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Overview

  • 50 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Chinese (Simplified), French, Persian (Farsi)
  • 46, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Seeker
  • No education listed
  • From Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

trying to figure it out.

ABOUT ME

Like to talk with all sorts of people about all sort of things, especially those related about cultures, countries, travelling, hiking, trail running, bike touring, mountaineering etc...

PHILOSOPHY

We´re always learning. Books will bring you knowledge; people and life will bring you wisdom.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Updated Nov 2008.

==== Surfed with ====
Ricardo Sotor(ricardos) in Caracas, Venezuela, sept 2008;

Inderbir Singh (indian.guy) in New Delhi, India, dec 2007;

==== Hosted ====
Thomas Byholm (DISTANT) - Finland (jul/2009)
Otto Järvinen (SOUNDIS) - Finland (jul/2009)

Toni (radiotonix) from Zurich, Switzerland, november, 2008;

Ricardo Sotor(ricardos) from Maturín, Venezuela, june, 2008;

Tobias Moss (supermoe) from Luzern, Switzerland, april, 2008;

Paulette Parrent (darwin33) from California, Jan 2008;

Interests

Language learning, books, movies, history, travelling, hiking, biking, camping, trail running, bike touring.

  • books
  • movies
  • hiking
  • history
  • biking
  • wild camping

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Brazilian: Tropa de Elite, Cidade de Deus, Linha de Passe, 174: última parada.

Into the Wild, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, V for Vendetta, Memento, The last Emperor, Back to the Future, Matrix, It´s a wonderful life... , Bourne trilogy, Gattaca, No country for old men,
Requiem for a Dream, Heat, Babel (Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu), Walts with Bashir.

CIA/Diplomacy/Geopolitics: The God Shepperd, Syriana, Spy games, Body of Lies, Traitor.

French: Amelie Poulain, Un long dimanche de fiançailles (aka A Very Long Engagement), Ruby & Quentin (aka Dupla Confusão), Irreversible.

Classic: Dr. Strangelove, It's a Wonderful Life, Guess who's commig to dinner, Casablanca.
Asian: Oldboy, "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring".
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Books: The Magic Moutain, 1984, Brave New World, We, Farenheit 451, Age of Revolution, Age of Empire, Age of Capital, Age of Extremes, Brás Cubas, Casa-grande n Senzala, Cien anos de soledad, Cronia de una Muerte anunciada, El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Ensaio sobre a Cegueira, The Growth of the Soil (Hamsun), Pride and Prejudice (Austen), Raízes do Brasil (Holanda).

Poems:
- If by Rudyard Kipling;
- The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

EBC

Teach, Learn, Share

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What I Can Share with Hosts

Travel stories and a good conversation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, France, Iran, South Africa, United States

Old School Badges

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