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Overview

  • 6 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Finnish; learning French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • Doctor
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  • From Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Last fall I arrived back to Finland after one year of travelling in South Africa, South America and Caribbean! I'm quite busy with work and dancing. But if you are interested in dancing i can at least give you some tips about dancing in Helsinki, take you to clubs/schools/events :) maybe something more too..but welcome to my country :)

In may 2016 I will travel in Portugal, Spain and France too to dance kizomba and semba and study portuguese. And in August I will attend a global health program in Tanzania for a month. After that I will probably travel Africa to dance more and study more portuguese.

Yo he regresado a Finlandia después de un año de viaje. Tengo trabajo y bailo mucho.. pero si quieres saber algo de baile en Helsinki, puedo ayudarte, salir a bailar contigo y mostrarte algunos lugares/escuelas de baile. Tal vez algo mas de Helsinki :) bienvenidas a mi pais!

Mayo 2016 voy a visitar Portugal y España para bailar kizomba y semba y aprender portuguese. En agosto voy a estudiar en Tanzanie por un mes. Luego, espero que voy a visitar otros paises en africa para bailar 😊

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
My first couchsurfing experience started by hanging out with a local girl from cs in Vietnam and she showed me around in ho chi minh city in the back of her scooter which was amazing :) after that i have been to cs milonga in Buenos aires and cs language exhange and picnic in lima and unofficially couchsurfed in lima for one week and in petropolis brazil too :) my longest stay was 30 days in the same place in habana, cuba. And i also stayed with css in santo domingo, dominican republic. And met somenice css there too! In Puerto Rico i met two guys from couchsurfing a few times, we went to the rain forest, had dinner together etc! And my last cs stay was in New York, a great experince with an awesome host :) In Finland i have met one guy from Italy who cooked me a great lunch at my place and I hanged out with a Indian guy in Helsinki for one evening, we had dinner and I shower him around 😊

Why i am on couchsurfing when im travelling: To meet locals/people to really get into the city, country, culture etc. To have new friends. To find best places to dance.

Why i am in cs back home. To be able to give something back to this community after all the great experiences i have had!

Interests

Kizomba, semba, salsa caleña, linea y cubana, bachata, merengue y tango, dancehall.

Yoga

Golf..también a mi me gusta nadar, correr etc :)

Dancing (kizomba, semba, salsa (all types), bachata, tango, merengue, house, dancehall)..

Yoga.

Before a lot of: golf, scuba diving, running, swimming, gym, skiing, snowboarding but lately just a little..

Music, arts, especially streetart, nature.

  • arts
  • culture
  • dancing
  • tango
  • bachata
  • picnic
  • yoga
  • running
  • clubbing
  • traveling
  • music
  • scuba diving
  • skiing
  • snowboarding
  • swimming
  • golf
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I like all music you can dance to.. from dancing i dont have a lot of time to do else..

I have read a little, one of my favorites was thousand splendid suns.. during my trip especially in cuba i had a little more time tp read so o read some finnsh books thay were really good eg "puhdistus" and "hytti 6". Now i am reading kite runner by k. Hosseini which is really good :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Estrellas en las montañas en Nepal. .

Starry sky in the mountains of Nepal.

Teach, Learn, Share

Puedo ensenar un poco de bailes diferentes, yoga, golf, idiomas diferentes ( especialmente finlandes) :)

I can teach you at least finnish, dancing and yoga :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Macao, Monaco, Nepal, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland

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