CURRENT MISSION Free ride in whitewater and surrounds - love to meet anyone who wants to explore back country. ABOUT ME Always trying to learn more. Trying the new and unknown. Living. I have moved to Nelson for a few months. Would love to experience some snowboarding and touring along the way. PHILOSOPHY Try something once. If you like it try it twice. And in the words of Atisha something I aspire towards: The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways. The greatest magic is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting, Surfing, Teaching, Sharing, Recruiting, Cooking, Smiling.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started in November 2008 - I had previously had some couch surfing experience with friends and also random strangers which I absoultely love.

Since then I got a chance to experience a very different and amazing side of traveling. Not to mention getting quite into rock climbing, learning Dutch, improving my snow boarding and cooking - all attributable to Couch Surfing:D

Interests

Hitchhiking, anthropology, theology, art, psychology, people, cooking (particularly vegetarian and vegan cooking), snowboarding, rock climbing, hiking, surfing, canyoning, abseiling, bicycle riding, kite surfing, yoga, dancing, staying fit, languages - and people who know lots of them. Tea, music, photography, reading, living.

• arts
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• jet skiing
• scuba diving
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• swimming
• anthropology
• languages
• psychology
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

I like a lot of music. Leningrad, Ozuna, Wolfine, Eddie Verder, Ария, ддт, Онука, Crystal Fighters, Bon iver, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Linkin Park, The Knife, Architecture In Helsinki, Beirut, Nautilus Pompilius, Yann Tiersen, Coco Rosie, SOAD, Ramstein, Lana Del Ray, UKF Dubstep, Matisyahu, Michael Jackson, Tegan and Sara, Blink 182, Hixxy and Brixxy, Tiesto, the Beatles, Kavinsky, The XX, Mumford and Sons. Books - Kite Runner, Thousand Splendid suns, Shantaram, Into the Wild. Movie/shows i love: The Office (the american version). Oh and scrubs. And Simpsons. And futurama.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Be lucky enough to know my friends and family. Bike rode from Vietnam to Cambodia. Free rode backcountry in Georgia. Jet Ski with my best mate into the horizon, in New Caledonia. Swam in the deepest lake in the world. Coral reefs and watching fish swim through them. Galloped on a horse. Swimming in a hole in the ice in Finland.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Russian, English, Spreadsheet modelling (hey I'm a researcher give me a break), top roping and seconding (rock climbing), basic snowboarding, dancing on a bicycle. Share: Rock climbing, snow boarding, bike riding, scuba diving, surfing. Want to Learn: Dutch, Chinese (Mandarin), Arabic and Spanish. Btter snowboarding, climbing and surfing.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Share: Rock climbing, snow boarding, bike riding, scuba diving, surfing, cooking.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Canada, Georgia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom

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