CURRENT MISSION

Write more! Cook lots!

ABOUT ME

I never feel as comfortable and happy as I do when I'm traveling. I love to meet new people on the road, but I also like being on my own. I am currently finishing a master in Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and plan to travel a bit afterward. I got married a few years ago, so chances are you will meet me and my partner.

You can keep tab on my travels and adventures on Instagram: instagram.com/jimedylan

PHILOSOPHY

There is no city in this world that is not worth visiting.

(coming from Lima, sometimes referred to as "Lima la horrible" ("Lima the Ugly") I know this is a fact!)

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

For the time being, only surfing or meeting people in the cities I visit. I look forward to hosting once I'm back home next year!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Used a bit of Couchsurfing in 2013. Looking to go back at it soon.

Intereses

- I write about politics, culture and urbanism. My parents are a book editor and an architect, so it makes sense that I'm extremely passionate about both books and cities!

- Food! Definitely a "foodie"! I'm a vegetarian and my partner is not, but usually also enjoys vegetarian meals!

- DIY:I knit, crochet and sometimes make clothes. I also like baking sourdough bread and cooking things from scratch.

- Politics + micro-politics. Women's rights. LGBT rights. History and analysis of social movements.

- Also: Art, Photography, Music, Movies, Wine, History, Dogs and Design, Yoga, Trekking and Surfing!

• dogs
• arts
• culture
• books
• literature
• poetry
• architecture
• design
• photography
• diy
• concerts
• lgbt rights
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• baking
• vegetarian
• yoga
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• crochet
• knitting
• music
• surfing
• swimming
• history
• beaches
• treking

Música, películas y libros

- Movies (some, but definitely not all!): The New World, The Tree of Life and Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick), Uncle Bonmee who can recall his past lives (Apichatpong "Joe" Weerasethakul), If... (Lindsay AGranderson), Harold & Maude (Hal Ashby), Memorias del Subdesarrollo (Tomas Gutiérrez Alea), L'Enfant sauvage (Francois Truffaut), Rushmore (Wes Anderson) Pauline à la plage (Eric Rohmer), among others. Picking your favorite movies is hard!

Music: Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, Caetano Veloso, Serge Gainsbourg, Nico, Nick Drake, Belle&Sebastian, The Velvet Underground, Lambchop, American indie and folk, funk, Brazilian 70's, anything you can dance to!
// Currently playing on my iPod: Atlas Sound, Cat Power, Daft Punk, Detroit Cobras, Blood Orange, El Gincho, Lower Dens, Foxygen, Generationals, Kurt Vile, Yo La Tengo.

Books: Los Detectives Salvajes and 2666 by Roberto Bolaño, The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, HHhH by Laurent Binet, From the Garden by Jerzy Kosinsky, Things by George Perec, Michel Houellebecq.

Graphic novels: I never liked you by Chester Brown, Maus by Art Spiegelman, Shortcoming by Adrian Tomine.

Algo increíble que he hecho

- Found the road less in Bali by taking a solo circular motorcycle around the island!

- Watching the sun come up and the papagayos in the Amazon jungle wake up in the clay pits where they eat. The sound was so loud I couldn't hear my own voice even if I yelled. Amazing!

- Swimming in a deserted beach under a full moon in northern Peru, surrounded by luminescent plankton that glowed everywhere around me!

Enseña, aprende, comparte

I'll be more than happy to teach you how to knit or crochet. We can also bake sourdough bread and do Yoga or Pilates!

If you are interested in literature, I'd be more than happy to recommend you some great stuff from Peru and can help you find the books. Same with music!

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

My sourdough starter! I can dehydrate it to travel with me.

Países que he visitado

Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Países en los que he vivido

England, Peru