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  • 17 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Bulgarian, Catalan, Valencian, English, Spanish; learning French, Italian, Occitan, Portuguese, Russian
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2020
  • just quitted my job
  • university degree: Spanish philology and Cultural tourism
  • From Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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About Me

well... I was born in Bulgaria, I've lived in Basque country, Occitània, Mexico, Dubai and Catalunya.
I used to go to rock shows (specially American bands) all over Europe but the last few years I have no much time to do it;
from 2007 to 2011 I crossed Europe by land several times, sometimes hitchhiking, sometimes by bus; now I try to travel only outside Europe;
The future is uncertain, so probably I will move again one day, to Africa or Asia, somewhere far away from Europe.
I guess I like traveling and the last two decades I've tried to do as much I could but now because of some personal story I can't travel that much and it's a miracle if I do more than two trips per year.
I always support the alternative forms of thinking but in global perspective.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

offering a place for sleep and communication of course

SURFING / HOSTING EXPERIENCE

very good experiences in Milan, Amsterdam, Belgium, Switzerland, Munich, Luxemburg, England, Toulouse, San Marino, Denmark, Budapest, Chisinau, Bucuresti, Kyiv, Minsk, Malta, Reykjavik, Amman, Jerusalem, Helsinki, Tallinn, Russia, Riga, Algeria, Tunisia, Mexico, Guatemala, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Managua, Gambia, Dakar, Nouakchott, Morocco, Oviedo, Colombia, Bangkok, Hanoi, Singapore, UAE, Oman, USA, Santo Domingo, Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Praia (Cabo Verde), Bahrain, Nairobi, Malé (Maldives), Saudi Arabia and Dhaka;
hosted people from France, Spain, USA, Azerbaijan, Portugal, Italy, Latvia, Serbia, Russia, Colombia, Mexico and Austria;
I took part in CS meetings in Clermont Ferrand

Interests

  • literature
  • traveling
  • punk music
  • rock music
  • mountaineering
  • languages
  • hitchhiking
  • feminism
  • anarchism
  • alternative lifestyles
  • antifascism

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: Singles, Hype!, Suburbia, I Woke Up Early the Day I Died;
music: Melvins, Mudhoney, Thrown Ups, Cows, Halo of Flies, Laughing Hyenas, Tad, Dead Moon, God Bullies, Unsane, God Bullies, Cop Shoot Cop, Cosmic Psychos, Love 666, Jesus Lizard, Boss Hog, Derelicts, X, Dickless, L7, Babes in Toyland, 7 Year Bitch, Free Kitten, Lunachicks, Gits, Spitboy, Aus Rotten, Hüsker Dü, Replacements, Dwarves, Meatmen;
books: Douglas Coupland, Juan José Millás, Pío Baroja, John Steinbeck, Soheir Khashoggi, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

some really great rock shows (Mudhoney, Melvins, Unsane, Blag Dahlia, Jesus Lizard, Today is the Day, Cosmic Psychos, Meatmen, Babes in Toyland, Flipper, Derelicts),
squatting in Basque country and Mexico,
have spent time in streets and squats of London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Athens, Kuala Lumpur, New York, Seattle and ...walking around in Prishtina, Chisinau, Baku, Minsk, Algiers, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Nouakchott, Dushanbe, Bandar Seri Bagawan, Port-au-Prince, Madinah, Dhaka;
visited Northern Cyprus, Palestine and Western Sahara;
exploring the Darién gap rainforest (both sides: Darién in Panama and Los Katíos in Colombia), rode the iron ore train in Mauritania, traveling the Pamir Highway, hiking/climbing: Iztaccíhuatl (México 5230 mts), lake Cóndor Cocha (Ecuador 5100 mts), Ak-Baital pass (Tajikistan 4655 mts), Cofre de Perote (México 4282 mts), Volcan Barú (Panama 3475 mts), hitchhiking Barcelona - Sofia (2500 km for 3 days), swimming with sharks in the Coral Reef (Belize), crossing Azerbaijan by thumb, riding a bicycle 70 km when it was 40 degrees in Cambodia , drove 1000 km in the USA, traveling with a baby on safari in Kenya, attended the evening prayers on the roof of the Ghardaïa Great mosque (Algeria) and at Masjid an Nabawi (Madinah), being in Tel Aviv while Hamas was throwing rockets on it...

https://alternativetraveling.wordpress.com/

visited 50 states (100 %) in Europe, 24 states (55 %) in Asia, 9 states (16 %) in Africa and 14 states (40 %) in America

total visited 97 countries (49%)
visited 301 UNESCO world heritage sites

Teach, Learn, Share

it's possible to learn only from the experience (personal or other's experience)

What I Can Share with Hosts

my time, the couch / available bed or just roof, a drink and a meal, a walking tour, advises and travel tips

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, France, Mexico, Spain, United Arab Emirates

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