I have been to 140+ countries and lived in 7 countries so far.

The most important part of traveling for me is to meet nice people.

I do hitchhiking, sleeping rough, taking harsh transportation, and have some exhausting travel experiences sometimes, but it's always fun in the end when I meet good people :)

PHILOSOPHY

The world is your mirror.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To share life.

Your life is created by the people around you.

Meeting nice people makes my life fulfilling, and CS makes my trip very special.

You cant have these great experiences and worldwide friendships even if you pay thousands of dollars for a fancy room.

CS is sharing space, sharing knowledge, sharing experience, sharing fun, sharing happiness, and sharing our life!

Interests

I love many different types of sports.
I focus on calisthenics and mountain-related activities such as rock climbing/bouldering and trekking for now.
I also like board sports, motorcycle, bicycle, scuba diving, snorkeling, pool and chess.

I keep learning things all the time, and I love to discuss any topics, such as history, physics, biology, science and technology, AI, VR/metaverse, future, economy, finance, investment, philosophy, psychology, consciousness, Buddhism, the universe, the meaning of life and everything.

• dancing
• technology
• reading
• minimalism
• cycling
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• philosophy
• psychology
• trekking
• gaming
• ai
• finance
• calisthenics
• vr

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
I listen many different types of music.
80s90s hip hop, funk, soul, jazz, reggae, house, techno, trance, electro, rock, classical music, sound track, game music and more.

Movies:
Fight Club, Taxi Driver, Leon, Interstellar, Blade Runner (1&2049), Ex Machina, Matrix series,The Godfather series, Trainspotting (1&2), American Me, Brazil, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ghost in the Shell, Studio Ghibli films, Blow, Amélie, Butterfly Effect, Blood Diamond, Midnight Express, etc.

Books:
I read 100-200 books per year.
My favorite genre is history, future prediction, technology, business, investment, finance, economics, politics, science, biology, fitness, nutrition, health, psychology, philosophy, Buddhism, and more.
I don't read novels or fiction much but I love sci-fi novels.
I also watch/listen to many educational videos/podcasts to update my knowledge and dig deeper into the topics.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I wrote a lot of unique experiences more than one to share my stories for someone who is interested but you can SKIP reading this part as it's a very long list.
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Visited more than 100 countries, more than 500 cities/towns/villages, traveling since 2009

Traveled from South East Asia to Europe by land

$1000 got stolen 3 weeks after I left Japan - Vietnam

52℃- India

Very strict Ramadan - Yemen

Most beautiful starry sky in the world - Egypt

Scuba diving in the world's best sights(Red Sea - Egypt, Great Barrier Reef - Australia, Belize Barrier Reef - Belize, Galápagos Islands - Ecuador, cenotes - Mexico, Playa del Carmen - Mexico, Tagbilaran - Philippines, Ko Tao - Thailand, etc)

Attacked by the Israeli army while protesting for Palestine - Palestine/Israel

Masai Mara safari - Kenya

Visited the 3 biggest waterfalls(Victoria - Zimbabwe, Niagara - Canada, Iguazu - Argentina/Brazil) and the highest waterfalls(Angel falls - Venezuela)

The car spun out of control and almost died in the desert - Namibia

"Walking" safari - Swaziland

A coincidental encounter with whales - South Africa

Traveled from Patagonia to California by land

Mount Fitz Roy(logo of Patagonia) - Argentine

Cooked a whole giant squid - Chile

Death road mountain bike downhill - Bolivia

Climbed to a 6000m+ high snow mountain with ice wall climbing - Bolivia

Heavenly scenery of Uyuni salt lake in rainy season - Bolivia

Carnivals of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo - Brazil

Real desert oasis Huacachina - Peru

Easter Island - Chile

Swimming with hammerhead sharks, penguins, and sea lions on Galapagos island - Ecuador

Giant tortoises, blue-footed boobies, and unique creatures on the Galapagos island - Ecuador

Ayahuasca with the shaman in Amazon - Peru

Ate Piranha in Amazon - Peru

Sloths, anacondas, and wildlife in Amazon - Peru

I got robbed in Medellin 2 times in 12 hours(luckily nothing was taken) - Columbia

Island hopping in San Blás islands - Panama

Swimming with manatees - Belize

Swimming with 200 whale sharks in Isla de Mujeres - Mexico

Celebrated my birthday at one of the top hotels in Las Vegas - United States

Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas - United States

Visited 11 best national parks - United States

Lived in New York City - United States

Northern lights - Iceland

Wild Rafflesia and wild orangutans in Borneo island - Malaysia

Wild tarsiers(little monkeys with huge eyes) - Philippines

Busking random things(khöömii, break dance, didgeridoo, fire poi, contact ball) to make money - Australia

Lucky bay Esperance(The most beautiful beach in the world in my opinion) - Australia

30000km+ road trip for the whole of Australia

Once our car broke down(smoked) in the middle of the desert in Western Australia. We waited for the cars for a few hours but nobody was coming. I fixed the car by myself without any knowledge or tools and drove 400 km to the closest town with loud scratching noise(it was wrongly fixed) then we survived. - Australia

Done some class 5 trails(very dangerous and difficult hikes) in Australian national parks - Australia

Accidentally encountered a big wild saltwater crocodile only a few meters away in Darwin - Australia

Played didgeridoo with aborigines - Australia

Drove 1000km+ in one day - Australia

Worked at a banana farm for 10 months which is one of the hardest(physically) jobs in the world - Australia

Joined the real rodeo competition without any experience(even experienced people get injured easily), and fell off in a few sec - Australia

15000 ft skydiving - Australia

Laying eggs of turtles - Australia

Tongariro alpine crossing and Great walks(some of the most beautiful hikes) - New Zealand

