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Overview

  • 4 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, German, Italian
  • 53, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Tour Director/Guide - (tourism)
  • London University BA Political Geography
  • From London
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Hidden harmonies, significant synchronicities,

Interests

Photography, Cycling, Nature, Travel, politics, Russia and its soul

  • photography
  • politics
  • traveling
  • cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
The Consequences of Love, Aguirre - Wrath of God, Fitzcaraldo, Blade Runner, Dogville, Stalker, Zerkalo (The Mirror), Moscow does'nt believe in Tears, Solaris, Fanny and Alexander, Dekalogue, Apocalypse Now, Double Life of Veronique, Danton, Abre los ojos (Open your eyes), Nostalgia, Tempo Di Viaggio, The Devils, A Man For All Seasons, The Return, The Sheltering Sky, Das Boot, Beau Travail, The Man Who Would be King, The Cruel Sea, Jacobs Ladder, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Deer Hunter, Three Kings, Black Hawk Down, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Zulu, Man Without Face, Idi i smotri (Come and See), Once were Warriors, Beyond the Clouds, Il Gattopardo (The Leopard), Colonel Chabert, Wild Strawberries, Seventh Seal, Ludvig, Death in Venice, The Damned, Rocco and His Brothers, La Terra Trema (the Earth Trembles), Scarface, Being John Malkovich, Mulholland Drive, Empire of the Sun, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, Svejk, Donnie Darko, Goodfellas, The English Patient, Seven Samurai, Citizen Kane, Elephant and many others

Music
Lali puna, Yazoo, Joy Division, Purcell, Pergolesi, Fairouz, Natasha Atlas, Oum Khasoulm, Edward Artemyev, Dj Shadow, Sabres of Paradise, Eriyka Badu, Sigur Ros, Ali Farke Toure, Plaid, Arvo Part, Gorecki, Khaled, Boards of Canada, Radio Head, Popol Vuh, Maria Callas, Cecilia Bartoli, Kraftwerk

Books
Norman Mailer - 'Harlot's Ghost', 'Secret Agent' - Joseph Conrad, 'Ivan Chonkin' - V.Voinovich, Philip K Dick 'Do androids dream of electric sheep', Thomas Hardy, 'The Mayor of Casterbridge', John Fowles, 'The Magus'

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Everyday

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Poland, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Latvia, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom

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