CURRENT MISSION

Be a good pro

PHILOSOPHY

The word "travel" stems from the same root as "travail" does. There's a reason for this. For centuries, traveling was equated with suffering. Only pilgrims, nomads, soldiers and fools traveled. (Eric Weiner, "The geography of the Bliss")

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Haven't really used CS for quite a while - really looking forward to host&surf

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

10+ years

Interests

Rock climbing, mountains, alpinism, ski, football, FC Torpedo Moscow, forests, hitchhiking, friends, play guitar and sing, freaky people, non-pop and underground art, hard dance music, rock-n-roll, my 2 cats, be proud of myself, be proud of my country, feel shame about my country, loooooooong overnight chats in the kitchen, etc.

• arts
• singing
• film making
• dancing
• traveling
• survival
• alpinism
• music
• guitar
• skiing
• rock climbing
• soccer
• geography
• languages
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• football
• trekking
• jungle
• china
• russia
• tribes
• nomads
• tundra
• support

Music, Movies, and Books

Addicted to music. Owner of a great collection of international music, different decades and ages.
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Dovlatov, Tolkien, Palanuik, Pelevin, Mayakovsky, Brodsky, Kerouac, H. S. Thompson, Perez-Reverte, Limonov, Bradburry, Misima, Harms and much, much more.
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In filming industry for 6 years already, as a set decorator. Big fan of modern russian and asian filmmaking.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've:
- Won the bronze medal at Water Wrestling Russian Open 1999
- "Hitchhiked" an airplane from Copenhagen to Moscow
- Survived severe frost bites of feet and hands.
- Worked illegally in a bar in Laos P.D.R.
- Survived 300-meter rolling down the snow slope while climbing a mountain
- Walked the frozen Tartar strait from the mainland to Sakhalin island
And many more of that kinda stuff normal people don't wanna try.

Teach, Learn, Share

Traveller for 20 years
Guide for 7 years
Good lad for 33 years

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Poland, Seychelles, Spain, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Russian Federation

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