Hi, Folks! As most of you at CS I like the spirit of travelling and sharing.
Seeking for adventures, exploring different parts of the world and its cultures, fighting stereotypes - it's all about me. Diversity of thoughts, styles and characters is what Im truly interested in. I believe that a positive mindset and freedom to be yourself are the most important things at any point on the Earth :)
#standwithUkraine

Find me on fb: http://www.facebook.com/oleksandr.ivanov.10

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I really like to spin this wheel and meet different people from around the world. Fortunately, this kind of experience quite often happens to be incredible and memorable for the whole life. I enjoy the values existing in CS, blablacar and other similar communities, when something more important than money drives us ahead.

In my past I hosted surfers while living in Norway, the Netherlands and Portugal, and surfed in China, Lithuania, Poland, France and the USA.

Interests

Travelling, hiking, hitchhiking, bikes, theater, modern art, history, photo, psychology, festivals, civic initiatives, resistance, world music, politics, poetry, green initiatives, big data, jokes, documentaries, Ukraine

• theater
• modern art
• documentaries
• festivals
• politics
• traveling
• world music
• cycling
• hiking
• psychology
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• photo
• analytics
• green
• crowdfunding
• mind games

Music, Movies, and Books

Documentaries, short indie films, adventures

Remark, Agatha Christie, Pessoa, Akhmatova, Kipling, Gaarder, Schmitt, Shakespeare, Pamuk

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hard to name only one thing

But in the list there would be a place for:
staring at the magic northern lights and listening to whales in Tromso
waiting for the sunset in Cabu da Roca, the edge of Europe
observing the baloons parade in Cappadocia
hiking the old volcano Pico in Azores
listening to Omar Khayyam's poetry in Varzaneh desert in Iran
cycling around tulip fields in the Netherlands
sunbathing at Saint-Paul Asylum in Saint-Remy (Van Gogh's places)
praying at Geghard monastery in Armenia
smiling to 10000 buddhas in Hong Kong
winning from Casino in Monaco (1 euro)
skydiving in Ukraine
being an organizer of the event for a few thousands of people
celebrating the birthday on the roof
hitchhiking experience

What I Can Share with Hosts

my favourite documentaries/ ukrainian cuisine recipes/ world music/ Erasmus Mundus tips & tricks

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Ukraine, United States