CURRENT MISSION

Travel to the wild places, get to know life in all its manifestations.
Rethink my travelling concept in the light of changing country of residence. How does travelling combine, complement and differ from moving?

ABOUT ME

I adore wild nature, adventures, new friends, new impressions, music, learning foreign languages. Most of my life I lived in Moscow, but I've always liked travelling throughout Russia and to other countries. I prefer outdoor activities and getting together somewhere not in the bars (it is cheaper and more sincere, heartwarming, different way of enjoying our life).
Previously I worked as an investigator at Moscow State University where I've done my PhD thesis. Apart from working I dedicated my spare time to playing and acting in something intermediate between student theatre and music band. Then I moved to Turku (Finland) and I worked there one year in a biotech company. Now I live in Tel Aviv (Israel).
As it corresponds to a biologist, I'm a big fan of nature: animals, birds, plants, forests, rivers, mountains, hiking, climbing, camping, natural reserves, ecotourism etc. Despite the fact that I'm a biochemist and some of them can't tell the difference between dog and sheep... also I've always been a field biologist in my soul and, wherever I go, I always bring plants and animals field guides with me (crazy, no?!)

PHILOSOPHY

My favourite quotes:It's nice to be hungry! (Movie "Go-getter")

Everything that is happening to us is just a dream. Tomorrow we'll wake up and it's gone... (someone)
A man is like fire: needs air for living. (TV Series "Alma Pirata")

Imperfection is beautiful! Music needs a bit of dirtyness. (Bebe)

The length of the life is determined by God, but the breadth of the life is up to us. (A. Abdulov)

Give to me the life I love,
Let the lave go by me,
Give the jolly heaven above
And the byway night me.
Bed in the bush with stars to see,
Bread I dip in the river
There's the life for a man like me,
There's the life for ever.
(R. L. Stevenson)

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet. (someone)

If you think that adventure is dangerous, try routine. It is lethal. (Paulo Coelho)

One doesn't travel to escape from live, but to prevent live from escaping from you! (someone)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Sometimes I host CSers in my flat, sometimes just meet and show around. And also by being hosted and or guided.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The list of people I hosted in my flat:

Argentina: Jose Mari­a (http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/ticobrahe/), Kike (http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/kinkela/) and their friends Alejandro and Pablo - 5 days
Argentina: Javier (http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/j.g/) - 2 days
Uruguay: Andres (http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/andres3542/) - 5 days
Chile: Claudia (http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/claudiaastete/) - 5 days
Colombia: William (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/william_chamorro/) - 3 days
USA: Steve and Blair (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/steven.puidokas/) - 5 days
China: Cindy (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/sitingwang/) - 3 days
Colombia: Julian (https://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=5HB4Y20BK) and his friend Luis - 2 days
Chile: Paola (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/nictofever/) - 1 day
Belgium: Lieselotte and Hannes (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/gipsies/) - 5 days
Peru: Dania (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/daniaperu) - 7 days
Spain and US: Vera (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/vepeaca) and Ben: - 1 day
Chech Republic: Radka (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/rpoulova) and Mirek (https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/2000293563) - 1 day
South Korea: Wonmin (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/wonmin) and his friend - 1 day; Hyojin (https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/2000578288) and two of her friends - 2 days
Brazil: João Teobaldo (https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/1006286551) - 3 days
Brazil: Fernando (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/fernandobisan) and Bianca (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/bianca.buch) - 1 day
Chile: Oscar and Oscar (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/familia_encalada) - 3 days
Germany/Russia Brazil: Jelisaweta (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/jelisaweta) and two of her friends - 1 day
Chile: Alejandro (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/alepacificosur) - 1 day
Taiwan: Wayne (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/wayne115085) and Cheer (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/lanyangyu) - 2 days
Greece: Semina (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/semina-tzortzopoulou) - 1 day
Finland: Karoliina (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/karoliina-iso-ropo) - 1 day
France: Nicolas (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/nicolas-dartiguemalle) and Damien- 1 day
France: Irene (https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/2003798658) and Clementine - 1 day
US/Nicaragua: Fernando (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/fernando-espinoza) - 1 day
Germany: Julia (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/juliahoffmann2) - 1 day
Singapore: Xuan (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/gohxuanxuan) and Austin - 1 day
Germany: Monika (https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/2016133351) - 1 day

The list of people that hosted me:

Spain: Eden (http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/eden.fazel/) - 3 days
Spain: Jens (http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/forestandgarden/) - 3 days
Spain: Laura (http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/laura.valladares/) - 3 days
Colombia: Priscila (https://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=5H1LMP2YA) - 2 days
Colombia: Carlos (https://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=5GXUFIAS5) - 1 day
Venezuela: Veronica (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/respiro_vzla/) - 1 day
Spain: Ludo (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/ludonau/) - 2 days
Spain: David (https://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=5HPMUS9UA) - 1 day
Spain: Koldo (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/beldarin/) and Gosia (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/mukila/) - 2 days
Spain: Guillermo (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/guillerr/) - 1 day
Spain: Natalia (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/natalia.villa/) and Pedro (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/pedrodoc/) - 1 day
Denmark: Jacob (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/jhhansen) - 2 days
Denmark: Anja (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/karla.k) and Peter - 1 day
Denmark: Anja (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/asila84) - 1 day
Mexico: Gabriela (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/gabriela-serrano-1) - 1 day
Mexico: Chris (https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/2004103476) - 1 day
Mexico: Andres (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/andres-sandoval-2) - 1 day
Mexico: Ramiro (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/soy-unconejo) - 1 day
Mexico: Gildo (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/gildopatadeperro) - 1 day
Malaysia: Azmie (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/azmie-yahya) - 1 day
Indonesia: Hanny (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/hanny.veewee) - 1 day
Sweden: Nacho (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/nacho-nihilsson) - 1 day
Sweden: Axel (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/axelkockum) - 1 day

... and of course it's impossible to mention all the CSers I met ...

Interests

Adventures, music, travel, biology, programming, hiking, camping, ecotourism, wild life, languages, dancing, lindy hop, guitar, jazz, bossa-nova.

• animals
• dogs
• birds
• singing
• dancing
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• camping
• swimming
• biology
• languages
• ornithology
• ecotourism
• rivers
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watching sunset in Nicaragua, laguna Apoyo (volcanic lake), while swimming there on the back with my eyes towards the sky... Incredible scenery! Each part of the sky had its own color and clouds of the different shapes and all of this was changing every minute...
Snorkelling among turtles, sea lions, bennets and pinguins at Galapagos archipelago.
Watching sunrise at the top of Kilimanjaro.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to improve my English and Spanish, can help you if you need to practice your conversational Russian.
I love learning songs, inventing and singing different voices, vocalizes, solo.
Also, as a biologist, I can share with you lots of biological stuff I know (biochemistry, ornithology, botany, etc.). I can make an excursion for you showing birds and plants around.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Latvia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Russian Federation

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