My name is Nika, I am from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, country Russia.
I am a lawyer by training, but I am more of a creative person and mainly I like to do various types of art, as well as my small business. I work with museums in Russia and create handmade souvenirs for them.
I am also an aspiring entrepreneur and am striving to develop this area, so if you have any plans or goals for exporting/importing to Russia, you can write to me.
I made my first hitchhiking trip at the age of 16. I love exploring new countries for long periods of time, immersing myself and learning about the culture and of course interacting with the locals. I am very interested in learning about all areas of life of people in different countries, their customs, religion, problems and successes. I can listen to my interlocutor for a long time, and I can ask a lot of questions ahahaha🙃
One of my hobbies is photography. When traveling, I always carry my camera with me and photograph the social and everyday life of people, nature and animals.
I love animals incredibly much. At home I try to help animals and sometimes it happens that I have to save them. So, at different times, a crow, a bat, swifts, a hedgehog, a turtle, cats and dogs lived in my house.

Another hobby of mine is saving trees through art. Due to sudden temperature fluctuations, frost cracks appear on some trees, which can cause the trees to die after some time. Acrylic paintings on these places help the tree to heal itself and tighten the trunk of the tree to become whole again. This process takes 2-3 years.

Unfortunately, I don’t know much English yet, but I’m trying very hard to learn it. Due to dyslexia, it takes me longer to learn a foreign language, and I also have slight difficulties with listening to foreign words. So please be a little more tolerant if I get a little lost or shy during a conversation🫶
I don't drink, don't smoke and try to lead a healthy lifestyle.
If I go to a host's house, I follow the rules of the other person's house and offer to help. I'm always happy to meet new people.

I am against war, any war.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting people from different countries

Interests

• photography
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• музыка
• путешествия
• природа
• фото
• животные
• горы
• дизайн
• фотосъемка

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I started traveling alone at the age of 16. Saving trees with art

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Turkey, Ukraine