Hi there! I am Altynay from Kazakhstan. Currently, I live in Almaty, but if there is any chance you want to see the beautiful sea in Kapshagay city (it's where my parents live), then I would be happy to host you. Update: these days I am very busy, therefore wouldn't be able to show you Kapshagay.

BUT! I live in a so cozy (in my opinion) and not so big flat in Almaty near the Circus, that's why I would rather invite you to live up in Kapshagay. So if you are OK with staying in my apartment, I would be glad to host you.

Three things which describe as a person:

- Easygoing
- Open-minded
- Empath

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

That was a note back to 2013-2014. Will update the profile soon...
UPD. I am fully vaccinated.

I like the idea of meeting different people from all over the world. Isn't it amazing? Places without people mean nothing. Interacting with people and seeing how they live, say in Oslo, and at least for one day live the life of the visiting country. See the world, feel yourself alive, talk to people, and make friends - that's what my looking for.

2016. 9 am, I am sitting in the office in hot Almaty, while right at this moment, someone might be just coming to Kazakhstan... or someone just took a plane to Australia. Oh man, I can't tell you how I feel, but it feels so good.

2021. 16:15, sitting at a coffee place and looking forward to the trip to Kyiv :)
2022. I arrived in Amsterdam from Rome and tried to find via a map the address of my host (which I found through Couchsurfing) and this is my first time in the Netherlands. Man, it feels amazing to make it possible to travel.
2022. I am in Hungary, it's mid of December, in the lovely city of Budapest, I didn't search for a place to surf, this time I decided just to go with the flow by booking a friendly hostel and then a lovely room in Austria that was magnificent, I mean the nature.
2023. I am planning my new trip and trying to figure out a way how I could the trip to Barcelona and other things make happen because I just realized that I don't have enough budget to do so. I am totally honest here that sometimes you have the wildest dreams, but don't have enough money. And I love Couchsurfing for the main reason: 1. Getting to know new people - I mean, yay! 2. Make happen things that you aspired to do like traveling the world and exploring... Through people. Places. Stories. Museums. Food. Dance.

Interests

• arts
• culture
• books
• poetry
• design
• illustrations
• dancing
• traveling
• puzzles
• music
• live music
• hiking
• camping
• journalism
• languages
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Damon Albarn (all projects), New Order, Chet Baker, King of the Convinience, Mumford&Sons
Book: Sergei Dovlatov, Anna Gavalda, Erlend Lou, Stiven King, Dan Brown
Movies: Eternal sunshine of spotless mind, Art of getting by, Pay it forward, HER, Night on Earth, In the Mood for Love, I - Origin, Mr. Nobody, Adult world, Children of Heaven (Madjid Madjidi), Life is a miracle (Emir Kusturica), Ta'm e guilass, 1997 ( Abbas Kiarostami), Chungking express (1994)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach - Love yourself
Learn - Be yourself, humble and kind
Share - Happiness

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Netherlands, South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, United States