My name is Roman. I was born near Caucasus mountains (Russia, Kislovodsk). Six years I was living in Moscow while studying. I have a specialist degree in geology, I’m a film photographer, guitar player and sometimes underground musician.
Inst: romanpolenin
Web with portfolio: romanpolenin.ru

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To travel around the world and meet new people, new stories.
Each of us have something to say and show.
Come together!

Interests

• photography
• vegetarian
• traveling
• guitar
• hiking
• film
• jamming

Music, Movies, and Books

Photographers: Soul Leiter, Stephen Shore, Joel Meyerovitz, Vivian Mayer, Fan Ho, Daido Mariyama, Masahisa Fukase, Richard Misrach, Sebastian Salgado, Rodney Smith, Shoji Ueda.

Directors: Terrence Malik, Wong-Kar-Wai, Jarmusch, Tarantino, Tarkovsky, Woody Allen, Hirokazu Koreeda, Akira Kurosawa.

Music: psychedelic rock, indie, funk, blues, jazz, classic hip-hop, folk, country, electronic … all the music is wonderful!

Books: Dostoevsky, Murakami, Hesse.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

🥾Travelled around the Europe by hitchike. From Russian to Pakistan by hitchhike via Georgia, Turkey, Iran. Spent 1,5 months in Nepal visiting most of the iconic treks and cities.

🏔️Climbed the Munku-Sardyk (Mongolia), Elbrus (Russia) and Kala-Pathar (Nepal) mountains.

📖 Published 2 photo-books about my travelings.

Teach, Learn, Share

⚒️ I know a lot about geology
🎞️ I love to talk about photography, music and art.
🎶 I can teach you Harmonica (always keeping with me), we can jam if you are a musician.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can photograph you on film.
We can jam some music!

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, China, France, Georgia, Germany, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Turkey