CURRENT MISSION

Understand people and the universe we live in

ABOUT ME

I'm originally from a beautiful mediaeval town in the north of Portugal called Guimarães. At the moment I live in Padova, Italy but my heart still belongs to Cape Town, South Africa. I'm a post-doc in Astrophysics here and I work in Cosmology - I can explain ;) In a nutshell, I'm a chilled guy that loves to travel and a good laugh. I'm also gay so I hope you are cool with it.

PHILOSOPHY

Another, better world is possible. A world where we live in a sustainable way with the environment and where we are all equal to eachother irrespective of gender, color of skin, sexual preference, religion, cultural background, disability, income or level of education.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It is a different and easy way to visit a place. It is also the best way to engage with local and not just tourists. It is the best way to meet people from a place when one is not from there.

For me a great opportunity to meet a plethora of types of people and learn from them. I used to host in my previous place in the UK and had great experiences as a host. I usually couchsurf over friends but did it a couple of times in couchsurfing.

Interests

I love to see places using the eyes of local people. I like art, music, theatre, cinema, street performer, sun, moon, hiking, diving, climbing and science. I love to chat about metaphysics as much as i like to do nothing. And a good political conversation. I love to learn about everything and i'm very curious.

When I live in Cape Town I used to go hiking/scrambling in the mountain.

I'm a big fan of world and arthouse cinema. This can keep us busy.

Music, Movies, and Books

Loads of films, we should definately chat about it. Here a selection:

A trip to the moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
The seventh seal (1957) - Ingmar Bergman
Clockwork Orange (1971) - Stanley Kubrick
Dead poets society (1989) - Peter Weir
Pulp Fiction (1994) - Quentin Tarantino
Princess Mononoke (1997) - Hayao Miyazaki
Central Station (1998) - Walter Salles
All about my mother (1999) - Pedro Almodovar
Amores Perros (2000)- Alejandro González Iñárritu
Amelie (2001) - Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The son's room - Nanni Moretti
Dolls (2002) - Takeshi Kitano
Adaptation (2002) - Spike Jonze
Hero (2002) - Yimou Zhang
Ten (2002) - Abbas Kiarostami
Turtles can fly (2004)- Bahman Ghobadi
The Edukators (2004) - Hans Weingartner
The wind that shakes the barley (2006) - Ken Loach
There will be blood (2007) - Paul Thomas Anderson
Persepolis (2007) - Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto (2008) - Miguel Gomes
The Reader (2008) - Stephen Daldry
District 9 (2009) - Neill Blomkamp
Cave of forgotten Dreams (2010) - Werner Herzog
The Arbor (2010) - Clio Barnard
Exit though the gift shop (2010) - Banksy
A separation (2011) - Asghar Farhadi
The Turin Horse (2011) - Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky
Concerning Violence (2014) - Göran Olsson
Pride (2014) - Matthew Warchus

Music: I'm a fan of rock and alike. Like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Radiohead, Systems of a Down, Muse, Korn and so on. I also love Sigur Ros.

Books: I mainly read portuguese speaking writers. I can advise Sand Capitans from Jorge Amado and Barroco Tropical from Agualusa. I love The Plague of Camus, Kafka by the shore from Murakami and The unbearable lightness of being from Kundera.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Whale watching in Tadoussac in Quebec
Hike to Devil's Peak in Cape Town
Walk around Fushimi-Inari in Kyoto

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach some Science and Math. lol! I'm serious Sheldon is my cousin...

I love to learn about the places I visit.

I can share a smile and give good hugs.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook a very good octopus and make pumpkin jam!

I can also share a good conversation with a glass of wine.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Japan, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom

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