CURRENT MISSION

Explore remote places and tell the world. Нuge mountains, small trails, the places that nobody experienced before

ABOUT ME

We're young couple from Russia. Tonya is 24 years old and Pasha is 28. We could't just live in the city and just do our work. It's boringly. That's why we always tried to do our life more interesting and to fulfill it with ultimate adventures.

Pasha: When I was 18 I came from Khabarovsk to Moscow to enter university. I've been graduated from it several years ago. I realized my freedom is limitless. I spent most of my life among mountains and friends who are the same adventure-lovers. I explored Caucasus (including Mt. Everest), Central Asia and Crimea mountains.
My web diary is here http://pashkin-elfe.livejournal.com/ . Sorry, but it is in Russian.

Tonya: I'm also a mountain-lover. I have numerous amazing landscape photos. I've graduated from the university not so long ago, just in 2009. So, now I have chance to travel for a long time and to explore countries and places I dreamed about.
I also have web diary http://phototon1c.livejournal.com/ (in Russian)

This is our web-site (sorry, just in Russian) about cheap independent travelling http://gingertea.ru

And we have numerous plans for the future.

What we also like to do? Prepare local coffee (e.g. south indian) without coffee-machine. Observe wild animals. Make high-quality photos. Have long discussions. Be the first. Be not like everyone.

PHILOSOPHY

The easiest way to get something is just to get it. Many people dream about exotic countries and imagine some serious projects but do nothing. And we are able to do almost everything if we feel inspiration and if it's really interesting.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

no experience yet

Interests

Both: Photography, hitchhiking, bicycle rides, trekking, multi-sport raids. We're also interested in buddhist philosophy and psychology, and we're fond of good reading.
Pasha: Sometimes I realise my interest in mechanics and I like to construct something myself. It's joy for me when I can look at an animal in the wild (even small ones, like chipmunks).
Tonya: I can't live without writing. And sometimes I like to make paintings on t-shirts and furniture. But I'm not a professional artist, just a beginner.

• animals
• writing
• photography
• coffee
• reading
• traveling
• sports
• psychology
• hitchhiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Our shelves are full of classic books. There are 20 century's authors like John Fowles, Ernest Hemingway. And some ancient authors like Balzac. And of course classic world literature! We don't like pop-art and pop-literature.
We visit cinema just occasionally, but we're always impressed when we're lucky to see really good film with a sense.
We're not a great experts in music, but we like to sing with guitar accompaniment and Pasha participated in some guitar concerts. Really good music (in any style) never leaves us apart... like good art and good books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Pasha: The most amazing thing that I done is self-built bamboo raft upon which we floated through jungles in Nepal.

Tonya: My amazing experience is connected with my husband's one. I woke up in the morning (we slept in our tent while floating through nepali jungles) and saw real elephants nearby.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation

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