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Overview

  • 17 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Graphic Designer and Bon Vivant. Urban Arqueologist. Cart...
  • The school of Knucles. Universidad de la vida.
  • From Mexico City and Madrid.
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Breathe. Don't worry be happy. Travel the world while drawing. Eat. Not to die.

ABOUT ME

I love to draw, read and travel... and you know what else. The simple things in life. Food, music, fantarcheology, Beauty in all it's forms. Balance, I'm a libra. Anything that is good or very good or great or amazing. I love things done with passion, time, effort, grace... Michael Jordan. Bonzai trees. Art from Papua New Guinea. Fanzines, Things that are not about money, Good music. Flea markets, thrift stores, Antique stores.

PHILOSOPHY

If life give you lemons, make some lemonade!
Carpe Diem
Don't Panic !
If a problem has no solution, why worry? If it has a solution, why worry?
Truth, freedom and beauty.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Telling everyone I know who could be interested, friends and anyone interested in a social phenomena as Couch Surfing. People with good will.
Pass the message...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed: 2
Hosted: 7
CS Meetings: 1

Some people stayed at my place already and my friends experiences. Met many people who tell positive experiences with couchsurfing. Went to couchsurfing parties in Madrid and had a good time.

Interests

Art, culture, travel, comics, tiki bars, misterys, primitivism, NOFX, pirates, lost civilizations, 1950's,

  • arts
  • culture
  • beauty
  • dining
  • wine
  • beer
  • partying
  • thrifting
  • comics
  • traveling
  • drawing
  • music
  • surfing
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Akira, Pi, Magnolia, Woody Allen, Hayao Miyazaki, El topo, Doni Darko.
Music: Nofx, Lagwagon, descendents, ramones, sex pistols. Miles Davis, Aphex Twin, Cornelius, Beck, Frank Zappa etc... Exotica.
Books: Herman Hesse, Carlos Castaneda, Beatniks, Bukowsky, Paul Auster, Jodorowsky, Moebius, travel books... Phillipe K. Dick, Asimov, Asterix, Julio Verne. Don Quijote de la Mancha... Borges

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

All my travels, specially Mexico. Where I survived a Bus accident in the desert because the driver fell asleep! Watching the Stromboli volcano erupt.
Paris, Drew a record cover for NOFX and met them in person. Been to most of the Tiki, Hawaian and Polinesian bars in Spain and Portugal. Solar eclipse, stars and comets. Toledo, Chesky krumlov, Sintra, Real de Catorce, D.F. Mex, N.Y. Usa, North of Spain, South of France, Malta, Gibraltar, Venecia...

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: not much, but know something about art, Bar tricks, Mexican weird history, Tiki.
Learn: Anything that will make me better. Or is fun.
Share: Experience. Good stories. Beer, wine... Diplomacy,

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, Spain

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