We are Syrian couple (Aya: Geologist & Orwa: Architect) come from Turkey-Istanbul; where we lived for the last two years, enjoying Marmara sea ,Princes islands ,and the magic of Constantinople..:)

In august 2016 we came to brazil to discover the new land with all its mysterious beauty and Zouk - Lambada - Samba - Forró - Capoeira ..
Our first plan was hitchhiking from Sao Paulo to Amazon to check most of the Brazilian beauty nature and rich culture, to decide after where we’ll settle.
For the first days in Sao Paulo we were totally stunned by the generosity and love of Brazilian people. In Streets, parks, and Cafes. They always smiling and greeting. And we were so happy to meet Brazilian don't know English and communicating by music, and dance) ,then we started hitchhiking to Rio where we stayed till end of September before continue to vitoria-caraiva-morere-........salvador and beautiful Bahia where we worked as volunteer in Ressonar music festival,now we are in Lençois enjoying chapada dimantina with all its beauty geology and nature...

We are photographers
Aya : https://www.flickr.com/photos/142790166@N07/
Orwa :https://www.flickr.com/photos/104172228@N08/

As an architect stunned by Bamboo and searching for opportunity to work with it and build Eco & sustainable architecture. As it was my main study for the past two years ,and I did few bamboo design and checked it close in Nepal specially after the earth quick in 2015 the time I was there.(poor people who had bamboo houses were happy because their houses didn’t demolish like the towers and palaces of rich people.)
As Geologist full of passion to study rocks and dealing with the earth's physical structure and its history specially am close to geology fault zone)
As a traveler
Started Traveling inside Syria since 2011. In 2012, I moved to UAE to work as an architect. I went from there to India in the same year for an amazing trip visiting Manali, Varanasi and a lot of cities i don't know its name cause i was following the river not the travelers..:)and i lived full experience trip scene arriving till leaving the beautiful country..then I moved to Turkey two years later to discover its diverse culture and nature and spent two years there.
My friend Abheshik from Nepal convinced me for MOUNTAIN MADNESS NEPAL festival happen in May.2015,i went to Nepal before him and could it meet him there :) . In Nepal i did a good bungee jump experience, besides climbing the mountain of " Annapurna trek with 3500 m height with roads covered with snow and then back to Bhaktapur ; where I lived the experience of the Earthquake which took place in May 2015 (the reason i didnt meet Abheshik). Then next trip was to France, Cann de festival as producer of a documentary film. I also visited Strasbourg, one of the beautiful cities of France.
Every year there is an amazing,perfect Trumpet festival in Guca -Serbia; where everybody dances on Balkan Gypsy Music ..professionals like Goran Bregovic and Marko Margovic are also always there..so i tried to take the visa to Serbia after getting invitation from the festival but it was long procedure at least take 30 days and no time for that,,, so on August First i booked the train ticket from Istanbul to Sofia ,i reached to the Bulgarian Turkish border and convince the Turkish border to let me out ..i went into the train and no body asked me any thing and after one hour the train stopped and the Bulgarian police came in ,,he asked for visa and i tried to explain to him in Turkish language that i just want to reach to Guca..so he took the passport and said i'll check ..after half an hour he came back with the stamp ...i went into Sofia for nine hour i met through it very pretty girl ..she took me arround the city and show me in her eyes the beauty of Sofia..i took the train Sofia-Belgrade and once more i won... and convince the Serbian border to let me in ...Guca ; i really cant take anything about it but for me i live the experience " Knelt down on my knees and two trumpet in my ears playing gypsy Balkan music..in short words you cant stop dancing ..:) I remember my self closing my eyes and dancing while walking in Guca..
I lost my wallet there and then i met the generosity of Serbian culture and their spark , asking me to share their Raki, meals, parties after they knew about my wallet...my friend gave me some money for the way back to Turkey ...the money could take me just to Sofia where i decided to go hitchhiking to Istanbul after a Coincidence i thought first its bad but after i went walking .the long way was full of apple trees and rivers ...before 10 km of the Turkish border i met wonderful Bulgarian couples i had met before in Istanbul in Sofi festival and they gave me the ticket price to Istanbul..
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We’ll try to finance our trip whether by selling Arabic food, Photographs and friendship bracelets maybe. For best we’ll try to find a work with Eco and sustainable projects.
we knew the reputation of Brazilian hospitality and love so far so no fear to let the way take you, to the real adventure, but always you could pass beside the Spring but you don't know it so you don't find it while you are thirsty ...I thank all the spirits could give us a spark .:)

ABOUT US

love travel,,,,meet new people,,,having fun,playing music ,,,,love camping,hitchhiking and discovering new adventure,,new rocks and new architecture.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW We PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

good :) looking forward to know more about different culture and rituals...Nature and architecture

Interests

we are interesting in cultures and all the thing about it from architecture to rituals to rocks .....also we interested in photography https://www.flickr.com/photos/104172228@N08/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142790166@N07/

• culture
• architecture
• photography
• traveling
• music
• camping
• geology
• beaches
• rocks

Music, Movies, and Books

Amy amy amy .....Balkan music,jazz,rock& roll ,some time classic and opera ..
Cinema Director : Majid majidi ,emir kusturica , Andrei Tarkovsky ,quentin tarantino, Nuri Bilge Ceylan,Fatih Akin and....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Opening Booth for Syrian food; Saj and living in Burgaz island in Istanbul.
Trekking in Nepal (Annapurna tour)..spend one amazing days in Varanasi-india living in my tent on the beach for three months in Syria.....going to Guca festival "Trumpet festival" in Serbia crossing the borders without visa..visiting Strasbourg in France and spend most smoothly days

Teach, Learn, Share

Orwa is Learning Trumpet and poi
Teaching photography and Arabic architecture theses. Searching for Bamboo.
Aya is learning how to make friendship bracelets and Teaching best of Arabic food. searching always for new diversity of rocks.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fun fun fun, Knowledge, ideas, food, culture, rituals, language and traditional inspiration. Watching movies, listening to music, dance, have a beer and sharing fun..

Countries I’ve Visited

France, India, Lebanon, Nepal, Qatar, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Arab Emirates