AFTER BRIEFLY RECONNECTING TO CS TO SEE IF I COULD FIND SOME COMMUNITY ON TRAVELS, I AM DEACTIVATING AGAIN AS I DIDNT HAVE MUCH LUCK!!
HOPE TO BE BACK ONE DAY AGAIN, SORRY IF I MISSED YOUR MESSAGES!!!
Vamos viver, vadiar, o que importa é nossa alegria....

I'm Lola Gabie (or Gabie Lola, or whatever fun nickname you can come up with, I'm all years) young soul with mostly Basque roots, afro-latina heart, a starchild travellin' and roamin' through settings/emotions/characters.
I gew up in W. AFRICA/S.E. Asia/States/LatinoAmerica and have lived a little in Europe, and carry lots of stories and am hoping to meet young to experience life with, learn from, eat with (I almost just left it at "eat" then realized my error), go dancing...
I have been working as an anthropologist and guide in CentroAmerica since 2015 !
hosting situation:
My profile says BKK as I last had a home in BKK prepandemic but will change it when I'm not travelling

"Hay que aprender a desaprender
no es contradiccion, es enmendarse.
No todo lo que se ve es realidad,
no todo lo que se escucha es la verdad..."
(Ideas Nuevas, Cultura Profectica)

was voted "most likely to have danced with someone from every single country by the time she is 30" by my coworkers at a Children's Camp (Esperanza) in the Dom. Rep.

young, spruce-y, happy, bumbling, curious, witty, fun, merenguera hasta la tambora, full of mistakes and wonders...

and to quote a dear Bulgarian buddy "so vigorous, heartful and honest, as the eternal sun you are. all impediments in your life to be a small obstacle which you take with a gentle jump over :) your smile cures the broken hearts and your eyes blink in universal sparms and prisms, upon all the stars reflects their lively rays. administrative, kind, beautiful and cheerful, an example of LIFE itself ;)"

Sono una ragazza fortunata perche io credo in hakuna mattata!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've met my BEST FRIENDS and most inspiring people through Couchsurfing! THANK YOU CS COMMUNITY. Such a great way to truly travel. I am here not to save money but to MEET new friends and share grand adventures and experiences. I'm happy to host with my home and heart :) I may not be hosting at the moment but always open to give tips and tricks on places!! And support ethical travel/tourism, Fu*k hyper capitalism.

I'm a little indecisive but passionate and adventurous-- a lethal combination.

PLEASE NOTE, CS IS NOT A DATING/HOOKUP SITE. I DO NOT DO TINDER.
I have had a few bad experiences but choose to rise above it.
It's difficult sometimes to draw the lines with male hosts so PLEASE everyone be respectful. I am friendly, but I am not looking for "romantic love" (if it bumps me in the head then sure) and though I am open minded and won't judge you, please don't push your thoughts and body on me if I am clear that I don't want it (if you don't know, please ask, it's not awkward and avoids me feeling meat-like)

Interests

now:
I make amazing SUNDAES!! a pretty competitive but thankful eating machine.

always: being studious, the outdoors, hiking abouts, nature-walks, water-forms, food, dance, ethnomusicology, anthropology, religion, philosophy, yoga, goofing around, eco-tourism, pirates, boats, pirate-boats, art, bodies (as said, art), every place in the world, my family, board games, exploring, eating food (why do we do it?)...

r-e-s-p-e-c-t, grassroots advocation, globalization and development, gender balancing, sense/sensuality, caravanning, road-trips (are they the same? not sure), politics of liberation...

• arts
• literature
• poetry
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• board games
• tv
• traveling
• drawing
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• scuba diving
• sports
• extreme sports
• anthropology
• religion
• tourism
• ecotourism

Music, Movies, and Books

I like most all music that's not Taylor Swift-like: reggae, salsa, blues, rock-'n'-roll, merengue, folk, boleros, bachata, jazz, samba, kizombo, zouk, pop,cumbia, chachacha, hip hop, R&B, reggaeton, axe..

specifics: Cultura Profetica, SOAD, Fanny J, Karimi, Michael Jackson, Jose Jose, Manuel Medrano, Incubus, Jovanotti, Los Cafres, alejandro fernandez, aventura, the Doors, Mumford & sons, the beatles, ingrid michaelson, juanes, led zep, citizen cope, kings of leon, Bach, norah jones, Gondwana, Jah Cure, Damien Rice, Vybz Kartel, Yusun Dour, the beach boys, ximena sarinana, muse, Prince , CCR, savage garden, the civil wars...

books: The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, This Is How You Lose Her (Junot Diaz is brilliant), The Sound and the Fury, Count of Monte Cristo, The Poisonwood Bible, LOTR, Watership Down, Shakespeare.. lots I am blanking, as everyone does when we have to answer these categories things to make you the view think we the writer are cool enough for you :) I am? I hope.

Movies: Captain Fantastic, LOTR, Donnie Brasco, el cantante, 10 things i hate about you, fresa y chocolate, La Soga, the libertine, memento, dirty dancing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

too many.

Made an archeological find--- 6th C A.D. amphora from a Byzantine Empire church in Bulgaria

spent "una notte a napoli" (reference to Pink Martini song)

did the typical Euro-trip with my atypical brothers

hitchhiked through Spain/Portugal

have hiked (and done victory jigs upon) several volcanos, two of which were active

taught my Dominican 3rd grade students to rap "MY NAME IS" by Eminem.

I've been robbed a few times and am still not afraid to be alone in any street in any country

whalesharks

every place and person is a glittering pearl that gleams strongly in some way in my life, I can't narrow it down but would be thrilled to gab about it in person

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a library of information on random topics thanks to late TV as a teenager (my parents didn't allow it so I made sure to do it)

I try to make insightful comments on the above stated interests and the interest of others

I want to learn cultural dances, rituals, clean-cooking, extreme sports -- samba, capoera, rumba, surfing, kite-surfing, wind-surfing, kizomba, kompa....

Massages, alternative medicines and health

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, laughs, food, dances, dreams... I'll go with you anywhere! I don't usually have an agenda besides eating well and sleeping some.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, Honduras, Laos, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Panama, Portugal, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, France, Guatemala, Italy, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Senegal, Tanzania, Thailand, United States

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