Piura, Piura, Peru
@Goykoetxea
Member since 2017
๐ โ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ค๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ฃ โ๐๐ฃ๐ฆ Since I found Couchsurfing in January 2017 I totally felt in love with the concept of this amazing platform brings: โShare and Careโ and I am completely happy that in all this time I have been able to help many travelers from all around the world, now theyโre my friends. When I was traveling through South Africa in November 2019 I was contacted by the Couchsurfing Ambassador Programme to be part of this group, this was a fantastic moment to me because I wanted to be part of them time ago but I did not know how to do it. It is an honor to be an Ambassador now. As Ambassador I can help you in different ways: ๐ฉ โญ๐ต๐ด๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ ๐ด๐ ๐ด๐ฝ๐ ๐ I can feature your event and make it more interesting to the community, just send me a message and give me more details, I will be glad to help you. ๐ฉ โญ๐ฝ๐พ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ ๐ฝ๐ด๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐พ๐ ๐ (currently suspended by the Ambassador program). If you identify yourself as a potential candidate and you are very active in our community with hosting/surfing/doing events/hanging outs, please contact me and we can start the process wiht the CSHQ Team ๐ฉ โญ๐ ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐พ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ ๐ฝ๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ด๐ผ๐ฑ๐ด๐ ๐ I will communicate with you in order to explain you with more detals what CS means and how you can improve your profile for being more succesful in your requests. ๐ฉ โญ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ต๐พ๐ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐พ๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ If you are visiting Peru I will write you a personal message to share with you some informationabou the country like places/cities to visit, contacts and routes that you can do. โ ๏ธ๐จ MPORTANT INFO ๐จ โ ๏ธ If you are having or have had a problem with anyone from Couchsurfing (as guest or host) here in Peru or any other country please do not hesistate in contacting me and giving me details about it. I will help you to report this situation with the CSHQ and try to find a solution for you. If you want to know more about Couchsurfing Ambassador Programme just check this link ๐๐ผ https://blog.couchsurfing.com/couchsurfing-ambassadors/ If you still have questions or you need help/advices then feel free to join to the next group where all Ambassadors will help you. https://www.couchsurfing.com/groups/ambassadors-can-we-help-have-q-we-re-up-to-it If you want to know the policies and what things you can do and what you can not do, then I invite you to review the Couchsurfing Values and Safety information and get to know the community! If you have any questions about how the site works or need to contact support, check out the FAQ here: ๐๐ผ https://support.couchsurfing.org/hc/en-us =================================== Read my adventure during the first part of quarantine in Perรบ and how a group of travelers became in a new family. Link: ๐ https://blog.couchsurfing.com/quarantined-in-the-peruvian-amazon/ =================================== โ๏ธ If you send me a request, please share your contact information in your message โ๏ธ I am from Piura, a nice, small and sunny city at the north of Peru with wonderful beaches, delicious food and very kind people. I am civil engineer with a master degree in Construction Project Managment and now I am working as Infrastructure Supervisor. I consider myself as a quiet guy, very polite and openminded, very sensitive and a big lover of good food and nature. I like traveling a lot and enjoying each place I visit, each moment I live and each person I meet in my life. That is my philosophy! I always respect culture differences. After a lot of years I could learn that life is more simple than it really appears, for that reason I always try to live in a good way and feeling the moment. Read a little bit more about me in this link ๐๐ผ https://blog.couchsurfing.com/conoce-a-giancarlo/ My friends and family call me Gian, please be free to do the same. After working many years including a master degree I decided to have a different life style without less restrictions, not materialistic and with a contact with nature and soul. I am learning about Huachuma and San Pedro โจ๐ตโจ old peruvian medicine to find myself and be able to help people. My goals: โบ๏ธ Soft ego death. โบ๏ธ Self discovery. โบ๏ธ Opening to the mistical. โบ๏ธ Seeing beyong the normal life and trying to find a real connection with the environment, with nature, with people. We can share this knowledge and connection. ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฉ DO YOU LIKE VOLUNTEERING? Then you can read the next information and be part of our little projects that my family and I run in the north of Peru. โถ๏ธCOFFE FARM VOLUNTEERING HUAQUILLO: ๐location: Tamborapa Pueblo, Tabaconas, San Ignacio, Cajamarca My family has coffee plantations and I am looking for girls and guys who want to live the experience during days/weeks and enjoy a different kind of life in the middle of the jungle. If you want to know more about this, please contact me by inbox and ask me for the links ๐ ๐งก๐๐๐๐โ๐จ๐ผโ๐พ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐พ๐ณ๐ด๐ฑ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ โถ๏ธ ECOFARM VILLA MECHITA : ๐Location: CARRETERA CHULUCANAS KM 246, PIURA We are trying to reforestate this part of the desert with native trees like zapote and algarrobo meanwhile we work in a sustainable way planting our own food like veggies and animals like ducks, turkeys, hens and more. For extra information, please drop me a message and I will share the links with you. ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ชน๐ณ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐พ๐จ๐ผโ๐พ๐๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐โโฌ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐
Interested in Art
Fluent in English
Learning German
Ambassador
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I started with CS on January 2017 because of of my best friends from Croatia recommended it to me and from this moment I felt the connection with this amazing platform and with the feeling of being part to this great worldwide family. Couchsurfing also means to me the best way to make friends from all over the world and understand different cultures. Is amazing how many guys and girls I could meet during this time like a host and guest, spending great moments with them. I am also here because I really like the CS concept: meeting locals and enjoy with them how is the real life in each city/country. I want to help surfers to know how is my country and also give them an special space where to live here in Piura / Lima. This is the list of the countries that I have visited, so far: Europe ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐ฆ๐น Austria ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands ๐ต๐ฑ Poland ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia ๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐ป๐ฆ Vatican State ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ช๐ฆ Spain ๐ญ๐ท Croatia ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina ๐ท๐ธ Serbia ๐ญ๐บ Hungary ๐จ๐ฟ Zcech Republic North America ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico Africa ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia ๐ง๐ผ Botsuana ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa ๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique ๐ธ๐ฟ Esuatini South America: ๐ต๐ช Peru.๐ช๐จ Ecuador Central America โ Caribbean โ Australia and Oceania โ Asia โ
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: All kind of Rock like PUNK, GRUNGE, ALTERNATIVE, HEAVY, TRASH I am fanactic of Rock 90's and my favorite groups are: -NIRVANA -STONE TEMPLE PILOTS -RHChP -BUSH -BLUR -GARBAGE -THE CRAMBERRIES -SILVERCHAIR -AEROSMITH -SOUL ASYLUM -GREENDAY -OFFSPRNG -MOLOTOV -LOS ZOPILOTES -MAR DE COPAS -G3 I also like peruvian music, like criolla, marinera, vals, tondero. My likes also include latinoamerican music like trova from Silvio Rodriguez, Mercedes Sosa, Piero, Violeta Parra and more. Books: I have a lot of favorite books but i do love all about Tolkien like The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Simarillion and more. I do like too all kind of books like horror, thriller, scince fiction. Here some favorite writers/authors: -J.R.R. TOLKIEN -GEORGE R.R. MARTIN -EDGAR ALLAN POE -RAMรN VILARร -ANDREA FREDIANI -KATIE HICKMAN -EMILIO SALGARI -GEORGE SHIPWAY -LUDO DE BAUX -MICHELLE CONELLY -DEWEY LAMNDIN -MICHAEL CRICHTON -GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ -MARIO VARGAS LLOSA I love Tolkien world! I have read all his books and of course i am also a fan of the movies (Trilogy TLOTR and The Hobbit)
One Amazing Thing I've Done
-Travel to Europe with just $600 for 3 months. -Visit Machupicchu 3 times (the last one I climbed Huaynapicchu). -Garden Route - South Africa -Climb Lion's Head and Mountain Table the same day. -Explore Pacaya Samiria Natural Reserve.
Teach, Learn, Share
I love cooking, i learnt it when i was a child and my teacher was the best: my mom! (in fact she is still my favorite) In order to this, i could teach all surfers to make peruvian food! I also could teach spanish and how peruvian people drinks beer!
What I Can Share With Hosts
I think is important to be in a nice place where you can spend time on holidays or during the trip, i like to offer it because I am also a traveller and is really a good experience to share those things. I could share an little space in my home and food if i am available to cook or if surfers cook too :) Good conversation, great walkings and a more. As a surfer I could share all my experiences, I also could teach to cook peruvian food, spanish and tell you about my country and my culture. I really like to talk and walk around with people, i also like to listen and understand how they think and how they see this world.