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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Arabic (North Levantine), Hebrew (modern), Italian
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • GeoSciences Student
  • Through highschool, university, work and travels.
  • From Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemala
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

See, listen, feel, smell, try, breathe and live day by day

ABOUT ME

I am currently studying Geo Sciences in Berlin at the Freie Universität. I love cities, nature and sustainability!

I have two nationalities: I was born and grew up in Guatemala and I hold a Brazilian Passport as well, since its the place my mother is coming from.

I like to listen and learn from the stories others have to tell. I'm energetic but calm when it needs to. I'm empathic and suffer easily form other's pain but I try to look at the positive side most of the time. I'm also agnostic and atheist, against things that cannot be discussed and giving simple answers to complex things.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe the world is a beautiful place, that everyone has to be able to enjoy at the most regadless of gender, faith or personal wealth. And that there is a need for humans to always keep on learning in order to make the word a better place.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I offer a comfortable place in my apartment and tips, maps and maybe also a tour to someone interested in learning about the city I live in.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The best experiences happen when there's chemistry, though even when there isn't, its good to have people at home as long as they show politeness.

Interests

Jogging, going by bike, swimming, listening to music, reading novels, watching documentaries about the world and scandinavian crime series, traveling (of course), politics, history and the environment.

  • documentaries
  • environment
  • politics
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • atheism
  • swimming
  • cartography
  • chemistry
  • history
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Needs an update haha - American Horror Story with Jessica Lange.
Swedesh Criminal Series. Argetinian HBO Seies Epitafios.. super! Six Feet Under, True Blood, Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, GoT...
Books I resently read that I liked very much: El Beso the la Mujer Araña by Manuel Puig, Jerusalem (Comics) by Guy Delisle, Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo by Isabel Coixet, The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Sierstad and the Orientalist by Tom Reiss.
Movies: Soul's Kitchen from a very famous Turkish German director, Eat Drink Man and Woman from Ang Lee, ¡No! with Gael García Bernal and the Gate Keepers an Israeli Documentary.
Music: I'm into House, Arabic Pop, Disco and world music. To dance I love latin rythms and songs (Cumbia, Merengue, Reggaton)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cairo has been one of the most impressing cities I've visited. I was most impresed in seeing the City of the Dead, the craftman neighbourhoods around the Downtown and the Coptic City of the Garbage.
The Nazari Palaces in the Alhambra, Granada are amazing!!
Tokyo is also an amazing city.
My favorite spot in Jerusalem is the Explanade of the Al Aqsa Mosque, a veery special and beautiful place.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share my experiences with many kinds of people, from different backgrounds and cultures. History about the places I lived in - Guatemala, Brazil, Jerusalem and Berlin. - I can teach you languages if you want, I have done that even in a professional level withouth being officially a professional.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Energy, yoga, a smile, my ears, my senses.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Germany, Guatemala, Israel, Palestine

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