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Overview

  • 53 references 31 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning German
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Software Engineer.
  • Computer Systems Engineering.
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travel to place I have never been before and meet new people.

ABOUT ME

I'm a software engineer at YouTube. I live in San Francisco. I like to meet people, check out new places, going to live shows (djs, bands), karaoke, biking, hiking, camping, outdoors activities, travelling, going to the beach, to dance, to play soccer, to watch movies & to listen to music. I'm a bit shy at first but after a few words/beers I'm quite outgoing.

PHILOSOPHY

Life's too short to let it pass

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'd like taking surfers to bars and have long conversations about what the like and what they do in their place.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I often go to local CouchSurfing meetings and activities. I have surfed just once in San Diego which was a great experience.

Interests

I'd like to travel around the world, I'm very interested in meeting new people with different cultures.

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

Arctic Monkeys, Babasonicos, Queens of the stone age, White Lies, Division Minuscula, The strokes, Arcade fire, alt-j, Enrique Bunbury, Caifanes, The Beatles, Beastie boys, Beirut, The Smiths, Joy Division, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen, Blur, Daft punk, Damien Rice, Foo fighters, Foster the people, Gorillaz, Guns N Roses, Enjambre, Justice, SOAD, The Killers, Kings of leon, MGMT, Miike snow, Kanye West, Muse, Oasis, Phoenix, Queen, Sigur rós, Snow patrol, Vampire weekend, White lies, The White stripes, Zoe, Vicente Fernandez, Caifanes, Voodoo Glow Skulls, La maldita vecindad, Café Tacvba, Panteón Rococo, Fobia, Rice Against, Rage against the machine ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Skydiving in San Diego.
-Travelled around Mexico representing my institute on programming contests.
-Swimming in a cenote near Chichen Itza, Yucatán.
-Waterfall jumping in Micos river, SLP, Mexico.
-Bungee jumping in Monteverde, Costa Rica.
-Close to dead experience in a category 5 white water rafting in Rio Suarez, Colombia.
-Visiting Disneyland for free by just walking around there.
-Being valedictorian at university... yet having great parties with my friends most days of the week (B).
-Met a lot of amazing people in my trips.

Teach, Learn, Share

Spanish, computer science, ride a bike, I don't know :P

What I Can Share with Hosts

A great time sharing great stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United States

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