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  • 473 references 265 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Serbian; learning Russian, Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Travel, party, music, movies, photography
  • Geography and English teacher, Web Designer, Photographer
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Came back home after 8 months of traveling. If I can, I will host travelers, if I can't, we can meet anyway. Write me and we will see.

ABOUT ME

I graduated for a geography teacher but I have completely different interests. I am a web designer, photographer, videographer, English teacher and the most important, a passionate traveler.

I started to travel at the age of 24 and until now I traveled in 75 countries and lived in 5. Always ready for action, going out, make people laugh with my stupid jokes. Most of the time people just roll their eyes, so you will probably do the same :)

My travel experience:
2022/11 - 2023/07 - 8 months - Thailand (5 months), Laos, South Korea, Japan and 1 month in Europe
2022. - 2 months - Ex-Yu, Italy, Austria and Switzerland
2021. - 1 and a half months traveling around Greece, Italy, Czech Republic and Hungary
2019/2020. - 5 months - South America - Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia and Peru
2018. - 3,5 months - Central America - from Colombia to Mexico and Cuba (10 countries)
2017. - 2 trips - 2 months in Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia and 3 weeks in West Europe
2016. - 2 trips - 3 months - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Spain and Portugal
2015/2016. - 1 year - Teaching English in Chengdu (China)
2014/2015. - 7 months - Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China
2014. - 2 months - France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Croatia
2012. - 2 trips - 6 months - 2 months in USA; 4 months in Ukraine, Russia, Mongolia, China and Sri Lanka
2011. - 3 trips - 4,5 months - 2 months Central and Eastern Europe and 2,5 months in Southeast Asia
2010. - 3 trips - 4 months around Europe
2009. - 1 month around Europe. Worked 4 months for Qatar Airways and visited many places while working
2007. - 4,5 months - Work and Travel in USA

I post pictures from my trips on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/nixyjungle/

Take a look on some of my videos to see what I did for fun many years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov9lOId9M10

PHILOSOPHY

I kinda believe in karma. I am trying to do good things and help people. Can't really do something bad to someone and sleep tight after that.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host, travel, spread idea of CouchSurfing. I like to meet all kind of people. Today or tomorrow, when you come to Serbia or if I am in your city, let me know, and we can go out for a coffee, walk through the city, party,...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted more than 250 travelers from all parts of the world and being hosted more than 350 times while traveling. I lost counting long time ago, so the number is even bigger by now. I've been to many CS meetings around the world and met many great people with whom I am still friends nowadays. For me, CS is one of the best things that ever happened to me.

Interests

Music, movies, traveling, video editing, recording short and funny videos, web design...

  • architecture
  • design
  • photography
  • chocolate
  • coffee
  • partying
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • electronic music
  • instrumental music
  • hiking
  • teaching
  • geography
  • hitchhiking
  • mountains
  • nature
  • humor
  • party
  • webdesign
  • video editing
  • making movies
  • autostop

Music, Movies, and Books

Electronic/instrumental music: Jean Michel Jarre, Yello, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Disco '80, Art of Noise, Klaus Schulze, Music Instructor, Robert Miles, Sanja Ilic and Balkanika, etc.

I am a big fan of movies and I watched a couple thousands of movies. I like thrillers. My favorite movie since I was a kid is "Back to the Future", even I watched much better movies since then.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Everything I've done is amazing :)

2010-2019 - Hitchhiked in over 50 countries
2017 - Road trip by car with a friend, 14.000 kilometers in just 8 weeks
2017 - One bird committed a suicide because of me
2016 - Hitchhiked Pamir highway in Tajikistan. One truck, two days
2015 - Hitchhiked 2.000 km in 40 hours in China from Chengdu to Shanghai
2012 - Traveled by land 15.000 km in 3 months from Serbia through Russia and China to Hong Kong

Teach, Learn, Share

Try to visit one of the summer music festivals in Serbia: Gucha or EXIT.
I strongly suggest Gucha Festival in the middle of August.

I will quote one of people I met on CS:
"I'm pretty good at travelling on a minimum budget, particularly as my favourite method of travel is hitch-hiking. Not only is it generally the cheapest way to go, but it means you get to meet interesting people, and see things you wouldn't otherwise get to see. It makes the journey just as important as the arriving, and gives you a completely different perspective from what you get when you just get on some train or bus and just twiddle your thumbs and wait to arrive at your destination." by Nomad Kat

What I Can Share with Hosts

Lots of fun, stories from my trips, many advice how to enter for free in museums, palaces, concerts and save lots of money while traveling. I hitchhiked in almost all countries I've been to, so I can also help beginners with hitchhiking.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Indonesia, Qatar, Serbia, Thailand, United States

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