IMPORTANT: I can only host in the weekend, cos in the week I don't have time to host. So save your and my time and don't do a request during the week !

If you live in the Americas (North-Central or South) you are VERY WELCOME !
It would be handy if you bring a sleeping bag. Cos I only have 1 double bed.
I don't have a couch, for the moment. Maybe in the future I will have one, but not yet.

CURRENT MISSION: Host nice, sociable & funny people like my friends from Argentina & Colombia.
If you come from Brazil or Colombia, please bring some coffee for me, I love it !

Refuse ALL members from Germany. Why ?
I had the worst experiences with them, for me they are the least enjoyable ! For sure !!

ABOUT ME:
People say often that I'm friendly, funny and smart.
I'm straight forward, very honest, laid back, relaxed and polite.
RESPECT is very important for me.
I like talking about various subjects, certainly about sport and movies.

Me gusta mucho la gente de Argentina, Colombia y Mexico, son muy agradable y sympatico.
Eres bienvenidos amigos y amigas !!
Me gusta hablar Español, para mi es el mas bonita lengua del mundo.

Love a good conversation and a good laugh.
I like to share my experience and opinion with you.
I love sports, music and movies.
Also I like learning new languages.
Love Mexican, Italian and Asian food.

If you want to meet a nice person with a good sense of humor, or if you like watching movies, then you are at the right place.

PHILOSOPHY
We are here to help each other and to live in HARMONY !
We are NOT here to destroy each other and criticize each other, that's so wrong!!
Why make it difficult if you can have a good time?
Nothing is more enjoyable when you connect with your surfer/host and have common interests or philosophy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I like hosting latin people, they are warm and really enjoyable. It always makes me happy to receive them and spend time with them. I prefer to host funny & sociable people. For example: my friends Steffi and Ione from Argentina, Kaitrin from USA, Liss & Eduardo from Bogota, Ana from Cali and all my Mexican friends.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Surfed in Leiden, Leipzig, Aachen, Bordeaux, Grenoble, B.Aires, San Fernando, Cancun, Bogota & Cali.
All my hosts were really nice, hospitable and friendly, especially my hosts in Latin-America.

Interests

Air and space aviation, geography, astronomy. Documentaries, videos and books of Michael Palin. Sports and movies: especially martial arts, oh yeah !!
Music & art. Asian and Mexican kitchen.
I also like talking about relationships and love, very interesting.

• arts
• documentaries
• dining
• chocolate
• coffee
• aviation
• movies
• music
• cycling
• sports
• martial arts
• astronomy
• geography
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music, I love rock: U2, BonJovi, Queen, Rolling Stones, RHC Peppers, Zornik.
Pop: Hooverphonic, JLO, Shakira, Bryan Adams & Coldplay.
But also soul and reggae.

Movies: True Lies, Kickboxer, Into the sun, Rush Hour, Terminal, The Money pit, The kingdom, Daredevil, Hunted, Transporter, Los Abrazzos rotos, Atamé, La piel que habito, Bad Boys II.

Books: 'In the trail of Hemingway', 'Full circle' and 'Brasil', by Michael Palin. 'Long way round' by E.McGregor. 'Maigret in Holland' by Simenon.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Rented a bicycle in Medellin and cycled through traffic, wow !! Real challenge !

Went to Brazil & Argentina and had the time of my life in this sunny country. Spend Christmas in San F. (B.Aires) with Steffi and her family, that was so amazing! An experience never to forget. Best Christmas ever !!

Climbed the Pyrenees with the mountain bike in '11,
I have to admit I underestimated it. Had to stop along the way, cos my heart almost jumped out, haha ! When I arrived in my hotel, I was really tired. I went to sleep at 9.30pm and I'm a night owl. :-D

Did a long walk trough the Grand Canyon, in '97. Stayed in a really nice hotel in Las Vegas. Impressive! Unbelievably big, modern hotels with thousand rooms.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm willing to share my knowledge, have a good conversation.
Share a good cup of Colombian coffee or a Belgian beer. :-D

I can learn the women self-defense, cos I have a green belt in Aikido.

When the weather is nice, I can show you around my new hometown if you like. It will be my pleasure. I have two bikes, so we can cycle around my new hometown, I love it cos it's an amazing city with a few nice parks.
If you want to, we can also go to the mountains, it's a train ride of 1.5 hour.

I can share tea and coffee.

I would love to learn you some Flemish (Belgian Dutch). :-D

What I Can Share with Hosts

Interesting stories about my experience about hosting and surfing.
An enjoyable evening watching movies, I have a lot of DVD's.
You can choose one and we'll watch it together.
I like guiding them around the city and showing my favorite places.

I'm an experienced cyclist. So if you want to, we can do a bike ride.
The coast is only 14 km away from my city.
We can also ride along the canal to Ostend, that's 24 km.
You will see the rural side, which is quite nice.

To see if you have read my profile completely, the magic code word is: 'eres el mejor Brasileiro en Belgica'.
If you say this I'll host you, at least if you come from North-, Central and South-America. ;-)
This does NOT count for Germans like I say in the top of the page.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Romania

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