CURRENT MISSION

Travel around and make friends, simple like that!!!

ABOUT ME

I like meeting new people.
Sometimes I can be very busy, sometimes very idle/avaliable, but my humor is usually good enough for a talk and some laughs.
I usually never say no for a chat with someone interesting, for an invitation to see a movie or for a drink with a friend.

I'm a vegetarian (technically I'm an ovo-lacto-vegetarian) and a little bit geeky too.

I'm someone who believes that individual and correct actions can be what we need to make this world a better place.

PHILOSOPHY

Respect, sincerity and honesty are always welcome.

"A man needs to travel. On his own, not through stories, images, books or TV. Needs to travel on his own, with his eyes and feet, to understand what is his.
This way, one day he can plant his own trees and value them. Know the cold to enjoy the warm. And the other way around. Feel the distance and lack of protection in order to feel comfortable under his own roof.
A man needs to travel to places he doesn't know to break this arrogance that makes us believe in the world as we imagine it, and not as it is or as it could be; that make us professors and doctors of what we haven't seen, when we should be pupils and simply go and see" (Quoted from Amyr Klink, Mar sem fim).

"In a wood of enemy swords know the shield existing in its edges" (Mohirei Ueshiba).

"Peace and calmness don't cheer permanently the heart, however, disaster and calamity do not represent the end. After being consumed by fire the gram of the fields sprouts again" (Mongol saying).

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment" (A Buddha).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm mainly avaliable to go out for a drink or show you some nice places. Maybe I can host you too, just send me a message and let's see. Also, if you dive and needs a buddy, let me know!!!

Interests

Trekking, diving, climbing, travelling, knowing people, playing board games and RPG, SciFi, cooking, wine, environmental preservation, vegetarianism, social initiatives, math, computer sciente, well there's a lot and I'll keep this for a good start :).

I usually enjoy a lot discussing social issues and alternatives to make this a better world.
Recently I've also been very interested in the idea of community/shared gardens.

• books
• cooking
• wine
• vegetarian
• drinking
• board games
• tv
• traveling
• guitar
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

My everyday songs are mainly classic rock style, idie and heavy metal. Also like MPB, Blues and Jazz. I love music and like to hear almost anything, from classical to world music, going trough R&B, pop, folk.

Some bands/artists I enjoy a lot are:

Antoine Dufour, Eric Clapton, Blues Etílicos, B. B. King, Gotthard, Deep Purple, AC/DC, Led Zepelin, The Sins of Thy Beloved, After Forever, Epica, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Dio, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, Whitesnake, Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Japancakes, Eagles of Death Metal, Cat Power, Frans Ferdinand, Kings Of Convenience, Nando Reis, Zeca Baleiro, Guthrie Govan...

Some movies I enjoyed are: Corpse Bride, LOTR, Matrix, Ice Age, Shrek, Wall-E, X-Men, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Across The Universe, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Volver, La Mala Educacion, Paris Je t'aime, Le grand bleu, Das Leben der Anderen, Estômago, Slumdog Millionaire, all from Iñarittu...

Some authors I like to read: Ray Bradbury, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, George Orwell, William Gibson, Mario de Andrade, Carlos Drummond, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, José Carlos Oliveira, Fernando Pessoa, Mário Quintana, Clarice Lispector, Florbela Espanca, Edgar Allan Poe, Bukowski, Kerouac...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I could mention some amazing things I've seen but there's one special thing that touched my heart and it was participating in a construction of emergency houses with the guys from http://www.umtetoparameupais.org.br/ .

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help you learnning portuguese, maybe teach you how to fix your computer or show you a few guitar chords. Mabe I can suggest you a movie, a song or a book, we never know... I'm always ready to learn something, if you cook, be nice and teach me you best recipe :)!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, France

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