ABOUT ME

I'm a teacher - teach children russian language, decorative arts, beading, mosaics and some design.
All free time I try to travel (usually hitch-hiking or by motorcycle) and meet new people =)

I LIVE FAR FROM THE BEACH. CHECK "ABOUT HOME" PART CAREFULLY

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

perfect place to find a host or a person to share a time with

Hosted 29 people on Phuket, Thailand from November 2014 to April 2015, hosted a bit in Moscow, Russia and again hosting on Phuket, about 60 persons more including one kid by this time (since December 2017).

Interests

I'm collecting coins and banknotes (my collection in Moscow, and I'm in Thailand now, so I don't have anything interesting for exchange here).

I love motorcycles.
I have BMW f650gs in Moscow and Honda PC800 in Los-Angeles.
Two years ago i did 18000 km in one summer on my BMW, visiting Black and White seas.

I like beading, listening to music and reading books.
I like to travel and like hitchhiking, or autostop.
I like abandoned and ruined buildings, old european towns and owls (my childish nickname was "Owlet" in russian language, and I began to love those birds)

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
I like punk-rock and atmospheric-death-black metal, some gothic, drums and those bands: Tarakany‹, Sear bliss, Shape of despair, The 69 eyes, Paradise lost, Splin, Savatage, Sopor Aeternus, Demons of guillotine, Okean Elzi‚, HammerFall, Lumen.
And I like Mike Terrana music.
Movies:
Movies, based on Stephen King's novels and short stories, "Omen" and other horror movies.
Books:
When I was eight, I find on the bookshelf the book "Omen", and I like it till now. Then I begin to read Stephen King, Ann Rice and so on. I like books by Roger Zelazny ("Lord Demon" and "The Millennial Contest"), Vladislav Krapivin, Haruki Murakami, Ray Bradbury, Iain Banks, Daniel Keyes, poems by William Blake.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

in 2011 hitch-hiked from Moscow (Russia) to Hong Kong and back home (through Russia /up to Baykal lake/, Mongolia, China & Kazakhstan),

in 2013 - hitch-hiked from Moscow to Bangkok (Thailand) through Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China & Laos.

in 2014 - did 6500 km on a 110cc motorbike, traveling in north & central Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

2015 - did 6500 km on a 125cc motorcycle through Indonesia (Java, Bali & Sumatra).

Crossed United States by hitch-hiking along old Route 66

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you beading =)
And I want to learn how to play drums and tabla

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, Thailand, United States

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