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  • 225 references 165 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Chinese (Simplified), Indonesian, Nahuatl, Russian, Turkish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • working in the family business
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About Me

ABOUT ME

I speak my mind...tend to believe that still there are many good people around the world... I have been lucky enough to confirm my supposition... wherever I have travelled . and with all the people I have met on the way
I consider myself a good person. thanks to my parents.
I neither drink nor smoke.

my main shortcoming that you can notice is that .. I am really absent-minded.
I have a sister who is one year and half older that me.
and basically that its all..most details you will know if you want when you meet me

PHILOSOPHY

I think ... if you are a respectful,healthy and well intentioned person.. no matters where you are... you always are going to be welcomed.. god(or the destiny, as you prefer consider this concept) give back what you do to others .

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am going to create a good precedent

I can assure that internet could be could be a perfect way to connect with people you have not even met who share interests similar to your own and who you are unlikely to meet in your daily routine...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

thanks to couchsurfing

I HAVE BEEN A GUEST IN :

2008

Kuala Lumpur,
Chiang Mai,
Ubon Ratchatani,
Jaipur,
Istanbul,
Ankara,
Almaty,
Aydın,
Bursa,
Riga,
Tallin,
Vilnius,
Poznań,
Toruń,
Kosciań,
Ljubljana,
Novi sad,
Sofia
and Edirne

2009

Shanghai
Nanjing
Irkustk
Krasnoyarsk
Tomsk
Moscow
Urumqi
again in shanghai
Hangzhou
again kuala lumpur
Yogyakarta
bukkitinggi
painan
batusangkar
parapat
bandung

2010

Hong kong
Chengdu
Yingjiang
Ningbo
Ambon
Makassar
Sofia
Braşov
Budapest
Vienna
Damascus
Latakia
Istanbul
Bartın
Bolu
İsparta
Fethiye
Aydin
Izmir
Jakarta
Banjarmasin
Bogor

2011
Naivasha
Zanzibar
Gaborone
Salvador
Maracaibo
Valledupar
Bogotá
Lima
Tigre

2012

Kurashiki
Takahashi
Nara
Omihachiman
Kyoto
Lintau
Padang
Istanbul
Amasya
Bolu
Guangzhou
Guiyang
Zuiyi
Nanning

Yopal
Tunja
Bucaramanga(2 diferent hosts)
Medellin

2013

Elazığ
Isfahan
Shiraz
Tehran
Tabriz

Jayapura
Rotorua

2014

Santiago(RD)
Port of Spain(T&T)
Paramaribo

Ohrid
Istanbul

2015

Washington
Kuching
Cd Obregon

Port Antonio
Merida

2016
Bogota

2017
Vilanculos
Lomé
Kara
Tunis
Constantine
2018
Port Moresby
Horiana

2019
Harar
Nosy Be

I HAVE MEET OR SPEND TIME WITH CSERS IN:

2009

Nanjing
Beijing
Shengyang
Harbin
Vladivostok
Ulan Ude
Kashgar
padang
banda aceh
bandung
..............

know fellow cs members in my home city.
I have also met in my hometown to show around a little:
a russian girl with 2 finish friends.
a CS member of the city of queretaro,here in Mexico
and a slovakian guy

2010

Hong kong
Chengdu
lijiang
Tengchong
Bali
Makassar
Jakarta
Istanbul
Isparta
Banjarmasin
Bogor

thanks to my last guest, I met a bunch of new local member of CS

I did 2 getaways with a chinese girl who was living here for 3 months.

2011

Kampala
Victoria falls
Asunción
Salvador
Bogotá
Lima

I met by CS (but also from work) a girl from Monterrey
Met a interesting couple: Pilipina/Australian-Iranian

2012

Batusangkar
Padang
Banjarmasin
Da Nang
In Hanoi I bumped into Young; who hosted me in Yinjiang,Yunnan in 2010. we spent a day strolling around the city.
El-Jadida
Istanbul
Guangzhou

Bucaramanga
Medellín

I showed a Vietnamese girl around my city
I showed around a Palestinian family my city surroundings.

2013

Isfahan
Shiraz
Tabriz
Kushan

Yangoon
Jayapura

2014

San Juan
Fort-of-france
Rosseau
Castries
Port of Spain

Cayenne

Skopje
Tbilisi
Samarkand
Bukhara
Khiva
Bishkek
Osh
Dushambe

2015

Kuching.
Colombo
Nassau
Kingston.
Curaçao
Saint George
Bridgetown

2016
Bogota
Puno
Montevideo
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Tbilisi
Yerevan

2017
Maputo
Cape town
Luanda
Lagos
Ouagadougou
Accra
Abidjan
Bissau
Dakar
Nouakchott
Argel

I HAVE RECEIVED AS A HOST :

