CURRENT MISSION

Make the world a better place.

ABOUT ME

Originally from Belarus, based in Malaysia with my partner. This year I am doing solo traveling across the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia.

Currently I am in Turkey.

Feel free to follow my journey in Instagram *alenavegantraveler*

Vegan for over 14 years, love animals, do my best to protect the environment - as zero waste as possible, avoid using plastic. Love traveling, seeing new places, learning new things and of course, meeting new people.

I have lived in 10 countries, traveled to a bit over 80.

My YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/@AlenaZhdanava1/videos

Life is short, make it count.
Stay positive, try to enjoy and take the best of each moment as in the end, life is made of these moments.

"Be the change you want to see in the world" - those are the words I live by.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couchsurfed in Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand, Russia and Belarus (yes yes, in the country I am from !) Argentina and Peru, Ecuador and Chile, Mexico and the USA, Kenya and Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Malawi and Tanzania.
I also try to host whenever I have a chance and so far hosted in Malaysia and Belarus.
Met absolutely best people and think this is one of the most extraordinary and awesome ways of traveling and experiencing the world

Interests

Vegan food, Yoga, Martial Arts (Taekwondo), hiking, nature, painting (acrylic painting), learning, teaching, languages, personal growth.

• arts
• vegan
• yoga
• meditation
• traveling
• blogging
• painting
• hiking
• martial arts
• languages
• science
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Different music, it depends on the mood as well :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I published a travel memoir 🧳🌎
"Finding myself elsewhere. Belarus and beyond, making every moment count"

There are two more books coming out this year ✨

In 2016 I did a 9 month world tour starting with a Transsiberian train through the whole Russia and then moving on to South America and do solo traveling there for about 3 months from where I traveled to the US across 25 states, from Alaska in the north to Florida in the very southern US point, Key West.

As far as incredible adrenaline boost type of experiences go, I've done bungee jumping and it was absolutely awesome!! The feeling of standing on the edge and then just letting yourself go... this should be really experienced to understand the feeling :)

I've done paragliding, less extreme in comparison with bungee, but still amazing.. soaring through the clouds, very relaxing.

SKY DIVING !!! That was a life time experience! And I have done it in New Zealand, with gorgeous views of mountains and Lake Taupo to be seen while free falling :) Here is the video capturing those awesome moments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3pIq8izYRY

I've also done Vipassana meditation, and that is something that I am really grateful for to my friend who introduced it to me. Going within and seeing the reality as it is. This was a 10 day course which I have completed twice in Malaysia.

Hmmmm I have also made my childhood dream come true and attended to concert of Backstreet Boys! Even though it was like 15-20 years since I was a real fan of that band, but it didn't matter - all that teenage fun and joy were back!

Definitely make sure you make your childhood - teenage dreams come true - well worth it!

What to say, Life is Amazing ! Always experience more, go for it, try it, whatever comes on your mind and makes you feel excited about it!

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach languages.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Sharing life experience, personal philosophy, my optimism , positive attitude and overall love for life :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Angola, Australia, Belarus, China, Greece, Malaysia, Poland, South Korea, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States