PHILOSOPHY

What ma­kes the de­sert beauti­ful is that so­mewhe­re it hi­des a well.
(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meeting other travellers and wanderers - helping each other, sharing our experience and having good time together.

Interests

- Everything about Central Asia, Afghanistan; Iran; Pakistan; Middle East, Russia and generally former Soviet Union countries, Eastern Europe and Balkans.

- Photography

- Mountaineering

- Hiking

- Backpacking

- Cycling

- Playing guitar and sitar

• dogs
• photography
• concerts
• beer
• politics
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• mountaineering
• rock climbing
• geography
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• travelling
• slackline
• stargazing
• playing guitar
• climbing
• wandering
• middle east
• sitar
• eastern europe
• central asia

Music, Movies, and Books

Books by Ryszard Kapuściński; Tiziano Terzani; Wojciech Jagielski; Jacek Hugo-Bader; Rory Stewart; Anne Applebaum; Colin Thubron; Ahmed Rashid; Majd Hooman.

Movies: Forrest Gump; Into The Wild; Black Cat White Cat; The World Is Big And Salvation Lurks Around The Corner; Baraka; Samsara; Mandariinid (Tangerines); Waltz With Bashir; No Man's Land; Cidade De Deus (City of God); Human; кавказский пленник (Prisoner of the Mountains), Cinema Paradiso.

Music: Pearl Jam; Jimi Hendrix; Led Zeppelin; Pink Floyd; The Doors; U2; The Police; Pat Metheny; Miles Davis; Jan Garbarek; Leszek Możdżer; Agitation Free; Bob Marley; Three Fish; Zoster; Leningrad; RATM, Velahavle, The Cure, Sigur Ros.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Took a part in traditional wedding in Balochistan

- Hitchhike on a motorbike with broken breaks, on the steep slope with a drunk driver in total downpour (yes, it was in Poland ;-) )

Teach, Learn, Share

- Teach polish

- Teach playing guitar

- Show and teach some photography techniques

- Share my travel experience and tips

- Take on a city tour (including off the beaten tracks) or/and for hiking in nearby mountains

- Prepare delicious tea with iranian and indian ingredients

- Share maps and guidebooks

What I Can Share with Hosts

- Teach polish

- Teach playing guitar (if you have one)

- Show and teach some photography techniques

- Share my travel experience and tips

- Bring some souvenirs from Poland

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland