CURRENT MISSION

Being creative both in science and art

ABOUT ME

I am a freelancer & a marine biologist. I love travelling around photographing different cultures and meeting nice people.

Like travelling, music, books, cooking, nightlife, arts,meeting people sharing tales and stories. I also like to play drums and didjeridoo and enjoy jamming.

I am a desperate traveller. I do that whenever I have slight chance to do. I love to get lost within myself in a strange and unknown places holding a camera. Although its very tiring sometimes and i lost track of timr. I like to do that and best pictures reveal itself in those days when I get lost.

I am addicted to learning, make new friends, share moments, ideas, life, conversations. A good conversation and discussion on a subject, especially art, movies, music, countries, are what i like. I like to talk, investigate, understand and most importantly listen!

I love smiley people all around, people has a passion for something, creative and out of the crowds, giving individual decisions staying out of the system we are all living in.

I am very much into photography/videography. I had around 5 exhibitions up to now all were underwater photography. I wrote a guide book recently about Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Just started another one now.

It seems like my photography nowadays are more inclined into underwater, but I started as a street and nature photographer and I will continue photography projects in that way hopefully in other stages of my life..

My personal webpage is :
http://www.mertgokalp.com

I have a webpage about my travels in Africa :
http://www.diaryafrica.com
another one for my underwater journey :
http://www.wetbluediary.com

I am also shooting short movies and working as an underwater cameraman and currently working on two underwater documentaries right now..
https://vimeo.com/user4026630

I like to get together with creative people all around the world, share ideas, have a nice conversation and see their amazing work or even create one together who nows...

PHILOSOPHY

we are all similar and connectedwanna see all the world and meet all the good people :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting, activities, sharing, art, music, jamming...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Was great up to now, met al ot of nice people, drank lots of alcohol, ate alot of good food, shared tons of laughter and big smiles..

Interests

Love travelling, meeting people, nature and sports, books, music, food and etc.

• arts
• books
• photography
• documentaries
• dining
• cooking
• nightlife
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• drums
• hunting
• scuba diving
• sports
• track and field
• biology
• freelancing
• science
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Heaps of different ones but intelligent
nothing popular

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

define amazing :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share photography, diving, videography, films, books, good music, cultures, travel, cuisine....

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Netherlands, Turkey