CURRENT MISSION

Meeting people and reach them and their stories on bikes. Being happy.

ABOUT ME

I'm a 33 year-old guy from São Paulo's countryside. Moved to São Paulo city 5 years ago because I love the ethnicity of this city, its museums, nightlife, restaurants, music festivals... as a photographer, it's the city I have to live in Brazil otherwise I would ending up as a wedding/prom photographer.
Currently travelling the world on bikes. So far 26.000km through 33 countries.

PHILOSOPHY

Kinda hard on this one but I'm pretty easy-going, respectful, benevolent. I always try to see a good side of a story. I believe in sharing, exchanging ideas, helping others. Twice I bought 60 kits (each with 12 color pencils, 12 color crayons, pencil sharpener, eraser, ruler) prior to backpacking. Once in 2009 I donated those kits to a school in San Antonio de Los Cobres in Argentina and in 2010 to an orphanage in Lima, Peru.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As a photographer that will be working on a personal project nothing fairer than giving some photo lessons! If you're a musician, I'll make the pictures for your forthcoming album. If you need some help with your garden, we can trim it for you! You think you need to lose some weight from the year's eve feast, Karla can help you!
The trip we're planning is focused on people's lives. So, anything they'll eventually need, we can help!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

While living in America I couchsurfed in Glady's and Lisa's apt. They were also front-desk associates and I stayed at their place for a week.
Then 3 times in Argentina. Once in Cordoba and twice in Buenos Aires.
The guy I couchsurfed in Buenos Aires, Juancho, was a friend of a friend of mine. In 2007 I backpacked and stayed in his place.
Last year, 2010, Karla and I had a backpacking honeymoon and we stayed in Fabio's place in Cordoba. I met Fabio during the 2007 backpacking. Then we stayed in Juacho's apt.

Interests

Music (Pearl Jam, Pixies, Radiohead, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Jimi hendrix, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Ben Harper, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Rosario Smowing, Norah Jones, Morcheeba, Cake, KOL, Sonic Youth, Red Hot, Thievery Corp, Portishead, Regina Spektor, ...)
Food. Thai food, Vietnamese food, Italian food, Indian food, Japanese food, Chinese food... fruit, pastry, chocolate.
Photography. Documental photography, portrait, some fashion.
Interested in learning some words from your language.

• fashion
• photography
• coloring
• music festivals
• festivals
• dining
• italian food
• chocolate
• chinese food
• indian food
• japanese food
• nightlife
• gardening
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• backpacking

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Ouch! Please, Ctrl+C Ctrl+V in interests! Sorry it's late at night in here!
I forgot to mention that I like some electronica specially Drum'n'Bass. Well, do not want to brag but the best D'n'B DJ in the world is a Brazilian guy... Marky.
Movies: Big Fish, Into the Wild, Little Miss Sunshine, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, Tropa de Elite, Carandiru, Cidade de Deus, Rosso Come il Cielo, Parenti Serpenti...
Books: Anthony Bourdain ones, Eduardo Galeano ones, Into the Wild, Photography Books, Titouan Lamazou, Bang-Bang Club, Steve McCurry...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

So many. Promise I'll write them down. It's getting late and I'm pretty tired!

Teach, Learn, Share

Photography, brazilian cuisine, portuguese, some spanish, english, how to make a tasty caipirinha or mojito...

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, France, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, United States

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