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Sámara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
@gerardo37324307
Member since 2019
Love traveling, meeting new people, and exploring around! My biggest passions in life are the outdoors, surfing, playing guitar, music, and Im an environmental activist. I direct a non profit NGO in Costa Rica called Costas Verdes. We dedicate ourselves to restore highly devastated coastal ecosystems through community based projects. Volunteers accepted ;) I also love teaching surfing and roadtrips @gerarbol
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Beer
Fluent in English
Learning French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Im Couchsurfing because I wanna meet new interesting people of my backpacking traveling tribe, while I move on the road, and of course to safe a few bucks along the way! I wanna experience the real culture and meet real authentic local people, and so I consider couch surfing is the way to go!
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: reggae, roots, dancehall, electronic (dubstep, house, deep house, chill out, electro-pop), rock (alternative, indie, classic), folk, acoustic, jazz, bossanova, latin rock Movies: comedy, drama, science fiction, epic, kids Books: the four agreements, EGO, You can heal your body, Unica mirando al mar, Let my people go surf, Barbarian Days, Into the Wild, A Wild Idea, The Midnight Library, The Beach, Sapiens, Of Orcas and Men, The Secret Life of Trees, The Story of Stuff, The Power of Now, Kook
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I've planted over 96,000 trees to restore several coastal forests in Costa Rica.
Teach, Learn, Share
I love teaching everything Im passionate about! I love learning even more, just about any topic! Sharing is caring! I'll share my dog Tuto too of course!
What I Can Share With Hosts
I can teach about: - surfing - conservation - plants and trees - yoga - coastal restoration - guitar - slack lining - driving - touring and roadtripping - best kept local secrets - secret surf spots