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Overview

  • 4 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Catalan, Valencian, English, French, Spanish; learning Chinese, Italian, Portuguese
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Financial Consultant & Photographer
  • Bachelor in Business Administration / Bachelor in Tourism
  • From Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Leave everyone better than I found them

ABOUT ME

I'm a jack of all trades, master of none.

Spanish, born and raised in Barcelona, I am currently living in Switzerland, working with numbers for a big chocolatier, a high risk job... too many sweet sins sorrounding me every day!

I am a dreamer and curious person in all senses and always focus on enjoying the small good things in live; I believe in human kindness and karma. My leitmotiv: try to do good things to the people that sorround you, sometimes just a smile is enough.

I try to be off the beaten path at least once a year, always in company of my camera; I simply adore portrait photography, and when I am travelling, I end up having my SD cards full of different faces and expressions of people to whom I crossed.

Next: discover Myanmar. Would you like to be part of my experience there?

PHILOSOPHY

Be open to what life offers me every day. Maybe sometimes I am not living the life I imagined, but keeping positive and open allowed me to be part of amazing experiences and encounter people I would never thought to cross

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I started using couchsurfing back in 2007, when I first travelled to Asia.

I have been quite active in CS lately, as I have hosted a few people that were travelling around Switzerland.
I will be glad to have you in my place if I am around and only if you promise to bring good stories to share with me ;)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have slept in couches in Indonesia, Vietnam & India. The CS people that hosted me were extremely nice and helpful when I was around... that's the extra value of this CS experience, not only having a place to stay, but also to meet locals that end up giving the best tips to move around the city where you are

Interests

Photography, particularly portrait.
I can't avoid capturing pictures of people I cross... I end up building my trip memories through the faces I've seen rather than the buildings I visited. And for that, I can always check lonelyplanet!

  • photography
  • traveling
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently reading the Norwegian Wood... and I am loving it.

Recent movies I've seen so far that I enjoyed: Drive, Melancholia, the Good Shepherd, From Rome with Love...

I am a sort of a jazzaholic and opera fan, but I do listen to normal music too haha. One of the recent most amazing music discoveries I made, two gorgeous young groups: Beach House and The Shins! Bright future ahead for those 2!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was around Laddakh back in 2010 during the time that the massive floodings affected Northeast Pakistan and North India. My trekking trip around the laddakhi region turned out to be a volunteering trip helping the damaged areas... very unexpected, but intensively positive!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Monaco, Myanmar, Qatar, Switzerland, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Spain, Switzerland, United States

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