Lived in Crimea 🌊 before the annexation. Used to escape the winter in Ukraine every year previously — and that’s exactly how I ended up in Thailand, Mexico, Columbia, Egypt, and Mauritius! During these times, I learned to love the life on the road, jumping on a plane/bus/train without knowing where to sleep the next night. I fully explored the joy of meeting new people, getting to know various cultures, and discovering new places as well as learned to treasure these moments.

🍷🗣️ A huge lover of good food, good wine, good coffee, and a good chat!

🌱 Vegetarian for 5+ years (no meat except for some fish and seafood). However, I can deal living a co-existence with people who are not vegetarians, recommend places with meat, and can even cook meat with you 😅

Learning to be an aerialist 🦥

HOBBIES:

• digital nomadic life
• digital marketing
• bachata
• hoop aerobatics 🦥
• snowboarding
• percussion instruments
• bouldering / rock climbing
• Wes Anderson’s creativity
• Japanese culture. Japan is the 1st country on the list of those countries that I'd like to visit.

PHILOSOPHY

It costs $0 to be a nice person 😀

Only two things we will regret on deathbed that we are a little loved and little traveled
(Mark Twain)

A man has two lives. The second one starts once you realize that you only have one.

And here is my art of living 😌
• https://www.instagram.com/_maria.prokhorenko

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I travel solo quite often and I love meeting new people with different mindsets and backgrounds, creating new connections (maybe even friendships?) and seeing countries through locals’ eyes.

Interests

• bachata
• wine
• yoga
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• snowboarding
• language exchange
• vegetarianism
• pizza
• pole dance
• wes anderson
• japanese culture
• digital nomad
• french movies
• aerobatics
• marketing digital

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: The Beatles; Pink Floyd; Arctic Monkeys; M83; MGMT; Nick Cave; Tame Impala; Radiohead; Latexfauna; ONUKA; Clubz

MOVIES/SERIES: Interstellar; Grand Budapest Hotel; Dead Poets Society; Kleo; Muted; The Menu; Last Night in Soho; The Green Book.

BOOKS: "One Hundred Years of Solitude", "Shantaram".
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One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Got stuck in Thailand during the pandemic 😬

Crossed the entire Mexico travelling by buses from Mexico City (CDMX) to Merida, Tulum & Cancun and staying in each city/town/village for quite a while.

Started learning hoop aerobatics even though I’m extremely afraid of heights 🫠

and… Couchsurfing of course!

Teach, Learn, Share

Ukrainian language is amazing 😉

What else:

• food

• small gifts

• cuddles ☺️

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, Stories, Good Vibes, Tolerance, and Yummy Gifts (I do hope you aren’t a chocolate hater cuz I always have some craft chocolate from the local factory in Ukraine 🙂)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, Slovakia, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, Thailand, Ukraine