ABOUT ME

I am a responsible person and I keen on enjoying life. I think that I am a positive person. I'm from Punta Arenas, south of Chile (Patagonia) and at the moment I'm living in Santiago. I lived in Sydney, Australia for 8 months in 2015 and then I visited some places around Southeast Asian and some cities in Australia. I have professionals as well as personal goals that I want to do in my life.

I've been to Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia. Also, I went to New Zeland before I come back to Chile. In Europe, I've been to Spain (Barcelona and Madrid), GB (London), Russia, Greece, and Portugal.

If you want, you can follow me on my Instagram account: @ariel_pingui.
Also, I have some videos on my channel on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/amaldonadoampuero

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing because I think this is a good social network where you can find very nice people, respecting each others sharing good times traveling, hosting or just sharing food, drinks or walk around somewhere.

Also, if you are interested in learning or practice languages this social network can help you with that.

Interests

I really love eating outside or drink something. Also, I like going for a run, listen to music. I love playing guitar, but I prefer to go to concerts. As well as traveling abroad and meet up a lot of people.

• concerts
• travel
• food
• trekking
• drinks
• walk
• play tennis
• concerts and festivals
• football soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Music: Reggae, Rock, Grunge, Pop, Chilean folklore.

Books: I prefer to read books about an investigation or stories about real cases.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have visited beautiful places in Chile, like Torres del Paine National Park allocated in the south of Chile. It was a wonderful experience doing hiking for 5 days.
Also, I visited in Chile Elqui Valley, I really recommend you!!
I've been to in two football world cup: Brazil in 2014 and Russia 2018. There was an amazing experience because I could see when Chile beat Spain in Maracaná and Russia because I could meet a lot of people up.

Other amazing experiences was traveling around southeast Asian, where I did hiking in Myanmar for 3 days between Kalaw and Inle Lake.

About the Tenis, regarding Grand Slams: I've been in the Australian Open (2016) and Wimbledon (2018).

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach: Spanish or (Chilean Spanish, who is quite different from the Spanish that you learn, because we use a lot of slang and we short the words all the time)

In addition, I want to learn other languages but I don't know which one I want to learn yet.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share with hosts great moments because I consider that I'm an easy-going person so that helps us to share information about tips of travel or discuss different cultures.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, England, Greece, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Chile