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Overview

  • 8 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish
  • 50, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Traveler
  • Social Worker
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

If you're a fellow traveler I'll be staying local at Barakah Hostal.

Thanks

To learn much as I can

ABOUT ME

Very outgoing, fun, active curious....

Hope all is well and be safe fellow travelers.

PHILOSOPHY

Be yourself, and above that be true to you and to others, besides Life's short - so try to make the most out of it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I volunteer with an eye clinic at my home town.
Provide much as I can to my community.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A friend recommended the site, since I'm going on a 6 months vacations.
Any help & tips will be appreciated!

Interests

like to read books, relax, Yoga, long walks, Architecture etc.
People watch, great to be seated on a coffee shop and see the people go by.
I like to stay up late for some TV search and sometimes sleep too late. I love a good conversation.( either politics, evolution, religion, history etc) Running its been one of my favorite sports also going to the gym.
I've a very deep interest on actual history, ancient history, architecture - Art-Deco, Mid-Century design etc.
Reading is one of my best past times, either a political magazine or anything informational.

  • arts
  • books
  • architecture
  • running
  • movies
  • reading
  • tv
  • traveling
  • history
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

I like all kinds of movies, Sci-fy, Documentaries, B/W, Silent and Musicals.

Silent Movies I like:
Metropolis
A Little Girl in a Big City (1925)

Movies I like :
Casa Blanca, Key Largo, Gone with the Wind, Gas Light, The Good Old Summertime, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Sargent York, Butterfield 8,Cabaret, Shane,
Music I like:
80's, Björk, Big Band Music, Jazz classics Yma Sumac,Bix Beiderbecke,Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,Hadda Brooks,Edith Piaf, June Christy, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've visited so many places, but 2013 was great. I was able to finally visit Machu Picchu.
2014, I was lucky enough to go back to South America.
2014 Honduras, Copan Ruins ( amazing Mayan world )
2015, Mexico, such an amazing country. (Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta, Cuauila, Mazatlan, El Fuerte, Creel, Cooper Canyon.
2016 Mexico city, (Condeza, Polanco, Roma and Zocalo ) Teotihuacan , Puerto Vallarta.
2016 Costa Rica ( San Jose, Tarcoles, Orintia, Quepos) WOW
2017 Honduras( Copan, Tegucigalpa)
2017 Costa Rica (San Jose & Kepos )
2018 Honduras ( Copan, St Barbara)

visited 20 states or 40%

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a people person, and I like to learn new things. I'll like to think that I'm an open minded person.
We live in these world and the learning process never ends, my goal is to learn as much as I can from other to better myself and try to help other along the way.
Sharing is a wonderful thing. the world is filled with wonderful giving people and I try to learn much as I can from them so I can do my part.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can show you my city great Houston, Texas. USA

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

Honduras, United States

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