CURRENT MISSION

to stumble on the side of twelve misty mountains

ABOUT ME

Rafael: According to my grandma, a very nice person.

Livia: a marvelous person, according to Rafael (his grandma usually has the same opinion as him).

PHILOSOPHY

Oh, yeah, that's just the kind of thing that fits in a text box. Seriously, we talk about that over a beer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We travelled for 15 months around the world and surfed a lot. We've also hosted for a while in Rio.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We have hosted and surfed. And it has always been cool.

Interests

Traveling (yes, a very rare interest in CS, we know), music, learning foreign languages, good beer, studying whatever we find interesting, wilderness, diving.

• ballet dancing
• beer
• boating
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• scuba diving
• boxing
• swimming
• rowing
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Ain't writing a list here, we can also talk about that (over a beer).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visiting Bolivia and Peru.
Quitting our jobs in Brazil to travel around the world... and then traveling around the world (which is even better than the above).
Swimming with a whale shark in Koh Tao.
Going to an Indian wedding.
Visiting Varanasi.
Cycling around Poperinge (Belgium) in search for good beer - including the legendary ones from Westvleteren Abbey.
Watching the ballet-like way of rowing a boat performed by fishermen in Inle Lake, Myanmar/Burma.
Seeing gorillas and a massive volcano in the DRC.
Learning free diving in Dahab.
Getting our MBAs at INSEAD after being left with no resources on an island in Thailand with classmates

Teach, Learn, Share

We can teach you what the Gini Index is. Wikipedia can do that as well though.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Some international experience.

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, North Korea, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Germany, Singapore

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