Hope that's alright :)

I have been traveling as a backpacker since I was 17 years old and I will keep doing it till I die. I love talking and learning about cultures, as I am a Cultural Anthropologist. I have also been working as a photojournalist, covering elections in countries like Iraq or The Gambia, so we can talk about geopolitics too.

I have been to 75 countries and I do want to visit them all. Also I have done so many workaways but never got started on CS, not until I got to Iraq, where I first tried it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The enormous amount of stories you can get to hear from all kinds of people.

Interests

• photography
• politics
• geography
• geopolitics
• journalism
• photojournalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Tame Impala, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, R.E.M, Masego, FKJ, Michael Jackson, Dire Straits, Supertramp, Los Gipsy Kings...
I love war movies and based-on-real-events documentaries
Big fan of Drive to Survive (Formula 1 tv series in Netflix)
Love watching live football (not soccer please)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seen an active volcano in Guatemala
Eating melon with talibans in Afghanistan
Hopping on the Iron Ore Train in Mauritania
Being pointed at with a machine gun in El Salvador
Covering the 2021 elections in Irak
Partying with Belarussian soldiers in Minsk
Having visited Transnistria
Having visited every single country in Europe
Being invited to a football match in San Marino by one of the national team players
Living in Germany and surviving winter

Teach, Learn, Share

I love cooking and learning about your local cuisines. I can show you some delightful Spanish recipes and you can teach me about your favorite dishes :)

If you are learning Spanish or you're interested in Catalan (my homeland's mother tongue), I will be glad to practice with you!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Lots of travel talk

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Guatemala, Mauritania, Spain