CURRENT MISSION

Living in Dubai working as a Cabin Crew discovering new places, meet great people and work a lot for my next mission!

PREVIOUS MISSIONS

Lived in Lisbon for two years building a Surf community, helping to open a Customer Service office and learning how to surf.

Lived one year in Rome working in a Hostel as a Receptionist, Tour guide and Pasta cooking teacher!

ABOUT ME

Hi, my name is Lucas, I’m 30 years old and originally from Rio Grande do Sul, south of Brazil. I grew up traveling with my family around South America by car.

After finishing my bachelor in Business Administration, I started my own project traveling the world.

(You can find more about it on www.instagram.com/pelomundodemagrela or www.pelomundodemagrela.com.br)

Between 2014 and 2015, I've made a few bike trips around the south, southeast and mid-west of Brazil.

In 2016, I went for a backpacking trip around Asia and visited Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, and the United Arab Emirates.

In 2018, I've lived for 5 months in New Zealand, cycled 4.178 km around both islands with a folding bike. It was far the most incredible thing I've ever done and I'm almost finishing a book about this trip, where I accumulate the major part of my Couchsurfing experiences!

After this, I went to Italy and traveled around the north part of the country to learn Italian and discover more about the culture of my ascendents.

In 2019, I lived for two months with my brother in the United Arab Emirates, when we traveled to Indonesia for an awesome family holidays in Bali.

I also lived two months in Valparaiso, Chile, where I worked as a volunteer at Nomada Eco Hostel, photographer in a bar and playing music on the streets.

For one year, I lived in Rome, where I used to work as a receptionist, tour guide and pasta cooking teacher at The Yellow Square Hostel and live in an apartment close to the beach where I could finally host people from Couchsurfing :)

Since I lost my previous job because of the COVID-19, I've been looking for a new challenges:

I was able to travel by bike to Switzerland on July 2020 and in August, I moved to Lisbon, where I live since then.

At new year's period, I was able to travel by bike through Algarve and realize one of my biggest dreams: SKYDIVING!

After two years hanging around different countries, I've decide to settle down for a bit in Portuguese lands while I keep travelling through Europe documenting the people I meet, places where I visit and this whole journey of discoveries.

Hope to meet you soon!

PHILOSOPHY

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” (Albert Einstein)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm in Couchsurfing because I love meeting people from all over the world, I'm so passionate about it that I actually work doing this!

Everytime that I meet someone through Couchsurfing it seems that I already knew that person since a long time.

Interests

The simple things of life always shared with good people!

• cooking
• yoga
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• learning languages
• learning new things
• bike trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Into the Wild, Motorcycle Diaries, the boy, Bucket List, the Godfather, Matrix, The lord of the rings, Éric Clapton in 12 bars, free man, transpatagonia.

Music (List of what I hear on the road)

Forfun
Selton
Jorge Ben Jor
Mumford and Sons
Marcelo D2
Bonobo
Eddie Vedder
Mannarino
Curumin
Pink Floyd
O Teatro Mágico
Lynyrd Skynyrd

Livros - Books
Na Natureza Selvagem - Into The Wild
Admirável Mundo Novo - Brand New World
Pe na Estrada - On the Road
O Chamado Selvagem - The Call of Wild
Homem Livre - Free Man
Fernao Capelo Gaivota - Johnathan Livingston
O pequeno príncipe - Little Prince
Sapiens - A brief history of humankind

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Wrote a book about my trip cycling more than 4000 km with a folding bike around New Zealand.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:

- Portuguese, spanish, english and italian classes
- Yoga
- Cook some dishes of the magrela's diet and how to make Italian Pasta
- Play guitar
- Bike techniques
- Travel planning
- Investments
- How to become a UBER Eats deliver in Portugal

Learn:

- French, German, Arabic and Russian
- Cooking local dishes
- Culture
- Anything
- Everything

Share:

- Life experiences
- Waves of laughter and smiles
- Friendship
- Good Vibes
- Wine, beer or anything else to drink
- Maybe a meal, or two if the fridge is not empty

What I Can Share with Hosts

- Portuguese, spanish, english and Italian classes
- Yoga
- Cook some dishes of the magrela's diet and how to make the Italian pasta
- Play guitar
- Good music
- Life experiences
- Waves of laughters and smiles

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chile, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Monaco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Chile, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, United Arab Emirates