CURRENT MISSION: Looking for my magic beans.

"Lo mejor es no asombrarse de nada y probar todas las copas". -Diego a David en Fresa y Chocolate
The best is not to be shocked by anything, and to sip from every cup. -Diego to David in Strawberry and Chocolate

"Patria es Humanidad". -José Martí / Our Homeland is Humanity.

"Yo vengo de todas partes
y hacia todas partes voy,
arte soy entre las artes,
y en los montes, monte soy". -José Martí

I come from everywhere,
and to everywhere I'm bound,
I am an art among arts,
A mountain among mountains.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to hang out with strangers.

Interests

Conversations, delicious food, beer, mota, beaches, live music, street art, magic, gingers, identities, leisure, forest, medicinal plants, social justice, traditional African religions...

• arts
• culture
• street art
• dining
• chocolate
• beer
• magic
• music
• live music
• religion
• beaches
• mountains
• diversity

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Cien Años de Soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude)-Gabriel García Márquez, all the short stories from Mario Benedetti, El Beso de la Mujer Araña (Kiss of Spider Woman)-Manuel Puig, all kind of texts about traditional African religions...

Movies: Harold and Maude, Fresa y Chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate), La Mala Educación (Bad Education)...

Music: Bomba, Plena, Salsa, and all kind of African heritage music, La Lupe, Héctor Lavoe, Silvio Rodríguez, Ismael Rivera, Cortijo, Manu Chao...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visit the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre Sanctuary in Santiago, Cuba.

In Havana, had in my hands an original copy of "Paradiso" by Lezama Lima.

Sunsets in Playuela, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.

Swimming in Bio-luminescent Bay in Lajas, Puerto Rico, when I was a kid.

Teach, Learn, Share

Share very local experiences, immersion in our Latin American and Caribbean culture.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Puerto Rican magic realism.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Puerto Rico

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