Currently traveling in South America and unfortunately can not accept guests!

- Grew up in Istanbul and lived for a long time
- Studied Civil Engineering and worked in Insurance sector for years in a business suit type of work as a manager of a division.
- After 15 years i quit my job and moved to Kaş (a small town in southern coast) with my wife Selda to do what we postponed during our life.
- Amateur mountaineer (climbed nearly 100 summits over 3.000 meters) and want to do more all over the World. Especially in Andes and Himalayas.

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

- To host and help the travelers around the world
- Knowing about new cultures and sharing mutual experiences
- Looking for help from other users on my own travel

Interests

I've always wondered about the rest of the world since my childhood. Who or where were the others? Some day i found a Larousse Encyclopedia (an old fashioned Wikipedia :)) in my parents' house which was about the world countries. Then it was my first time to see the unsual shaped flag of a country named Nepal or a picture of an animal a mixture of camel and sheep in South America.
Luckily i spent my childhood playing on the grass within nature even in Istanbul.
Years after i started to go for hiking, camping or anything about or in nature. Then i met with mountaineering which was the deepest and purest form of nature loving. But far more harder. My wife and i started to go mountains in almost every weekend or any time off from work. The more we integrated into the nature the more we became enstranged from city life.
And the time has come. We quit our good looking jobs and moved to a small town to do the things we always postponed. Now planning our future trip to Central&South America.

• culture
• traveling
• music
• rock music
• hiking
• mountaineering
• rock climbing
• history
• mountains
• nature
• exploring
• climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Every kind of rock music🤘🤘🎸
Science fiction, fantasy, history, mystery, thriller, comics, nature, travel books&movies

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ending my professional career and giving away my business suits and ties :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Trying to learn Spanish any support is appreciated.
I can teach you some phrases in Turkish :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

- A warm and clean bed
- A beautiful sea view from my balcony
- Kitchen facilities
- Hot shower
- For lucky ones; Turkish type of home cooking from my wife and hommade craft beers from me
- Guidence or advices about mountaineering, climbing and walking routes in Turkey.
- Our house just in the middle of famous Lycian Way trekking route.
- Always a smiley face :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Russian Federation, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey