CURRENT MISSION

visit 100 countries

ABOUT ME

Relaxed, laid-back, easy-going, positive, straight guy, eager to find out more about myself and the world I live in. Something in the middle between party animal and book worm)

PHILOSOPHY

The World Is a Book and Those Who Do Not Travel Read Only One Page.

Carpe diem!

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become" Buddha.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is the best way to experience the country and it's culture, to dissolve in it, I would say... Also cs helps you find friends all over the world. So I recommend it to everyone who wants to broaden one's mind.

Interests

Meeting new people, visit new places, experience new feelings, learning more about other cultures. In love with history, geography, sport, hiking, hitch-hiking, yoga, philosophy, life...

• culture
• books
• cooking
• yoga
• partying
• paintball
• traveling
• hiking
• sports
• geography
• history
• hitchhiking
• budget travel
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: all kinds, especially lounge, chill, chillhouse, funky house, blues, folk (Balkan, Indian, Irish...).

Books: The Holy Bible, Tolkien "Lord of the Rings", Beigbeder "99 francs", Dostoevskyi "Crime and Punishment", Frankl "Say "Yes" to Life", Salinger "The Cather in the Rye", Hugo "Notre Dame de Paris", Lermobtov "Hero of our time", Mario Puzo "The Godfather", "The Sicilian", "The Last Don". Also in love with poetry (both as a reader and a writer), especially Yesenin and Brodskyi.

Movies: 7 years in Tibet, Road 60, American history X, The Game, The Godfather, The Art of Travel, The Motorcycle Diaries.

Series: Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, The Suits, Californication, Peaky Blinders.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Quitting my job and starting travelling all over Scandinavia, Germany and Poland by hitch-hiking (43 days) having 100 euro in my pocket.

Spending a night on a Trolltunga in Norway without tent in September, with the lemming getting into my sleeping bag over my face) meeting a sunrise in the mountains after that=)

Rope jumping (30 m)

Hitch-hiking Romania-Bulgaria-Greece-Turkey-France-Luxembourg-Germany-Netherlands-Belgium-Andorra-Spain (almost 6 months) with 100 euro.

Working as volunteer on a horse farm in Turkey, at "caritas" canteen for socially unprotected people in France, in paintball club in Turkey and in hostel in Barcelona.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you Ukrainian and Russian, some yoga exercizes, and cooking deruny=))

I would love to learn as much as possible about different cultures, history and traditions.

Can share my travel stories, love and happiness =))

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach you Ukrainian and Russian, some yoga exercizes, ukrainian cuisine receipts, low budget travelling stories...

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Seychelles, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates