the world is your oyster

Born and raised in Brazil, also lived in the US, Chile, Australia, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia and UAE besides travelling to some 50 something countries in between.

My biggest motivation for travelling was sightseeing, checking out the places I've seen on the Internet. But slowly, I started to get attracted to different cultures and beliefs, and now I travel to meet people, understand their views of the world and try to incorporate these into my own. I love telling and hearing travel stories, finding points in common between different cultures, and how this reflects on people, food, and language.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've been lucky enough to be hosted by a lot of people when I was a poor student, and now that I finally have a stable job, I want to return the favor.

Also, to keep the phrase that has been in my profile for over 10 years: make the world a better place?

Interests

I've been involved in one sport or another for as long as I can remember. At one point it would be water polo, at another rugby, at another triathlon. Right now I'm really into crossfit

• photography
• dining
• beer
• traveling
• volunteer work
• socializing
• sports
• languages
• volunteering
• sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

I love reading fiction books, and I engage a lot with non-fiction through newspapers and print media. I watch a lot of Youtube, and even though I have been watching less and less movies and TV Shows, I still have my favorites.

Musical tastes vary a lot, but I'm usually listening to music from my teen years (punk, pop punk, ska) or from early adulthood (indie rock, indie folk) and surf/snowboarding movie soundtracks

To see my tastes in more detail, I recommend
- www.last.fm/user/Knirt
- https://trakt.tv/users/palharesf
- https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/92448186-fernando

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I was volunteering in a National Park in Chile, there was a massive bushfire and I joined the Chilean Army and the Fire Brigade to fight against it.

Albino wallabies in a sleeper ghost town in Tasmania.

Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, and actually seeing a North Korean with my eyes.

Stay some days with a tribe in a remote Island in Fiji, invited by the priest

Cycled around Netherlands, ~1300km in 13 days, every night a different couch

Be in Hong Kong during the Umbrella Movement (2014 HK Protests)

Teach, Learn, Share

My native language is Portuguese, my English is fluent, and I've been working in Spanish recently, so we can always juggle between these languages if we meet

I've traveled to many places, so I can offer advice for these places or share histories with people who also have been there

I'm not a good cook but I'm an adventurous eater. If there's this really special place or exotic food you wanna take someone but you're afraid they might say no, count with me

What I Can Share with Hosts

Random conversations, cleaning, cooking, shopping, or company to do anything that they feel like

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Germany, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Macao, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Brazil, Chile, India, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United States