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Overview

  • 10 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Project Manager
  • Bachelors in Business Management
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

--- Abierto y doy preferencia a CS requests de gente de CR que vive lejos de chepe y quiere venir a San José --

Friendly, interesting, and truly engaged in the experiences of meeting and hosting people. I don't do CS to get free accommodation, I truly look forward to the connections and the learning (and would expect the same from surfers who contact me).
I work as a project manager in a technology company. I am a proud gay man who likes advocating for human rights, specially those of LGBTIQ people. There are two keyword, one in this "Profile" section and one in the "My home" section which I expect you to please include in couch requests to make sure you have read these.
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Amigable, interesante, y de veras comprometido en las experiencias de conocer y recibir gente. Yo no hago CS buscando una cama gratis, de verdad busco conexiones y aprendizajes (y esperaría lo mismo de viajeros que me contacten).
Trabajo como gerente de proyectos en una empresa de tecnología. Soy un hombre gay orgulloso de serlo y que disfruta la lucha por los derechos humanos, especialmente aquelos de las personas LGBTIQ.
Hay unas palabras claves en esta sección y en la de "mi hogar" para que por favor las incluyas si mandas una solicitud de couch. Así sé que has leído y comprendido todo.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like meeting new people. I have been part of the community for years and have met wonderful people, locals and from other places. I know have enough room to host and would like to try that.
Love meeting and learning from people's life and culture as well as "teaching" from my life journey and culture. I like to participate of cultural activities (may it be a gallery exhibition opening or a rural horse back riding event). Have learned to find cheap or free places to go to :D
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Me gusta conocer nuevas personas. He sido parate de esta comunidad por años y he conocido gente maravillosa, de Costa Rica y de otros lugares. Ahora tengo el espacio para compartir y me gustaría tratar esa faceta.
Me encanta aprender y conocer sobre la vida y la cultura de la gente, así como "enseñar" sobre mi propio viaje de vida y nuestra cultura. Me gusta participar de actividades culturales (sea una exhibición en galería o una cabalgata rural). He aprendido también a encontrar actividades de bajo costo o gratuitas!

Interests

Me gusta conocer sobre la historia y la cutura de los lugares que visito. Me verás más en museos y actividades de cultura local, que en tours de aventura.

  • arts
  • culture
  • architecture
  • dancing
  • human rights
  • technology
  • reading
  • traveling
  • catholic
  • history
  • volunteering
  • cultura
  • lectura
  • horseback riding
  • arte
  • gastronomy
  • sustainable development
  • gastronomia
  • historia
  • arquitetura
  • software development
  • feng shui
  • baile
  • voluntariado
  • tecnologia
  • lgbtiq
  • derechos humanos
  • desarrollo sostenible
  • montar a caballo
  • cruz roja
  • red cross movement
  • catoliscismo
  • desarrollo de software

Music, Movies, and Books

The Godfather series. Loved Inside Out. Coco (yeah, I cried). More into TV series than movies.
Books: Harry Potter, The Bible (christian) - not a religious fanatic, more a progressive guy. Michael Crichton, Dan Brown, and that kind of fast paced books. LGBTIQ books.
And music... my taste could not be more diverse, he he. From música plancha to Carmina Burana. From Glee doing Britney to Buddha bar.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Geneva. Just a wonderful city. A place I dreamt of going to... and went! :)
Zip lines through the clouds in Monteverde. Wonderful!
Peruvian food
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Ginebra! La ciudad maravillosa. Un lugar donde soñé con ir y fui :)
Tirarse en zip lines a través de las nubes en Monteverde (Costa Rica). Una experiencia maravillosa.
La comida peruana.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Costa Rican stuff, feng shui, some practical Spanish and LESCO (Costa Rican Sign Language)
Learn: Feng Shui, your culture/country, art (specially midieval), ASL, other languages
Share: Cosmovisions

Enseñar: Cosas de Costa Rica, feng shui, un poco de Español y LESCO (Lenguage de Señas)
Aprender: Sobre su cultura y su país, sobre arte, idiomas y palabras locales
Compartir: Cosmovisiones

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good conversation. I like sharing about how things are in my country and others I have visited. Coffee.
I like listening and sharing. Keyword is Aruba
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Una buena conversación. Me gusta compartir sobre cómo son las cosas en mi país y en otros que he conocido. Café. Palabra clave es Aruba.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica

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