I'm a photographer (I love Travel and Portrait photography) and I enjoy exploring local places with friends (eating out in restaurants or doing outdoor activities). I'm fairly direct and I appreciate when people have the same attitude.

I prefer meaningful conversations about life and relationships and I love listening to all the astonishing, crazy or fun life stories we all had experienced at some point in life.

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I recently did a big travel of 18 months (yes, that's 1.5 years of travel, non-stop) travelling around South and Central America, from Uruguay to Colombia, through Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala (3 months) and Mexico (5 months) then continued to California (San Diego, LA and SF): 12 countries in total and thanks to CS - I've met a lot of incredibly amazing people (local hosts and their friends) all over. I can't thank enough to this website and its users; the CS-community.

A lot of people has asked me what was the motivation behind my long travel and so there were a few reasons:
1) I got tired of working in 9-5 jobs so I saved up to quit my job and go travelling long-term

2) I wanted to take travel photos (of the local culture and people in action) to build a travel stock photography portfolio that will eventually get me published in travel magazines

Feel free to check out some of my photos via my Instagram: @ida.pap

And maybe see you in real life, too!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To deep dive in local experiences, meaningful conversations and to make international friends. I've been lucky to have met some extremely kind and generous hosts and I'm so inspired that I can't wait to host travellers, too. Simple kindness tends to be so rare that when it occurs it blows our mind, but it shouldn't be that way. If we have the possibility (and abundance) to share what we have (a couch, a ride, a glass of wine or making dinner together) then why not? Making a difference in people's life is what we should all be standing for.

Interests

• photography
• backpacking
• surfing
• snorkeling
• beaches
• travelling
• nature
• trekking
• plants
• house music
• diving
• jogging
• making friends
• listening to music
• playing basketball
• drinking coffee
• planning
• playing poker
• watching documentaries
• making breakfast
• watching friends

Music, Movies, and Books

Music. I like to listen to electronic music: house (of all kinds; deep house, tech house, minimal house, vocal house); 90's hip hop (the real legends like Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Salt n Pepa, Busta R, Mary J Blige OK well, this list is very long), Reggae and Cumbia
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Movies. I like documentaries and thrillers, or just watch stand-ups on Youtube (my fav is Luis CK)
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Books. I don't read often, but when I do, I read self-development / mindfulness or productivity books. Besides, I've done a few life coaching workshops myself and happy to share my experience on the subject

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've snorkelled down 8 meters underwater and saw some sharks (in Panama) and other things I can tell you when I see you :)

Teach, Learn, Share

My Friends (here) are all my Real Life Friends. Don't take it personally, but I won't add you, unless I know you :)
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Note to men: If I sense that you treat Couchsurfing to be a Tinder-site, I will ignore or block / report you

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you would like some professional photos for your online presence (blog/ instagram) - I could help you out with photos. Besides, I also teach photography, so you can ask me to show you some tricks on how to improve your photos (DSLR camera or smartphone)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, Ireland, United Kingdom