Hola! Ben here. I was born and raised in Chile and currently I am working and living in Denmark. Nice to meet you :)

About me: I like traveling, science, TV series, outdoorsy stuff and meeting new people. I'm open minded, very optimistic, at times shy and often ridiculous.

On a typical day you can find me: talking with myself (or talking in my sleep), laughing for no reason on the street (although most of the times is because some sitcom scene I remembered), enjoying nature (basically if it's green I'm in... pun not intended, rhyme intended), enjoying ferry rides (I have a curious fascination with them), fiercely pub quizzing at the nearest venue, insulting Buzzy (my work computer) and/or GLaDOS (my home computer) (oh yeah I name all my electronic gadgets, it's close enough to having a pet), crying during apocalyptic movies and doing a lot of this: https://xkcd.com/1445/

My general view on life: You always learn (specially from failures), you must enjoy life while you can (do everything), and NEW IS ALWAYS BETTER.

My life long dream: Be the one who shouts YEAHHHH on "Mannish Boy" every time Muddy Waters says "I'm a man"... also get a time machine to make this possible.

Misc: I can't really stretch my arms, I have watch every Seinfeld episode an unhealthy amount of times, I always stay until the end of credits in movies and I love listing stuff.

Other places in which I also exist:
Facebook (for us to be BFF): https://www.facebook.com/BenjaSanchezBarja
Instagram (sometimes I see nice things): https://instagram.com/benjasanchez
Flickr (scarcely updated): https://www.flickr.com/photos/benjasanchez/
Duolingo (doing my best, clearly not enough): https://www.duolingo.com/BenjaSanchezB
Github (wait what): https://github.com/BenjaSanchez
ResearchGate (ok please stop): https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Benjamin_Sanchez2

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm interested in meeting you! (yes, you)

Interests

• pets
• photography
• cooking
• running
• drinking
• pub crawls
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• biology
• languages
• mathematics
• science
• food
• climbing
• programming

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, DMB, Pink Floyd, Mr. Bungle, FNM, CCR, Primus, Los Tres, José González, La Renga, Fito Páez, blues, jazz.

Movies: Tarantino, Kubrik, Hitchcock, Ricardo Darín, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars II-VII, Zombies, MCU, Batman, Beasts of the Southern Wild, LOTR, Le Placard, 12 Angry Men, Into the Wild, Walter Mitty, 25th hour, The Martian.

Books: José Saramago, Gabriel García Marquez, ASOIAF, Ernesto Sábato, Mario Vargas Llosa, LOTR, Millenium.

TV series: GoT, Black Mirror, Prison Break, Chuck, Firefly, Vikings, Los Simuladores, Scrubs, Seinfeld, Curb your Enthusiasm, Friends, HIMYM, 30Rock, SNL, P&R, Modern Family, Community, Arrested Development, Flight of the Concords, Archer.

Videogames: Nintendo fanboy since 1994. Specially Zelda and Metroid sagas.

Webcomics: xkcd, C&H, QC, PhDcomics.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The top of Roraima is pretty cool

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Stuff about South America, a little about Sweden, spanish (if that is something you are into) and how to fall asleep really fast (just ask me about my research)

Learn: Everything!!

Share: Sharing is caring :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My vast knowledge about nothing in particular

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Chile, Denmark, Sweden