CURRENT MISSION

Maria is my formal name, I usually go by Masha. I moved to New York from Moscow after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

ABOUT ME

I am a traveler, a snowboarder, a motorcyclist, a bicyclist and maybe a future surfer

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like meeting couchsurfers in different cities. Some of them became my friends

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I occasionally organize events in New York City. I was hosted by wonderful people in Turkey and Morocco. I went to a couch crash in Washington DC and it was of one of the best trips of my life.

Interests

Meeting new people, going to new places and learning new things

• books
• movies
• traveling
• snowboarding
• history
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies by Quentin Tarantino, books by Graham Greene and music by whoever has the right energy and a good taste

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I survived! Now that the crazy part of my life is probably behind, I can say there were multiple trips to war zones, a vacation in Afghanistan, an interrogation in Iran where I was detained at a nuclear power plant, a journey from Moscow to Montenegro by motorcycle three weeks after I learnt how to ride it and one super-scary parachute jump when I missed the air field and landed on a potato farm.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, food and drinks

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States

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