CURRENT MISSION

Learning from other people and their cultures.

ABOUT ME

I am open-minded and love to meet and learn from people from different walks of life and cultures.

I have been a professional singer for about 20 years; I love my job and feel blessed everyday from the opportunities it has given me, like travel. I work a lot now on cruise ships and I try to fly to places early so I can enjoy the city for a few days before I join the ship for my work.

Sometimes I do voice overs and work as a presenter for various companies.

I love Brazilian culture and I am (slowly) learning Portuguese (I am crap at it, but enjoy trying).

I don't go clubbing and I like loud bars where you have to shout to be heard... not my scene. I like a drink, but in moderation. I love trying local food and enjoying good dinners with fun, interesting, outgoing people.

I enjoy photography, architecture, films, music (mainly jazz), food, writing and reading. I like to keep in shape and take care of myself so I try to eat reasonably healthy, but it's always a battle!

PHILOSOPHY

Be kind and treat others as you hope to be treated yourself. The golden rule.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now my work takes me away from home for most of the time, so I am not often around to host. I will in the future though. Things always change.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am pretty new to Couch Surfing and have only been hosted twice, in Brasilia and Buenos Aries. Loved it.

Interests

Music, laughter, movies, photography, theatre, people and places.

• culture
• writing
• singing
• architecture
• photography
• dining
• walking
• drinking
• clubbing
• flying
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• hunting
• surfing
• scuba diving

Music, Movies, and Books

Swing, jazz, latin, lounge. Easy listening. I love films. Some favourites:
Cinema Paradiso,
Withnail and I,
The Talented Mr Ripley (and Plein Soleil),
Fargo,
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot,
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,
Rope,
La Belle et la Bete,
My Fair Lady,
Waiting for Guffman,
Rosemary's Baby,
Strangers on a Train,
Silence of the Lambs,
Physco,
Personal Services,
Brief Encounter,
Toy Story,
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,
To Kill A Mockingbird,
Das Boot,
Singing In The Rain,
Forest Gump,
The Wizard of Oz,
Bullets Over Broadway,
Religilous,
Gandhi.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have traveled a lot with my job and am lucky enough to have experienced a bit of over 60 countries. Highlights include diving with Manta Rays in Hawaii, walking the Great Wall and feeding black bears in Beijing, a cage dive with Great White Sharks in South Africa, eating home made dumplings in a tiny restaurant in Manila and trying balut (don't ask, I love trying new stuff, even if it makes me sick), hand-gliding in Rio, hunting for fossils in Lebanon, horse trekking in Petra, hanging on to the back of a motorbike in Saigon’s rush hour with a massive suitcase balanced on my knee, walking with penguins in the Falklands, diving with sharks in Cape Town, taking a helicopter to the top of an Alaskan glacier.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know: English, performing, singing, stage-craft, creating shows, and scuba diving (a bit).