CURRENT MISSION

get closer to the essence

ABOUT ME

Interested and curious about cultures, social anthropology & humanities. I like to keep myself involved in various activities, many of which are crafts-related, which I see both as way of fostering social interactions and as a personal 'artistic' research method

PHILOSOPHY

Love many trust few and always paddle your own canoe

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Having had amazing experiences in places as close as my hometown and as far as Amazonian jungle with various hospex platforms (CS, Hospitalityclub, Airbnb, Helpex, WarmShowers, BeWelcome), I have become an advocate of this modern social phenomena

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Freestyle! Been couchsurfing for awhile, since early days of Hospitalityclub

Interests

In no particular order - diy, traditional and modern crafts, cycling, kayaking, beer brewing, hiking and trekking, food and cooking, pubs and cafes, sea and sailing, mountains, snowboarding, media, design, travel, history, alternative cinema, arts, culture, books, psychology, spirituality, religions, sustainability, anthropology, culture studies, reading

• arts
• culture
• humanities
• books
• design
• perfumes
• diy
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• pub crawls
• crafts
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• canoeing
• kayaking
• sailing
• snowboarding
• anthropology
• communications
• history
• psychology
• religion
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

A very wide variety of music indeed, from reggae to kraut rock and indietronica

South American, British and some North American literature, cyberpunk, Iain Banks, William Gibson, Paul Bowles, William Boroughs, Cortasar. Lately peeking into the area of social critics, psychology, anthropology and history of indigenous people

Sarunas Bartas movies, but then many others, from Wong Kar Wai to Takeshi Kitano, from Cohen brothers to Lars von Trier, Jim Jarmush, Aki Kaurismaki, Paolo Sorrentino, Otar Iosseliani and plethora of world directors. During last few years got interested in South American and Spanish, Iranian, Georgian, Turkish cinema

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Meeting these extraordinary people in my life. Constantly experiencing these small revealing moments which are as big as universe

Sailed a schooner across Baltic Sea. Oh yes and once I was close to circumnavigating Cape Horn. Although 'close' doesn't count

Teach, Learn, Share

Everything is knowledge and sharing is essential. I learn from my own experience but I would never able to learn as much without help and inspiration of others

On a practical side, I can teach a lot of diy matters - from how to brew beer to runing a magazine

What I Can Share with Hosts

Lots of stories and tips/tricks about traveling in general, and about particular localities in my hometown, Southeast Asia, South America and beyond. We can cook together, go on a beer crawl, go ice-sailing on Couronian Lagoon or have a canoeing/cycling trip to the wilderness of Lithuania. Or maybe brew a beer

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Cambodia, Chile, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia, Lithuania, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom

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