ABOUT ME

Intrepid energizer bunny, loving to explore new places, meet new people... Hold on. Aren't we all? Okay...

I was born in what is now Ukraine, grew up in Russia and now live in the US.

I used to call myself a computer geek, but then I quickly dropped that when I saw the real ones:-) Now I like to say that my occupation doesn't define me - it gives me passion and money to fuel other things I love to do.

I've recently finished my 1yr off-work where I traveled around the globe and have done a lot of things that I would never have enough vacation time for, like a 10-day meditation course and helping to put together a camp and art car at Burning Man.

PHILOSOPHY

Love to challenge yourself, your opinions and even beliefs and values - you will learn a lot about yourself and others in the process of that. It may be unpleasant and testing for your relationships with others, but never boring.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I don't have time for leisure travel now, so I'm guessing I should bring travel to where I am at and make the most of my business travels.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None so far. I've been using AirBnB a lot, but never couchsurfed - was too unpredictable in planning and lazy to fill out all the profile details. I hosted once, and it was great.

Interests

Indie travel

• arts
• photography
• burningman
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• tango
• meditation
• traveling
• bouldering
• camping
• skydiving
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• tantra
• zouk

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: psy-trance (Shpongle), chill, folk-rock.
Non-fiction: psychology.
Fiction: Vonnegut, Hemmingway, Russian authors.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Worked for 6 months in Beijing.
Flew through a hula hoop at 9000 feet above the ground.
Burning Man.
Looked for mountain gorillas in Uganda.
Swam around petrified trees in a halocline cloud of a water-filled cave.
Manta rays doing circles above my head.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you
- fire staff spinning
- meditation
- rock climbing
- social dancing: zouk, salsa, tango
- Russian

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Belize, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Poland, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Russian Federation, United States