I was raised in Cartagena de Indias, an historical city located in northern of Colombia, also know as the Caribbean coast. However, I am also a mexican citizen, maiking me love the culture of that beautiful country. Also, this has taught me to value the history, the languages and diversities of each country in which I had the opportunity to be, speaking of South America, Central America and North America.
In addition, I am a Professional in Literary Studies at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB) in Medellín and, for this reason, my traveles are focused to find great experiences by creating adventures surrounded by books, music and nice people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

One of my biggest passions is to get far away from home, by traviling. In this context, i would like to find all brand new experiencies that full me up with joy and wisdom. I´m traing to understand another points of views, also to know how big is our planet and our selfs. This in a attept to write something about this experiences by creating memories and friends all overthe world.

Interests

Obviously I like literature. But I also like cinema and world music. My interests are where i can find on human passions. As a humanist, I am excited about reading another cultures literature, also, in therms of writing, i like to create new stories . I could made an small list of interest subjets at the beginning of this presentation, but I prefer to say that I'm interested in sharing experiencies with others and learn how to reach in every new place the way to full up the many pages of my notes.

• pets
• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• literature
• photography
• perfumes
• cooking
• coffee
• walking
• watches
• reading
• music
• classical music
• jazz
• rock music
• blues
• world music
• journalism
• food
• nature
• reggae
• talking
• hanging out
• libraries
• nature walks
• journey
• planet earth
• periodismo
• history and culture

Music, Movies, and Books

In books, i have a lot of favorites ones: I love poetry (Blanca Varela, Allen Ginsberg, Ernesto Cardenal, José Watanabe, Arthur Rimbaud, Vladimir Maiakosvski, Fernando Pessoa, etc.) Also i like to read short stories (Raymond Carver, Antón Chejov, Rubem Fonseca, Julio Ramón Ribeiro, Yasunari Kawabata) And, to enjoy the reding of novels or dramas (Gabriel García Márquez, Amin Maalouf, Mishima, Juan José Saer, Carson McCullers, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche) and for last but not least, i have and interest for the narrative journalism (Truman Capote, Lelila Gurreiro, Rodolfo Walsh, Alberto Salcedo Ramos, Gay Talese, Martín Caparrós)

My favorites music genders are: Jazz, Psicodelic Rock, Rap, hip-hop, Lo-fi, free jazz, argentinan rock, cumbias, vallenatos, forro, samba, bossa nova, regguetón, salsa, dabke, dub, reggue, tango, boleros, city pop, disco, funk, frustated funk, metal, industrial, electronic, techno, house... wird stuff.

My favorites movies are: The Big Lebowski, Brazil, The nights of cabiria, Cet obscur objet du désir, La planete sauvage, Akira, Perfect Blue, Kurz und Schmerzlos, Reservoir Dogs, Der Himmel über Berlin etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One thing that I´ve done that i remebered the most, it was at the Tajín (Veracruz, Mexico) with my brother Luis.
We went there very early, so the place was empty, only a few of the workers of the archaeological zone and some artisans that were just opening their markets forthe people. At the begining of the path we took a pill with a small dosis of LSD and, in that moment, in a very big circle of stones on the grass , appears the "voladores", prehispanic danzer of the sky with a very colourfully clothes, that goes way up on a stiff stick like 20 meters. On the top of that large stick was only one volador, standing there, playing a prehispanic flute, and the other ones were falling down by a row holding their hips. And that was only the beggining of this story. We cross away, like a hall, to be in the entrance of the Tajín, the rest was this massives constructions for the "tlachtli" the Mesoamerican ball game and temples with a lot of glyphs that were moving all around me. I had to lay down in the grass and lisened the music of that big solitude, and the voice of my brother yalling me "come and look!".

Teach, Learn, Share

If you are intersted on learing about Colombian literature I´m the one! or if you have some curiosity about creative writings or knowing about diferent narratives we can get a long talk and lear about each other. I´m not a professor so both can be students. My profession give me the tools to master the criticism in literatry styles but i prefered to share the knowledge with everyone with no limitations and no technycality.

What I Can Share with Hosts

If it possible, to trade experiences and souvenirs!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia