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Overview

  • 175 references 137 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese; learning French, Italian, Spanish
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Work in Hotel Casino Chaves
  • Economics and Management
  • From Lobão, Aveiro District, Portugal
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About Me

WARNING : COUCH REQUEST 5 DAYS in Advance - Due to our schedules we always need that you send your couchrequest at least 5 days before your arrival. After if you need to change the days you are arriving 1-3 days it's ok.

IMPORTANTE: Devido aos nossos horarios Pedidos de Couch tem que ser enviados antecipadamente pelos menos 5 DIAS, depois se precisarem de mudar de planos 1. 2 ou 3 dias nao tem problema.

I do a lot of Bicycle travel so Travel Cyclists are very welcome.

CURRENT MISSION

Travel connect with people and keep learning...

ABOUT ME

I am a open mind person always willling to learn more and share experiences. I start travel in 2010 and never stop, only for work. Sometimes when first know someone i'm a litle shy, but after that i'am very talktive, sometimes too much.

PHILOSOPHY

In any situation never lose my temper and everything that i do always try to improve it. Live Simple, work hard travel hard .

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host in Chaves, can show the city (Chaves) and if i had time the villages near by and the Casino.
Sometimes i can show Porto if i am in my parents Home in Santa Maria da Feira.

On weekend if you still had energy we can go out for Bar or Disco usually until 6 a.m

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It amazing because we can share different views and learn more about the places we visit and about the contries from the people who visit us.

Interests

Travel, Sports, Economics, Casino,IT, Bike, Nature, Cars and Car Racing,Trekking, Soccer, Gadgets, People.

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Armin van Buren, Bryan Adams, The Piano Guys, Sara Bareilles, Sarah Brightman, David Fonseca, Ricardo Azevedo, yanni, Ryuchi Sakamoto, and all kinds of Music.

TV Series: Person of Interest, How i met your mother, Vikings, Once Upon a Time, Breaking Bad, The Tudors, Merlin, The Borgias, Da Vinci Deamons, Burn Notice, Game of Thrones, Castle, Homeland, Mentalist, The Office, Fringe, The Unit, Simpsons, The Penguins of Madagascar, Chuck, Lie to Me, Family Guy, The Mentalist

Movies: Blue Jasmine, Frozen, Penguins of Madagascar, Wolf of Wallstreet, Gladiator, Rush, Captain Phillips, 12 years of Slave, A Gaiola Dourada, Transporter, Kung Fu Panda, Catch if you Can, Rush Hour, Indiana Jones, American Beauty, Hitman.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Made a 800km just to drive go kart during two hours at raining and come back.(24hours withou sleep)
- Go alone to montains with my bike.
- Training at midnight with 0ºC near to the river.
- Walk in Madeira island from Funchal to the top of the mountain made my own trail during 9 Hours.
- Walk in Oman almost 25km with 45ºc
- Walk 6 hours on the mountain without to know where to go...
- Triple Jump - 10m21 on my first time trying
- Cycling from Madrid to Chaves after buying a new bicycle 831km
- Going and back to Picos da Europa with a brompton 1200km more thatn 100km/day

Teach, Learn, Share

Want to learn
- About sports training
- Learn more about Coocking
- Be more eco-friendly
- Music
- Cultural and Economic Aspects of the country i visit
- Traveling advice

What I Can Share with Hosts

Share my experience about
- Track and Field: 100m Long Jump and other (i'm a coach)
- Economics and Economic Politics
- Casino
- Traveling Advices in the Places i had been
- Portugal - Culture and travel Advices
- Food (tasting)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal

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