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Overview

  • 18 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish; learning Basque, German
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • MD
  • Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
  • From Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To travel around the world and see as much as possible.
Also I would love writing a best seller (even if it becomes popular after I'm gone).

ABOUT ME

Im a 29 year old Argentinian - Italian guy who defines itself as openminded and taciturn. Literature lover, I also loves sports, movies and traveling. I have taught chemistry and now I am an anesthesiology resident. And sometimes a writer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The best way to travel is to know the places from the natives that can show travelers places and other things that are hidden in travel guides. Travel guides are good but not to take them as bibles. Ask the locals, that's what I think.

Interests

Sports, travel and reading at the first. After that I like to cook, I like history and teaching anything I can.

  • culture
  • writing
  • literature
  • dining
  • cooking
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • blogging
  • sports
  • chemistry
  • teaching
  • history
  • languages
  • medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Borges, Dickens, Twain, Dostoievsky, Balzac, Cervantes, Cortazar, Saramago, Hemingway, Bioy Casares, Wilde, Poe, Lugones, Arlt, Lawrence, Nietzche, Schopenhauer.
My favourite book and the one who changed many aspects of my life was Don Quijote.
Music: everything but the favorites are: Ismael Serrano, Phil Collins, Creedence, Ed Sheeran, Passenger, Macklemore.
Movies: too many.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiked in a slam in Colombia. Almost got killed.

Slept outside a health center in Nepal because there were no hotels and no buses by the time I arrived.

Paid a brabery to a latinamerican bus driver and ended sleeping on the bus floor instead of getting a seat.

Got intoxicated in India after drinking tap water. After 3 days, and with a 40 degrees fever, got on a 20 hours train. Almost die, again.

Teach, Learn, Share

Languages
History
Chemistry
Literature

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer a lot of culture and also my travel experiences. If you want to try argentinean food just let me know. Do you have a health problem? I will give you a hand as much as possible.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Australia, Spain, United States

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