Wandering about. Trying to understand things around me

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meeting people. There’s only a handful of things in the world that’s better than a good cup of coffee and a nice conversation.

Interests

Movies. Books. Music. Camping. Photography (I do my documentaries in my free time). Vintage stuff (I drive a car that’s made in 1960). I took interests in a lot of things, and I do take pleasure from sharing them, if you’re interested of course.

• books
• literature
• photography
• politics
• movies
• music
• classical music
• country music
• folk music
• photo
• cinema
• life
• cinematography

Music, Movies, and Books

Orwell is a brilliant writer - I respect him for his perseverance on truth and logical thinking.

Malcom Lowry is a writer I believe who deserves more recognition. Raging alcoholic, but interesting perceptions and fantastic imaginations...which goes the same for a lot of alcoholics.

Music...I listen to a lot of things. I grew up with Rock N Roll, and ventured into Jazz and Folk as an adult. Country as well. Even classical music (Rachmaninov is a god).
- Coltrane, Miles Davis, Bill Evans for jazz;
- Phil Ochs is my all time favourite songwriter. A poet of his own kind, and a genius who deserves more recognition.
- Townes Van Zandt. A country legend yet people seldom heard about him. Not quite a poet, but great songwriter.
- I also listen to a lot of movie soundtracks - not Hans Zimmer though. Morricone and John Barry are two of my favourites.

Movies...again I watch all kinds of stuff. But I would say there’s this one scene in Tarkovsky’s The Mirror (Зеркало), when a man looking back while walking away in a field - that, is the pinnacle of cinematography in my opinion.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I only fly when for emergencies - so I’ve been travelling from Asia to Europe and Africa by land...which I consider a feat myself.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am afraid I do not have much to offer. I like talking about things. Things that I believe matters - life, politics, religions (I’m not a religious person, far from that actually)... so I guess the best I can offer is my company.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My company, which sometimes involve alcohol. And conversations, if you enjoy talking. Maybe knowledge - but what I can offer is limited in that regard.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belarus, Croatia, Hong Kong, Poland, Ukraine