CURRENT MISSION

The dream of Round The World Trip is completed, enjoy Istanbul now !

ABOUT ME

We had a dream for years and finally we did it, we have quit our jobs and started a Round the World Trip in July 20, 2010 which will last around 1 year. You can find any detail on
baskaturlubirsey.com or a short summary below :)

The trip is over after 26 countries, 96 cities and traveling over 90.000 kilometres overland :)

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Previous Locations :
Istanbul, Turkey
Warsaw, Poland
Lodz, Poland
Krakow, Poland
Bialystok, Poland
Grodno, Belarus
Minsk, Belarus
Vilnius, Lithuania
Riga, Latvia
Tallinn, Estonia
St. Petersburg, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Lake Baikal, Russia
Irkutsk, Russia
Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia
Gobi Desert, Mongolia
Dalanzagdad, Mongolia
Kharakorum, Mongolia
Beijing, China
Datong, China
Pingyao, China
Xi'an, China
Qingdao, China
Seoul, South Korea
Busan, South Korea
Kumamoto, Japan
Mount Aso, Japan
Hiroshima, Japan
Osaka, Japan
Nara, Japan
Kyoto, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Nanjing, China
Shanghai, China
Hangzhou, China
Hong Kong
Guangzhou, China
Guilin, China
Xingping, China
Yangshuo, China
Yuanyang Rice Terraces, China
Kunming, China
Dali, China
Lijiang, China
Chengdu, China
Lhasa, Tibet
Gyantse, Tibet
Shigatse, Tibet
Mt. Everest Base Camp, Tibet
Kathmandu, Nepal
Chitwan, Nepal
Varanasi, India
Agra, India
New Delhi, India
Jaipur, India
Jodhpur, India
Mumbai, India
Goa, India
Bangkok, Thailand
Koh Samui, Thailand
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Pai, Thailand
Vientiane, Laos
Vang Vieng, Laos
Luang Prabang, Laos
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Koh Phi Phi, Thailand
Penang, Malaysia
Perhentian Island, Malaysia
Taman Negara, Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jakarta, Indonesia
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Bali, Indonesia
Gili Islands, Indonesia
Singapore
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Junin, Argentina
Mendoza, Argentina
Santiago, Chile
Valparaiso, Chile
Calama, Chile
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Oruro, Bolivia
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
La Paz, Bolivia
Copacabana, Bolivia
Cusco, Peru
Machu Picchu, Peru
Nazca Lines, Peru
Huacachina, Peru
Lima, Peru
Quito, Ecuador
Otavalo, Ecuador
Cartagena, Colombia
Santa Marta, Colombia
Bogota, Colombia
Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
Canaima, Venezuela
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Manaus, Brasil

Current Location : Istanbul, Turkey

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PHILOSOPHY

"Carpe diem, seize the day"
"Live to learn, learn to live."
"The things you own end up owning you "

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted and met many people in Istanbul, Turkey. Besides I have been a guest and met many people in Croatia, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Argentina, Russia, Brasil, Poland, China, South Korea, Japan and Indonesia.

Interests

Traveling, soccer, rock, history, buenos aires, fine arts, perito moreno, laughing, vilnius, tea, books, nature, krakow, driving, baltics, dreaming, galatasaray, tallinn, mountains, friends, staying up late, red hot chili peppers, walking under the rain, paragliding, jerusalem, nightlife, iguazu, kaliska, incubus, maracana, optimistic, coldplay, ushuaia, no man's land, turkish food, trains, swimming, airports, tool, riga, authentique, patagonia, drums, metalkova, south america, harry kewell, radiohead, istanbul, rtw