2008

2 guys from Ljubljana,
2 girls from 台北(taipei)
a couple from warszawa
and another couple + one friend also from warszawa
a couple from france
1 german guy
2 turkish brothers from Izmir
1 singaporean girl
2 girls from Germany

2009

1 polish guy
1 turkish guy fom Istanbul
2 girls from Riga
A couple from england
1 guy from South Korea
1 belgian girl
2 french friends
2 Girls from 香港(hong kong)
1 girl from Lima
1 girl from Moscow
1 girl from cameroon.
1 french girl of Senegalese heritage
1 Canadian girl
2 german girls
An Italian couple
1 pakistani-canadian guy
A couple from Bulgaria
1 spaniard girl

2010

1 australian girl
A slovakian couple
1 French-Moroccan Girl
One peruvian girl
One chinese girl from 广州(guangzhou) (the first from mainland!!)
1 turkish guy (from Bolu)
1 polish girl from Łódź(the first pole coming outside warszawa)
An equatorian girl,plus her mother and boyfriend.
A russian couple from Санкт-Петербург(St. Petersburg)
An Ukranian Couple from Київ(Kiev)
1 girl from 宁夏 Ningxia (second guest from mainland china)
A guy from Jakarta ( first guest from Indonesia!!)
A british girl of Chinese heritage.
A girl from 南宁(third guest from mainland china)
A girl from 湖南(fourth guest from mainland china)

2011

A Singaporean guy.
A Turkish guy(from Istanbul) and a french-Argelian Girl
A malaysian girl (from Kuantan).
A guy from Slovakia.
2 girls from Germany.
A girl from 成都!!(one of my favourites cities in China).
A french-Moroccan girl.
A couple from 上海/南宁
A girl from Croatia with 2 friends
2 Girls and a Guy from Austria
A girl from Istanbul!
A slovenian Couple.

2012

A Filipina girl
2 friends from 南宁.
A couple from Lima
A girl from 上海
A girl from 成都 (my second guest coming from that great city)
A guy from 广州
2 girls from Hungary,1 guy from Slovakia and 1 girl from France.
A girl from 北京.
A girl from 湖南 and another from 安徽
A couple from 京都 (First japanese guests)
A girl from Chandigarh(First guest from India)
A girl and her mother from Poland.
A british guy and a Korean Girl
3 Argentinian sisters.
A russian girl
A spaniard girl
A girl from تهران.
A romanian gil

2013

A croatian girl
A turkish Girl from Istanbul.
A girl from 新疆
A german couple
A Italian girl and an Argentinian Guy.
A girl from 湖南.
a girl from la reunion island.
2 girls from USA.
A girl from Vietnam and a guy from Henan.

2014

A couple from Poland
2 girls from Poland
A former travel partner in Iran from 成都 who managed to contact me through CS after both of us lost our contact emails.
A couple form Slovenia.
A girl from 成都 I hosted almost 2 years ago, came again and with a friend from Myanmar
A Russian girl.
A japanese girl
2 girl, one from Austria and another from Canada.
A girl from 台灣.
2 gringas-ticas
A girl from 广东.
A girl from مشهد
Another girl from 台灣.
2 amigos de Tucumán,Argentina.

2015

A german girl.
A couple from Colombia.
2 girls from Argentina.
A Friend fron تهدان. came for a second time . This time with a Cuban and Yucatec Friend.
An australian girl.
A korean girl
Another colombian couple.
2 girls from Czech Republic.
A girl from Vietnam.
A girl from Colombia
A couple Taiwan/Eslovakia
A couple from Turkey.

2016.
A turkish friend re-visited me
A Czech girl.
2 german girls
A guy from Dominican Republic
An Uruguayan Lady.

Interests

To learn languages.
In particular:
Turkish
Chinese
Russian
Bahasa Indonesia
Persian
Japanese
portuguese (estou a me aperfeiçoar)

Recover my previous knowledge of the original language of Puebla city valley: NAHUATL.

I like to collect:
1.- Musical instruments.
2.-Maps in the official language of the countries.
2.-Hats.

Music, Movies, and Books

popular ,traditional and folclorical musical genres from every corner of the world...all good musical genres...from son huasteco, Luk Thung to Marrabenta,ndombolo(and anything in the middle)..
some good books:
las enseñanzas de don juan,El laberinto de la soledad,Iracema,os sertões,La muerte de artemio cruz,Kars,benim adim Kırmızı.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Quite a few things.

Teach, Learn, Share

I will try to share my personal knowledge and experiences and get the most I can of yours...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Evryone is welcomed but I will especially glad to host and show around Chinese, Japanese, Persian, Indonesian, Russian and Turkish languages speakers.
De America latina tengo en gran estima a Colombianos(a) y Peruanos(a).
E o Brasil. É simplesmente o meu segundo lár. ficarei grato de ser anfitrião de Brasileiros(a)

So far the hospitality circle has been completed 16 times . I hope with the time all my guests will be my hosts and all my hosts my guests.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico

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