I'm eager to travel all around the world making friends and sharing various cultures. I'm now a Ph.D. student at EPFL(École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), majoring in computer science working with blockchain.

Instagram: thisishaoqian

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meeting more foreigner friends and explore the colorful world.

Interests

• hiking
• computer science
• sociology
• finance

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Nineteen Eighty-Four, Animal Farm
Movies: I watched a lot of movies. Here are the movies that influence me.
The Truman Show(1998), Inception(2010), A Separation(2011), The Wave(2008), The Big Short (2015), Never Look Away(2018), The Lives Of Others(2006), Ida(2013), Big Fish(2003), A Beautiful Mind(2001)
Music: The Heart Asks Pleasure First; Take Me Home, Country Roads.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trekking in Nepal for 9 days with my father.
Walking around in Pyongyang at night without a tourist guide.
Taking trains from my hometown(Taiyuan, China) to Minsk with my mother.
Traveling from Agadir(Morocco) to Dakar(Senegal) alone by local public transportation.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Anything you like. The Chinese culture, the books, the personal experience. I want to make friends and meanwhile, I would like to host you!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Laos, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Taiwan