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Overview

  • 5 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Polish; learning German, Turkish
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • Doctoral scientist
  • BEng, MSc, PhDs in Plant Sciences
  • From Warsaw
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To learn about world, nature and our heritage

ABOUT ME

I am friendly and outgoing guy who loves new adventures. I don't like complaining and am easy going. I respect others and their ways of living.

My true aim in life is to study the world, culture and nature. I travel a lot and I love it. I am a scientist who tackles problems of plant evolution, I try to understand how agriculture changed human lives and became the founding effect of our civilisation.

I do a lot of sports, mainly outdoor activities such as trekking, scuba diving and sailing. I love challenges and adventures.

PHILOSOPHY

Reaching the goal is not everything. The harder road you pick the more you learn, experience and are prepared for next challenges.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

CS is a great way of meeting people! I already have extensive hosting experience, not all listed in CS as they were often non-CS friends or friends of those friends :) . I met great people when I couch surfed myself. It is simply awesome! CS gives great insight into what is really important in traveling - understanding ways of living, customs, cuisine and culture.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stayed a couple of days with Mehmet in Dogubeyazit in Eastern Turkey and it was awesome! I have been hosted by Sasha in Kuala Lumpur and it was even greater!

I myself hosted Mehmet in Warsaw, Poland. On other occasion I hosted Michal from couch surfing in Leamington Spa, UK. On multiple occasions I hosted my friends and relatives in every country I lived in.

Interests

Science: evolution, archaeology, biotechnology
Outdoors: trekking, sailing, scuba diving, skiing
Sports: fencing, squash, football
E-sports: League of Legends
Music: rock, folk, indie, chill out, alternative, blues
Others: cuisine, travels, guitar, mandolin

  • culture
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • guitar
  • blues
  • outdoor activities
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • sailing
  • skiing
  • sports
  • fencing
  • soccer
  • racquetball
  • agriculture
  • science
  • tourism
  • squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Bon Iver, Dry the River, Hey, Opeth, Robert Plant, Chopin, almost everything?

Books: anything that was written by Dostoyevsky, Hesse, Haller, but then again plenty more : classics and fantasy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skied on Sahara, dove in Japanese ship wrecks, climbed Jebel Tubkal, slept in Capadocian caves

Teach, Learn, Share

Haha I learned from CS how to put map in your profile and I can teach you too :D

visited 37 states (16.4%)Create your own visited map of The World or Triposo world travel guide for Android

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Montenegro, Morocco, Peru, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Philippines, Turkey, United Kingdom

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