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  • 34 references 26 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Belarusian, Polish, Russian; learning English
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • living, seeing, feeling, thinking
  • high education
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About Me

From 7 till 14 of February I'm in Scandinavia: Sweden and Denmark.

CURRENT MISSION

To find the W.A.Y.

ABOUT ME

What i'm doing: moviemaker, photographer, tea master, freelancer, volounter, traveler, dreamer
Who i'm: out of the box, openminded, responsible

if you want to know more about me you should watch my autobiografic documentary https://youtu.be/i1CIGjzKHnk or just meet me and spent a time together.

PHILOSOPHY

go on and never give up
be truthful with other people and honest to youself

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

2008-2016: Surfer and host :) Taking part in CS meetings: boardgames, language exchanges and so on.

2014: Take part in great CS party in Krakow.

04.2012: Go to Armenian mountain and spent their time with two great Armenian guys, exept of sightseeing. Stay at the place of American guy in one of the village and go throught the snowy mountain by my own.

2011-nowaday: Find a friend in Serbia.

august 2011: I've stay for 2 nights at Parnu(Estonia) at Jan's place! It was unforgettable experience! At the first day at 22:30 I've just arrived in the city and I was going and looking at signposts and one guy from group of people walking nearby asked me: "Are you CouchSurfer?". It was Indrekl. I show him address where I was going and he said that he know this place and Jan is his good friend. So he called to Jan and said that I'm already in the city:) Next evening I have ride together with Jan by his old-style bicycle! And style of Jan's life is unique! I think info-center in Parnu should recommend him and his place as must see in this nice city!

In Tallin at the last night I didn't have where to stay for night, and going to sleep at the airport at the floor. At 23:40 I get sms from Lemon. She asked me where am I and said that I can stay at her place - it was like miracle :)

summer 2009: I was hitch-hiking through Europe (Myslowice, Vienna, Budapest, Graz, Munchen, Padova) and everywhere met nice, friendly people, which offer their help.

Interests

moviemaking, photography, traveling, dancing, music, healthy life, tea, philosophy of the EAST

  • poetry
  • photography
  • documentaries
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • walking
  • partying
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • boxing
  • freelancing
  • hitchhiking
  • language exchange
  • volunteering
  • sightseeing
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
The Art of loving. An Enquiry into the Nature of Love - Erich Seligmann Fromm
Tao Te Ching - Laozi

Music:
depends on humor

Movies:
better ask my girlfriend https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/camomillle25 she knows a lot of titles of movies I like :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was in mountains near Innsbruck!!! It was dreamlike :) Many thanks for Kris for bringing us there!!

Jaguar hitch-hiking (driver was nice woman working at the Estonian parlament)

I quit corporation and became freelancer and volounter.

Teach, Learn, Share

After a project Downshifting, Permaculture & Community spirit last year in Romania I start living other life. I can tell you about leaving corporation and becoming freelancer.

Also I can tell you about my expirience in volunteering.

I make traditional tea ceremony gong fu cha and tea in russian style with samowar.

What I Can Share with Hosts

5 elements system of cooking

rules of making tea in the right way

belarussian poetry (one of hosts ask me to read it for him :))) it was nice expirience

I can make short movie or photo for you

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belarus, Poland

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