Franz Josef Glacier ice trekking with helicopter flight - New Zealand

Fjords - New Zealand

Encountered a massive sperm whale and 300 dolphins - New Zealand

Paid $120 for 2 onions - Fiji

Visited an active volcano crater and it exploded a few times in front of me(lava hits and kills people sometimes) - Vanuatu

Great hitchhiking experiences(too many to write here)

Vipassana meditation center - Burma

Happy pizza - Cambodia

Mushroom shake - Thai/Laos

Sky burial - Tibet/China

Climbed to Mt.Altyn Arashan in the winter and almost died - Kyrgyz

Pamir highway(beautiful Himalayan mountains scenic road) - Tajikistan

A random guy invited me and let me stay in his house in Kabul - Afghanistan

Darvaza Crater(a huge gas crater a.k.a. the gates of hell) - Turkmenistan

The frontline of the war in Agdam(the town is completely destroyed and they were still fighting there) - Nagorno-Karabakh

I got a lift when I was hitchhiking in Iraq, and the driver and I became friends and exchanged contacts. 1.5 years later, I found a message from him in the spam box(he had sent it on the day we met), and I replied to him. He has moved to Germany already and coincidentally lives in the same town as where I was. We met up and actually, we realized that we arrived in the town on the exact same day. We were actually living very close. - Iraq

7 bars hopping in one night - Cyprus

Clinical trials for quick cash- England

Space cake in Amsterdam - Netherland

Sledding in the snowstorm - Switzerland

Entered Berghain(a nightclub in Berlin famous for being the one most difficult to enter) - Germany

Oktoberfest in Munich - Germany

Preikestolen, Kjeragbolten, and Trolltunga(3 iconic and beautiful hikes) - Norway

Charged €1060 at Russian rip-off bar - Russia

Volunteer work for refugees - Serbia

The Carnival of Venice - Italy

The world's best pizza - Italy

Indian Holi festival in Marseille - France

Flamenco in Seville - Spain

Camping in the Sahara desert - Morocco

I got pickpocketed by a homeless woman for the first time in 8 years of backpacking - France

A huge northern light in Squamish - Canada

Working at a maker space(a sharing space you can make pretty much everything with a bunch of tools and machines) - Canada

Glacier at Joffre lake(a glacier you can reach out by foot but not easy) - Canada

Rocky mountains in Banff and Jasper - Canada

Visited North Korea

I got refused to enter the U.S. because there is Iranian visa on my passport and I missed a long-distance expensive flight - the United States

Jomon-sugi and Yakushima Island(very huge and old unique trees on a Japanese island) - Japan

-40℃ - Mongolia

Mongolian new year with Mongolian families - Mongolia

Visited Bhutan

Passed out by bhang lassi in Varanasi - India

Holi festival - India

Rafting in the Ganges river - India

Trekking in the Annapurna circuit and to the base camp - Nepal

Hangout with locals at a bar in Lhasa - Tibet

Swimming with bioluminescent plankton and the milky way in the sky - Cambodia

Lantern festival - Thailand

Railay beach in covid lockdown time(usually a very busy touristy beach but it was so quiet and peaceful) - Thailand

Paddleboard with bioluminescent plankton - Thailand

Fullmoon party - Thailand

Lost body fat 20% to 6.6% in 8monthes(Only 6.5kg of body weight loss since I gained muscle)

Achieved muscle-up, one-arm pull-up, human-flag, 100kg+ bench press, 50kg+ pull-up, 50sec handstand and other highly intense movements

Trippy installation DARK MATTER Berlin - Germany

Traveled Ukraine under war - Ukraine

Climbed North Africa's highest peak Mt. Toubkal - Morocco

Iron ore train - Mauritania

Stayed in the world's biggest floating slum Makoko for several days - Nigeria

The worst border crossing by boat between Nigeria and Cameroon - Nigeria

A drunken soldier pointed a gun at my face because I refused to give him 1000CFA(1.5USD) for nothing - The Central African Republic

Extremely corrupted road - The Central African Republic

Had to take the craziest transportation. 20 people and 2 chickens in a sedan taxi - The Central African Republic

Travel through Boko Haram's active area with a military escort - Cameroon

Been arrested on suspicion of spying for just taking a photo of a cathedral - Equatorial Guinea

Visited Himba tribe villages - Namibia

Camped in an animal paradise the Okavango Delta - Botswana

Explored Soweto, downtown, and other dangerous areas in Johannesburg on foot - South Africa

Survived 300+ days traveling overland across the western part of the African continent, known as the harshest part to travel

Became a Mensa member - Japan

Awesome travelers I met
- A guy traveled to 65 countries in 3 years and he was still 19 years old(we accidentally met again in India 3 years later).
- A guy travels around the world and earns money as a mercenary.
- A guy has been to 196 countries(1 more to complete), but he doesn't even speak English.
- 2 guys spent only $1000 for 15 months traveling through Asia to Europe.
- A couple traveled from Japan to Greece by Japanese city bike (very cheap bicycle).

Semi-independent states I have been to
- Principality of Hutt River
- The Republic of Karakalpakstan
- Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
- Autonomous Republic of Adjara
- Kurdistan
- North Cyprus
- The Republic of Uzupis
- Transnistria
- East Turkestan
- Tibet
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Teach, Learn, Share

Free to use anything in my room and free to eat anything in the fridge.
My knowledge about fitness, diet, finance, investment, psychology, technology, travel tips, stories, etc.
Mongolian throat singing.
Muscle-up, human-flag, handstand, backflip, etc.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Deep conversation.
Travel tips and stories.
Cook Japanese meals(if I can get the ingredients).
Knowledge about fitness, diet, finance, investment, psychology, technology, etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Wales, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Japan, Thailand, United States