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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Turkish; learning Japanese, Spanish
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Graduate student at nanoscience/engineering
  • Studied mechanical engineering
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Seeing different cultures, places, traditions, people, food&drinks, contribute to science

ABOUT ME

I think I am a friendly, open-minded human being who likes meeting new people, experience a variety of cultures in this life. Currently living in Boston as a PhD student in BU.

PHILOSOPHY

Meditations & Tao Te Ching

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I was always curious about couchsurfing but I preferred hostels during my previous journeys. However, you are welcome to stay at my place if I'm available

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Although I joined couchsurfing long ago, I'm new to couchsurfing.

Interests

Backpacking, hiking, biking, sci-fi books, animes, creating fiction, philosophy, astronomy, chess, soccer, sailing, science, meeting new people, seeing new places, cocktails, music etc.

  • culture
  • books
  • dining
  • drinking
  • technology
  • chess
  • music
  • rock music
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • soccer
  • tennis
  • table tennis
  • astronomy
  • languages
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

random order: L'etranger, animal farm, lotr, old man's war, sandman, watchmen, hvite niggeres, the picture of dorian gray, vonnegut, martin eden; progressive rock, psychedelic rock; star wars, cowboy bebop, fullmetal alchemist, the wire, battlestar galactica, time regulation institute, brothers Karamazov

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hanging out with deers in Nara and Itsukshima, sleeping around middle of nowhere, under the blanket of wonderful Milky Way.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm open to any kind of culture exchange like traditional foods, drinks, languages (I am not a pro and it's really easy but I can teach billards, table tennis, chess too)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Tunisia, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, United States

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