CURRENT MISSION

LIVE my life!!!

ABOUT ME

Tras acabar la Universidad me di cuenta que queria tener la vida "estandard, tipica y normal", asi que deje mi trabajo, mi casa, agarre la mochila y me fui. Mi objetivo era claro: vivir. Y asi me fui a Sudamerica, donde empece mi nueva vida, viajando principalmente a dedo. Iba a ser un año de viaje, y finalmente fueron casi 10 años pasando por toda latinoamérica, Asia, diferentes lugares de Europa y Africa, Australia,...
Un momento me cansé y regresé a mi ciudad (Pamplona) y monté una empresa de turismo (nada que ver con lo que yo había estudiado). Y ahora feliz y contento, disfruto mi trabajo y mi vida. No viajo tanto como antes, ni de la misma forma; pero el espíritu viajero nunca muere.
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After ending my Degree, I realized I didn't want a "normal" life, so I quit my job, left my house, took a backpack and went away. I wanted to live a real life. I went to SouthAmerica (at least language was similar). Idea was one year from Argentina to Mexico and back to "normality". Finally I spent almost 10 years travelling around the world, basically hitchhiking. From Argentina to USA, many Asian countries, Australia, some Africans and many European countries. However, at one point I felt tired and came back to my hometown, where I started a with a Tourism Business. Now, I feel really happy, enjoying my life and my work and more than enough time to travel around. Not so much as in the past, and in a different way; but backpacker' spirit never dies!

PHILOSOPHY

No sueñes tu vida, vive tu sueño.
Nos complicamos la vida demasiado, tomando responsabilidades que nosotros mismos creamos. Todo es mas sencillo. El mundo seguira girando.
En la vida, las cosas buenas no cuestan dinero, y ademas, no son cosas.
Vive, y deja vivir.
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Don´t dream your life, live your dream.
Life is not so complicated as we do it. We put a lot of responsabilities over ourselves that are not important.
The good things can't be bought with money, and what it's funnier, they are not things.
Live your life, leave the others to live their lives.

Interests

Viajar a donde sea, degustar la gastronomía local (comidas y bebidas), probar cualquier tipo de deporte (ahora aficionado al parapente), tomar algo mientras intentamos arreglar el mundo, musica, ... o disfrutar de un atardecer con una botella de vino (por ejemplo), ...
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Travels (everywhere), taste local gastronomy (meals and drinks) and sports (almost everyone, currently paragliding).
Drink a beer while trying to solve every problems of the world.
Music.
Enjoy the sunset... and why not, with a bottle of wine,...

• running of the bulls
• wine
• beer
• running
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• scuba diving
• sailing
• sports
• paragliding
• swimming
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Diarios de Motocicleta (Motorcycle diaries)
Into the wild (Hacia rutas salvajes)

Libros:
El Alquimista; Zahir (Paulo Coelho)
Las Venas abiertas de America Latina (Eduardo Galeano)
Atrapa tu sueño

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lo mas importante, y quizas mas dificil, fue dar aquel primer paso y decir, "dejo todo y me voy". Y lo hice!!!! Deje el laburo, familia, amigos, ciudad, y me fui a conocer el mundo, Y A DISFRUTARLO.
Cosas "menos filosoficas" interesantes que he hecho, son aprender a volar en parapente, navegar junto ballenas y nadar con delfines en medio del mar, caminar sobre un glaciar y acampar junto a él, asomarme al crater de un volcan activo y hacer el amor sobre la nieve del crater de otro volcan inactivo, ver auroras boreales, despertarme a media noche con mi tienda de camping movida por jabalies, estar haciendo dedo y subirme al coche de un narcotraficante (y alojarme en su casa), bañarme el uno de enero del 2008 en las aguas del rio Forth en Edimburgo, correr los encierros de San Fermin, nadie me cree pero creo que estuve cerca de unos duendes...
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The most important thing of my life, and more difficult, was to say that i wanted to give up everything and go out... I made it!!!! I left my parents, my city, my friends, my work,... and I went to know the world and enjoy it!!!
And less philosophical things... for example, learn paragliding, sail next to whales or swim with dolphins at the open sea, walk on a glaciar and camp next to it, stay in the edge of the crater of an active volcano and have sex over the snow in the crater of another NO ACTIVE volcano, be awaken at midnight by wild-boars kicking my tent, enjoy northern lights, be hitch-hiking and get in a narcotraficant's car (and stay at his home), swim on January 1st 2008 in the River Forth in Edinburgh, take part in the Running of the Bulls, nobody believes me but I think I was very close to some goblins... .

Teach, Learn, Share

Supongo que podre enseñar algo, trabajé como profesor de Educación Física y diferentes actividades deportivas. Ahora trabajo con el tema del buceo. Y bueno, si quieres practicar español... (aunque si entiendes lo que acabo de escribir no creo que lo necesites).
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I suppose I could teach something, I´ve worked for some years in sports area, and last years in Diving area. Also if you wanna practise your Spanish, that´s easy for me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Réunion, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

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