I was born in Belarus (then part of the USSR), and lived in Israel for 10 years with my family. We then moved to Canada where I finished high school and university (I studied computer science).

After my studies, I spent several years living in Los Angeles and San Francisco working at internet startups, and then returned to Canada.

Now I'm on the move again, exploring Southeast Asia with my girlfriend and taking a lot of photos.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My girlfriend and I left our apartment in Toronto and are now backpacking all around Asia. Sometimes we stay at hostels and airbnbs, but our main goal is to meet local people and learn about their culture, so staying in someone's home and hanging out with them is ideal!

Interests

📷 p h o t o

I love capturing candid moments of street life as well as serendipitous shots of friends and family.

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https://flickr.com/yakubovich
https://instagram.com/yakubovich

📚 b o o k s

Some favourites are Master and Margarita, Siddhartha, American Gods, Discworld, 1984, Clockwork Orange, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Fight Club, Crime and Punishment, Snow Crash, Diamond Age, Neuromancer, Cloud Atlas, Philip K. Dick, Ursula Le Guin

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1919693-ilya

🎸 m u s i c

I travel with a martin backpacker guitar and a harmonica (I mostly play blues and folk songs).

🎎 c u l t u r e

I want to learn more about different cultures, and what it's like to live life in a different society. I also find that by learning about other cultures, I understand more about my own!

• photography
• reading
• guitar
• philosophy
• cultural immersion
• cultural exchange
• street photography

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent 3 months backpacking all over Indonesia!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach language skills (English, Russian, Hebrew) and photography

I'd like to learn about the little details of living in a different part of the world

Countries I’ve Visited

Cuba, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Poland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belarus, Canada, Israel, United States