• wildlife
• arts
• culture
• humanities
• books
• festivals
• dining
• walking
• nightlife
• traveling
• drums
• backpacking
• camping
• scuba diving
• bungee jumping
• soccer
• paragliding
• swimming
• history
• hitchhiking
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : Lake of Tears, Interpol, Mumford and Sons, Laura Marling, Angus and Julia Stone, Warpaint, I am Arrows, I am Kloot, Temper Trap, Placebo, Coldplay, Porcupine Tree, Sentenced, Incubus, Tool, Muse, A Perfect Circle, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snow Patrol, Anathema, Within Temptation, Radiohead, Rammstein, Foo Fighters, Travis, Elbow, Keane, The Strokes, The Kings of Leon, The Fray, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, Last Shadow Puppets, Morcheeba, Paradise Lost, Pj Harvey, Kooks, Three Doors Down, IAMX, Arctic Monkeys, The Killers and more under http://www.lastfm.com.tr/user/ozcbos

Besides you are welcomed for the great summer festivals in Istanbul, as example refer to http://www.rockncoke.com/ and http://www.efespilsenonelove.com/

Movies: Hotel Rwanda, Little Miss Sunshine, American History X, The Old Boy, Flandres, Indigenes, El Laberinto Del Fauno, Das Leben Der Anderen, Babel, Habana Blues, Crash, 11:14, Lord Of War, Amores Perros, Cidade De Deus, Full Metal jacket, Requiem For A Dream, Slumdog Millionare, Green Street Hooligans, Paradise Now, No Man's Land, Before The Rain, Fight Club, Memento, Forrest Gump, Control, Wall-E, Saving Private Ryan, Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind, Into the Wild, Bin-Jip.

Books (Writers instead): Jean-Christophe Grange, Dan Brown, Maxime Chattam, Tolkien, Orhan Pamuk, J.E. Coetzee.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Traveling around the world for 13 months, going to 26 countries, 96 cities and over 90000 kilometres overland. Sleeping over more than 100 places including train stations, internet cafes and on my backpack.

- Traveling in Rio de Janeiro with great life and samba schools, passing thru Iguazu Falls and Perito Moreno with amazing nature, roaming around 175.000 penguins in Punto Tombo, heading to Ushuaia, "end of the world, beginning of everything" and ending in Buenos Aires.

- Wandering on streets of old Jerusalem, feeling the history deep inside.

- Amazing Baltics, will be back.

- Interrailing around Europe several times, life in trains.

- Traveling for days in Trans Siberian being friends with the great Buryatians.

- Watching sunset in Baikal Lake, Russia and Gobi Dunes, Mongolia and Valla De Luna, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.

- Roaming around Kyoto's amazing gardens.

- Spending 2 nights in Mumbai train stations after all the money and passport were stolen.

- Trekking among Yuanyang Rice Terraces, China, going down and finding a little village. Then attending the dinner with all the people in the village.

- Amazing South Africa with cage diving in Gansbaii, whales in Hermanus and world-famous bungee jumping on Bloukrans Bridge.

- Traveling Tibet during the pilgrim time.

- Watching morning ceremonies in River Ganges in Varanasi, India.

- Traveling over 1000 kilometres by motorbike in northern Laos, going to little villages, swimming with the children in rivers, attending to water festival with all the country.

- Angkor Wat, Taj Mahal, Borobudur and Great Wall.

- Stunning 5000 kilometers trip through Turkey and Iran.

- Swimming with turtles in Perhentian Islands, Malaysia and Gili Islands, Indonesia.

- Feeling lost in Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.

- Hitchhiking in Argentina, Chile and Peru.

- Watching Macchu Picchu over Wayna Picchu.

- Sandboarding in Huacachina, Peru.

- Heading to the lost Angel Falls for days and arriving it in a cloudy morning.

- Bungee jumping over Bloukrans Bridge in South Africa, the highest bungee jumping bridge all over the world.

- Walking around the amazing diverse wildlife of Serengeti

- Diving with the Great White Shark in Gansbaii, South Africa.

- Following the traces of Silk Road in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

- Paragliding in blue skies of Kas, Turkey.

- Getting lost in the quite, peaceful and green yards of Northern-Eastern Turkey.

Teach, Learn, Share

What I can teach you :
=> how to stay up late, without any additional chemicals like caffeine
=> how to play drums without disturbing the neighbors
=> how to play soccer
=> and Turkish of course :)

What you can teach me :
=> your culture
=> your language
=> your life-style
=> and especially your experiences

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey

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