I live with my partner Kate (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/kathysmile)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I’ll break out of my comfort zone and. I'll make new friends. I'll learn new things.

Interests

• reptiles
• arts
• photography
• vegetarian
• flowers
• traveling
• music
• biology
• chemistry
• science
• language exchange
• food
• nature
• geek
• reading books
• plants
• massages
• playing music
• urban planning
• landscape architecture
• decoration
• ayahuasca
• spiders
• natural medicine
• nature walks
• masks
• succulents
• medicinal plants
• nature conservation
• floristry

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Byron Metcalf, Kalya Scintilla, Kailash Kokopelli. Iacchus, Giyo, The Peaking Goddess Collective, Suns of Arqa, Phutureprimitive, Ott, Subcarpati, Icaros

Movies: Planet Earth, The Private Life of Plants, The Blue Planet, Wild China, State of the Planet, Microcosmos,

Books: Vagabonding, Timothy Ferriss - The 4-Hour work Week, Richard Dawkins - The Greatest Show on Earth, Nature Field Guides, Eckhart Tolle - The power of now

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Have visited 101 countries.
Have visited Burning Man.
Drove the legendary road ROUTE 66.
Had an ayahuasca ceremony with Peruvian shaman, peyote ceremony with Huichol shaman.
Took part in the UN and UNESCO research projects on conservation areas creation.
Curated extinct plant collection in the National Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine.
Gave lectures on plant medicine and substance therapy.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: How to grow plants. Playing on musical instruments. Ukrainian and Russian languages. How to make creative design with flowers.

Learn: How to cook tasty local soup. How others travel. New skills and languages. New and interesting points of view.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Armenia, Barbados, Belarus, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Namibia, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Russian Federation, Ukraine, United States