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Overview

  • 46 references 28 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French, Italian
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Protected Species Observer - part time traveller
  • Chemical Oceanographer
  • From Anderson, SC, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life everyday

ABOUT ME

Travelling, music, my family, Greater Energy, love and the ocean are the reasons that keep me alive! I'm also proud of my culture and I love my country. I'm always trying to learn new things, I enjoy meeting all kind of new people and share with them. I hope to contribute with something to this world.

I studied Oceanology and the great blue is my inspiration in life. I left Ensenada seven years ago and since then I've been living a nomad life, so for the moment I don't have a place to offer. I'm currently working offshore as Protected Species Observer (taking care of mainly whales, dolphins and turtles) and I spend many weeks abroad in the outer ocean working with people from many parts of the world.

PHILOSOPHY

¨Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there with open arms and open eyes¨

¨Following our will and wind, we may just go where no one's been¨

¨Las penas que sean de otros y la dicha del que aprenda¨

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I offer my place (when I have one) and I promise I will do my best to make you feel like in your own home. As a couch surfer I'm open to show and share my culture, the knowledge and teachings I've been acquiring and understanding through my life. I'm open to meet people wherever they come from, have a nice conversation, share good music, ideas, life experiences, points of view, travelling advices. I want to help as much as possible in everything that I can!

I'm part of this community because I know that we can still trust others despite of what many people think. I love travelling and this is a beautiful way to do it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

-First I hosted few people in Cádiz, Spain, which was my temporary home during erasmus!!

-Then I travelled around East Europe and surfed 6 couches in different cities and countries. I met others for a drink and I found new friendships and points of view!

-I was in an international CS meeting in Warsaw, Poland, and I found that CS is an incredible organisation!

-I went to a CS meeting in Ensenada, Mexico, with people all around Baja California and San Diego.

-Attended a weekly CS meeting in Ushuaia, Argentina, where there were a lot of members

-I received people where I used to live in Ensenada and foreign friends that are not part of CS, and I've been also surfing a lot of couches of friends or friends of friends while travelling.

I love this couchsurfing lifestyle!

Interests

I love life and I'm very interested in learning about other cultures, languages, ideas, music, meet new people, discover new places, help others. Travelling, photography, music, scuba diving, science, music festivals, everything related to the ocean and its application, party time!, yoga, meditation, reading, history, all kind of new teachings, spiritual development, hiking, the environment, percussions, African and Polynesian dances, concerts, art films, camping, beach and my friends, my wonderful family.

  • photography
  • concerts
  • festivals
  • environment
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • electronic music
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • camping
  • scuba diving
  • history
  • science
  • study
  • films
  • spirituality
  • ocean
  • new cultures
  • watch movies
  • nature conservation
  • oceanography
  • cross stitch

Music, Movies, and Books

- I love so many genres of music: techno, minimal, psy (dub, trance, tech), experimental, jazz, soul, alternative, goa, drum 'n bass, reggae, dub, psycho, trip-hop, chill out, grunge, instrumental, deep house, african, salsa, (punk, electro, classic, and other types of) rock, punk, ambient, blues, indie, folk, electroswing, ethnic, flamenco, bossanova, son jarocho, son cubano, cumbia...

- Books: Las enseñanzas de don Juan, 1984, Momo, Una nueva tierra, La danza de la realidad, El Tunel, Azteca, Tokyo Blues, 100 años de soledad, Las venas abiertas de Latinoamérica, Libro tibetano de la vida y de la muerte, La conjura de los necios, Mujeres que corren con los lobos.. and others!

- Movies: Santa Sangre, Goodbye Lenin, Persepolis, Cinema Paradiso, Taxi Driver, Koyaanisqatsi, Enter the Void, Little Boy, The Tree of Life, Whale Rider, Underground, Mujeres al bordo de un ataque de nervios, Los amantes del círculo polar.... Directors: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Lars Von Trier, Emir Kusturika, Wes Anderson, Alejandro G Iñarritu, Xavier Dolan, Quentin Tarantino, Gaspar Noé, Jim Jarmusch

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Unforgettable sunsets, full moon raisings, huge waves breaking during a big swell, virgin beaches, thunderstorms in the ocean, waterspouts.
- Egyptian ruins
- Visited the 7 new wonders of the world: The Great Wall, Machu Picchu, Chichen Itzá, Taj Mahal, Petra, Corcovado, Colosseum
- Visited the Sahara desert twice in Morocco
- Skydiving when I turned 26
- Attended a Global Rainbow Gathering for the change of era on Dec 2012, in Palenque Mexico
- Swam with whale sharks in Baja California, Mexico
- Saw Tool alive in Cumbre Tajin festival
- Touched and kissed a whale calf
- Experienced the Burning Man Festival
- Visited and got amazed by a Glowworm cave in New Zealand
- Scuba diving in Pacific Harbor, Fiji, surrounded by 50 bull sharks
- Trekking to Rainbow mountain at 5200 meters a.s.l. in Peru
- Swam surrounded by bioluminescence in Laguna Encantada, Isla del Rosario, Colombia
- Attended the Ozora festival in Hungary for consecutive years
- Visited Patagonia and walked on top of Perito Moreno glacier in Argentina
- Explored a lava cave in Iceland
- Varanasi city in India
- Flight balloon in Capadoccia
- Sunrise in Angkor Wat, Cambodia
- Wadi Rum desert in Jordan
- Explored Jerusalem city
- Floated in the Dead Sea
- Snorkeling in the Red Sea, Jordan side
- Scuba diving in: Komodo National Park in Indonesia; the Blue Hole in Belize; Cabo Pulmo in Mexico; Utila in Honduras
- Three days trekking through the primary jungle in Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica
- Iguazu waterfalls from both Brazilian and Argentinian sides
- Attended carnival in Rio de Janeiro
- Visited Serengeti, Masai Mara and Ngorongoro National parks in Kenya and Tanzania
- Northern lights in Iceland and Norway
- Traveled to Japan

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Mexico, Spain, United States

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