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Overview

  • 16 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese; learning Dutch, Indonesian, Italian, Spanish, Ukrainian
  • 53, Male
  • Member since 2005
  • Woman's self defense instructor and Gracie jiu-jitsu teac...
  • MBA in tourism and entertaiment / Black Belt in Gracie Ji...
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To help people's inner growth

ABOUT ME

Open minded, healthy, normal... like culture, sports, water, nature, good food, good music, wine, surfing, travelling.
Love to meet new people and hear their life stories.
Fun loving and high spirited.

PHILOSOPHY

Help others whenever you can.
Only open your mouth to speak positive things.
There are no strangers, there are friends you haven't met yet!
Some people match well with you, others don't. It's ok, respect but don't insist.
The mind is like a parachute. Only works if is open...
Live the life you love!
Refuse to label yourself or others.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like hosting people and connecting with them. I have made very good friends thru couch surfing.
Only thing I am not really found of is people that just use it as a free accommodation option. In my point of view it is more like making friends and go for some adventures together... ; )

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Overall positive!

Interests

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Surf, Dive, Sail, horsebacking, Art & Culture, Music, Food, Winne, Travelling.

  • arts
  • culture
  • dining
  • wine
  • gardening
  • traveling
  • music
  • surfing
  • sailing
  • sports
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

The last Samurai.
Budhism, clear and simple.
The 4 hour work week.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing thing was almost a supernatural event.
I was alone, and decided to have my dinner at soldiers beach - NSW.
There is a garden over the hill and the beach is down there. The night was not totally dark as the moon was very shiny.
I was minding my dinner when I noticed something in the water, the waves was quite big on that night. When I lift my eyes, I saw that blue to green glow in the water, and it was moving along the beach...
I was scared for a second. Took me a bit to understand what was happening there.
Then I realised that, when the waves was breaking (I could not see the face of the wave because of the backlight of the moon) the neon like light was turning on and moving around the foam, and because the swell was big, it was a massive cloudy shaped neon colour. It was the Plankton's light all over and that was one unbelievable experience that I saw alone...

Teach, Learn, Share

Everyone has something to teach, just listen... I do!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Brazil, Indonesia

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