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Overview

  • 96 references 71 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning German, Quechua
  • 31, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Computer things
  • Life
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Explore new places, meet interesting people, learn new things.

ABOUT ME

I have an addictive personality and often find myself diving headfirst into new interests and hobbies.

RPCV of Peace Corps, Peru 2016-2018.

PHILOSOPHY

If you can talk you can sing, if you can walk you can dance.

Mixture of Stoicism, Buddhism, and life experience.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I absolutely love hosting when I know that I will have the time to show surfers around my city and make them feel at home.

Interests

Anything outdoors (climbing, cycling, hiking, etc), eating & cooking (vegan), dogs, coffee, chess, poker, sports, music, reading, movies, art, comedy, cocktails, wine, lucid dreaming, meditation, float tanks.

  • dogs
  • books
  • cocktails
  • vegan
  • meditation
  • chess
  • poker
  • snowboarding
  • rock climbing
  • art
  • slackline
  • outdoors
  • climbing
  • comedy
  • lucid dreaming

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Documentaries, independent films, dramas, comedies. The Matrix, Eternal Sunshine, Whiplash, Waking Life, Oldboy are a few favorites

Music - Indie/alternative, classic rock, 90s, oldies, alt-Latino, jazz, downtempo electronic/deep house, techno, some rap, any strong female vocalists.

Books - Milan Kundera, Alan Lightman, Ursula K Le Guin, King, Camus, Ishiguro; Dune, Harry Potter... list goes on and on.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The little things.

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH
I can teach you how to lucid dream. Help with English, Spanish, computer stuff.

LEARN
I like to learn just about everything.

SHARE
Share food/recipes, know quite a bit about good coffee, drinks, and always love sharing travel stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Peru, Spain, United States

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