Mostly harmless :–)

I like the concept of an 'open world' where you're friendly with everyone unless there's a reason to not be so, and where nothing stops you from satisfying your curiosity for no serious reason.

I value friendship above all.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I recommend CS to people all the time. Seems like more and more already know about it, though.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Since 2006, I've surfed CS users' couches in Serbia, Finland, Latvia, Moldavia, Russia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, China, Mongolia, Ukraine, Hong Kong, Germany, Mauritius, and South Korea, and it worked out bloody marvelous. Beyond that, I have sizable experience in hosting people and being hosted in various places since as early as 2001.

For stats: I also tried couch-surfing in Greece (as early as in 2006) and Bahrain (as late as in 2020), plus some others in between, and failed miserably!

Interests

Languages, both in theory and in practice. Many more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

True story, folks. Got nabbed with a buddy by police in a disrepair-stricken historic building opposite the Kremlin wall (after climbing the building's roof and dome), was accused of intending to assassinate Putin and then bribed myself and buddy out with the equivalent of five US dollars. At large since then.

Russian cops are (okay were; it happened in 2001) so cops.

Teach, Learn, Share

I grew up in Soviet Russia, and in Soviet Russia, up you grow!

At your service as a native informant, Sovietology and Kremlinology enthusiasts :--)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Georgia, Indonesia, Japan, Latvia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Thailand, Ukraine

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