Hi Folks,

I’m Ayjemal, From Turkmenistan 🇹🇲, and currently living in Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪 (D11), while studying Master degree at the Dublin City University.

I am an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Scholarship Holder under IMSISS Programme, did my first semester in Glasgow, Scotland, now in Dublin and will be moving to Czech Republic.

I will be in Dublin until end of September 2024.
Hope to meet as many people and exchange culture as possible throughout this period!

Instagram: @nukdaynazar

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Join round of people having interesting talks.
Camp together.
Become part of family with hosts in various places. Cook traditional meals for them.

Interests

Hiking, reading, walking, watching and analysing films, shooting documentaries, pohotography, blogging/journaling, jazz.

I love when it is with minimum wage, maximum joy. I write travel books sharing experiences, retelling lives through perspective of poor and rich, young and old, coloured and white.

• dogs
• cooking
• blogging
• jazz
• guitar
• hiking
• swimming
• film production
• movies & books
• solo travel tips

Music, Movies, and Books

Book- Harry Potter, Divergent, Forty Rules of Love" by Elif Shafak.

Singers- Novo Amor, Frank Sinatra, Adele.

Films- The Spy, Septembers of Shiraz, Parasite, August Rush, The Freedom Writers, Forest Gump.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Accepted nanny offer for one week to travel Moscow for free. February 2023

Had a LASIK surgery after wearing eyeglasses for 10+ years. February 2023

Voluntarily gave classes in the school of orphans in Ashgabat | 2016.

Volunteer for Macau, China delegation in Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat | 2017.

Travelled alone Dashoguz region, Turkmenistan with all its districts in 30 days staying in 14 host families that had no idea about Couchsurfing | 15 August -3 September 2020.

Travelled Lebap region in winter. Despite the danger of snow in high mountain, I hiked through, seen traces of Dinosaurs in Koytendag. Stayed totally in 5 host families | February 2020.

Teach, Learn, Share

Meal recipes!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Lively, interesting conversation. Cultural exchange. Food that I cooked.

Countries I’ve Visited

England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Scotland, Turkmenistan