CURRENT MISSION

Make the world a better place, start with yourself.

ABOUT US

We are a couple of Russians who just quit jobs in US to travel the world. Taking every opportunity to explore new countries and cultures!
Recently completed our trip around United States's Midwest, next stops are France, Ukraine, Russia, India, Nepal and South America (yeah building straightforward routes is our weak side).

D_ - marketing manager by coincidence, I love cooking and long conversations - nothing brings us together like eating together :)
V_ - wireless engineer by nature, I love delivering bits of information from point A to point B, and travel. A lot of travel!

We love seals! Someday we will run a seal center, where we will raise abandoned seal pups and bring them back into the wild.

Find us on FB and Instagram:
https://www.facebook.com/dashamalyugina.dashamalyugina
https://www.instagram.com/dmalyugina/
https://www.facebook.com/vladimir.podshivalov.52
https://www.instagram.com/freelancervvp/

Our travel blog: http://sealtravel.ru/ (sorry, it's in Russian). To check out in English: https://translate.yandex.com/translate?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsealtravel.ru%2F&lang=ru-en

Our little travel startup: https://secretrip.ru/ (sorry, again in Russian). To check out in English: https://translate.yandex.com/translate?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecretrip.ru%2F&lang=ru-en

PHILOSOPHY

We believe in the power of communication and dialogue. Ability to consider different point of view is crucial to maintain peace and tolerance in our crazy world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Establishing contacts with people from other countries and cultures is the main part of travel experience :)

Interests

48 countries visited so far!

• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• engineering
• volunteering
• sport
• telecommunications
• visiting libraries

Music, Movies, and Books

D_
Music: RHCP are my favorites
Movies: adventure movies and documentaries, National Geographic and BBC movies. Into the Wild, Planet Earth - just to name a few.
Books: exploring American classics right now (enjoyed Vonnegut and Warren so far).

V_
Music: Rock music!
Movies: Star Wars fan :)
Books: In love with science fiction - Ray Bradbury as favorite

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

D_ - Listening to complete silence on one of the tops of Pyrenees.
V_ - Married Daria, if you know what I mean ;)

Teach, Learn, Share

Russian language and cuisine. And physics of wireless communications!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Travel experiences and funny stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malaysia, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Russian Federation, South Korea, Ukraine, United States