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Overview

  • 241 references 173 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Romanian
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2007
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  • Always learning !
  • From Guimarães, Braga, Portugal
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About Me

Trying to live as simple as possible. Love to be on the road and traveling with my bicycle is an addiction.
I am curious and always looking forward for a new adventure.
I love to record moments of life with my camera. I´m using my camera as a way to express myself and document life.
Love to be in contact with nature and to get to know local people and their heritage.
I am a juggler forever and a juggler of life :)
Colors, sun, sweets, spicy, hats, cooking, bicycle, my camper-van, weird places to sleep, friends, smile and smile :) .... things that can also define me !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Since i became a member of cs community I´ve met many big heart people. As i spend some time of my life traveling i try to spread my word about this community to each one that i cross during my road trips/hitchiking/bike trips.
Also hosting and surfing many couches around the world and sharing some unique moments with other couchsurfers!

I started to host quite a lot at the beginning and I also crashed some couches around the world. Now i travel less but i still use cs from time to time.

Interests

As i kid i usted to love to climb, so now im a bit older but i still like to climb :) Slackline, Photography and old analog cameras. Cooking colorful food. Sustainable life, Ecology, Eco villages, Eco building and construction,... Juggling around. Running and Basketball are my favorite sports. Trying to Playing my ukulele( even if im not talented at all for any musical instrument), hitchhiking, old people and their wisdom , narrow and labyrinth streets , cobbled streets, hugs, fruit and vegetables markets, long distance old train trips, nag champa incense, friends, cool hats and colorful socks :)

  • photography
  • reading
  • camping
  • basketball
  • art
  • markets
  • bicycle touring
  • trailrunning
  • bikepacking
  • birdwatching
  • hiking in the mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Book at the moment: Sapiens

Movie: Me and you and everyone we know

Music: El Búho

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My first travel to Mexico when i was 10 years old
Emerging myself deep into the Amazon jungle in Brasil, Peru, Bolivia, Suriname and Guyane Francaise
Travelling by bicycle in South and central America
Volunteering time in Romania
Hitchhiking trips around Europe
Hitchhiking from Portugal to Senegal
Hitchhiking with a police car
I've found 150 euros in coins inside a shoes box
Sleeping in a cave in the middle of the mountains in Crimea, Ukraine.
Unique experience in Trans-dniestr( do you know where is it?)

Teach, Learn, Share

Hmm i think i know something about photography :), juggling stuff i love and i really like to teach the others(all my flatmates learned how to juggle :) ), i can try to teach you portuguese(at least some words), and im always open to learn new things, im very curious :) Ah i really want to learn how to play an instrument !

What I Can Share with Hosts

My passion for life and nature

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Germany, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom

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