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It’s time for a new adventure! After spending 4 years in Pipa, Brazil, I’ve decided to fly across the Atlantic Ocean to explore life in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, and hopefully make new friends along the way. I’d love to write this in Thai, but since the alphabet is completely different I cant. Maybe living there will help me learn it.

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Two years after interrupting my trip due to the pandemic (I had to escape Argentina), I'm back on Couchsurfing, this time to give back all the help I received that allowed me to travel for so long. Now, as a host, I can help you make your dreams come true too. I’m leaving the description as it was during my travels to remind myself of how wonderful everything was.

Instagram: @danilo_couto_
YouTube: YouTube as @Moto Mochila Brasil.

I was born in Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil, but I’m still searching for my place.

I was a drummer in a Metal/Hardcore band, worked in digital marketing, invented a mobile app, walked along the South African coast, and when I returned to Brazil, I had a surf hostel on the beach (Praia do Rosa, Santa Catarina).

I had a good life surrounded by nature, surfing every day, spending time with good people. Then a personal tragedy changed everything. I’ll share the details in person. Life can be short, youth doesn’t last forever, and health is the only thing that can stop us from realizing big dreams.

There’s no more time to waste planning or saving for the perfect moment so I decided to live life to the fullest before it’s too late.

I embarked on the biggest adventure of my life: a solo motorcycle journey for 3 years across the Americas, with Alaska and Ushuaia (Argentina) as my endpoints.

I’ve gone through a lot during this trip: broken bones, getting lost in the jungle for days, encountering the FARC (Colombian cartel), surfing with a gang in El Salvador, theta healing, ayahuasca, peyote, bufo, spiritual ceremonies in the forest, temazcales, working with indigenous people and farmers, and many other great stories I can tell you in person.

I live simply and with gratitude.

Tchau, até logo!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

¡Couchsurfing cambió mi vida!

Las persomas que estan en Couchsurfing son más interesantes que el promedio. Si están dispuestos a abrir las puertas de su casa para completos desconocidos ellos guardan algo bello en su intencion, tienen un estado mental y espiritual más elevado y tienen una disposicion en sumar, conpartir y ensenar más grande.

Todas las mejores oportunidades, aprendizajes y experiencias que tuve en mi vida vinieron de personas de CS y estoy muy agradecido por eso.

Además, CS es la mejor manera de tener una experiencia local real y hacer buenos amigos.

Interests

• music festivals
• exercise
• yoga
• meditation
• motorcycles
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• bars
• metal
• jogging
• outdoor
• python
• motorbike
• motorcycling
• calisthenics
• roadtrip
• punk
• java
• brasil
• motorcycle
• ayahuasca
• javascript
• motorbikes
• trading
• meditations
• outdoor adventures
• stock market
• peyote
• yoga.
• hardocore

Music, Movies, and Books

Musica Trancedental, Ska/Reggae, Hardcore/Punk/Metal, Jazz, Classical, Eletronic

Wood Allen, Guy Ricthie, Almodovar, Lars Von Trier, David Fincher, David Lynch...

Douglas Adams, Nietschze, Dostoievski, Tim Ferris, David Thoreau....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- I am a godfather of a Kichwa Family =)
- Hostel ownership in Brazil
- Jumped from the highest Bungee Jump int the World, in South Africa
- Have a beach bar in Brazil
- Walked the coast of South Africa for 3 months
- Have been traveling Americas for 3 years on motorcycle
- Theta Healing
- Worked with indigenous people and farmers in Ecuador
- Was in a hardcore / metal band
- I invented a cell phone app
- Created a jewelry online store
- Survived for 6 days lost in in the Amazon rainforest
- Rode 120 km with a broken my leg until find help
- Met the FARC in Colombia
- Experience some natural hallucinogens medicines like ayahuasca in Brazil and Ecuador, Peyote and Bufo (el Sapito) in Mexico. Has changed my life
- Camping in a Maya Site Ruins in Guatemala
- Pilot a boat from Cancun to Isla Mujeres
- Surfed Waves from Brasil to Oregon to Baja California Mexico
- Visited Nationals Parks across continents
- Climbing several volcanos and snow mountains in South, Central and North America
- Free fall jump from 11 meters high onto Atitlan Lake
- Cacau Ceremony
- Static Dance
- Temazcal Experience
- Have had friends all over countries

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach, Learn and Share...always

What I Can Share with Hosts

The little I know about travel, adventure, survival, digital marketing, management, outdoor activities, workout routines, Portuguese, and Spanish, my culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, South Africa, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, South Africa