I have been working in tourism since 2009, mostly as tour operator rep in different countries. I stay at home for a week or two in Autumn and Spring, and can host these days only

https://www.instagram.com/sabirinst/?hl=ru
https://web.facebook.com/sabir.ru

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I used another hospitality service once in 2011, I believe it was "Hospitality club". I was a student, working in Shanghai as a participant of International Exchange Program. I went to Hong Kong for 4 days to prolong visa and my neighbor suggested to me that opportunity. That helped me a lot, because I had some financial difficulties:) It was a great experience, not to stay in a hotel, but to learn a way of life in the country from inside, and its so nice that people are so friendly and ready to host. Since then I travelled a lot, but I always stay in destinations for a long time, this is my job now. I lived in Morocco for almost a year, have been in Turkey three times, in Egypt, US, Spain, Cyprus, Greece and India. I like to meet new people, who sometimes can change your world outlook. Now I registered in this website, because I plan to take a trip to Europe. Hostels are quite chip, but I think it would be great to find some new friends and again to see a destination "from inside"

Interests

I love to travel and meet interesting people. I love music and have some experience in electronic piano and sequencers. Other interests are history and chess

• chess
• traveling
• music
• piano
• world history

Music, Movies, and Books

I like piano very much, especially Rachmaninov, Liszt and Chopin, all kinds of classical, electronic music, some jazz. Favorite movies are: "The Banishment" (Andrey Zvyagintsev), "Waking Life" (Richard Linklater), "Memento" (Christopher Nolan), "A Separation" (Asghar Farhadi), "Mother" (Bong Joon-ho), Dogville (Lars von Trier), "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (Michel Gondry). I prefer historical literature, philosophy and many separate books of different authors. My favorite author is Dostoevsky

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crossed the ocean in my first ever journey abroad Naberezhnye Chelny - Moscow - New York - Hilton Head (USA, 2009)

Conducted historical excursions to Pamukkale - 6 hours one way, being a student and preparing my speech mostly by myself (Turkey, 2010)

Travelled across the country from Shanghai to Hong Kong by train and have not seen none of it, because they have this 3-storey trains and I had my place at the third storey right under the ceiling with no window EPIC pity :)(China, 2011)

Worked six(!) month with not a single day off at my first job after graduation (Turkey, 2012)

Had an incredible undersea world just 5 minutes walk from my hostel in Marsa-Alam. Learned a lot about Muslim ideology from my Arab colleague (Egypt, 2013)

Discovered for myself the New Testament ?guess where? (Morocco, 2013)

During trainings period had a chance to visit Barcelona, Paris, Rome and Venice (Spain, 2014)

Composed some original piano melodies, as well as studied some world history, having forced vacation when I lost my job :) (Russia, 2015)

Took a day trip to Jerusalem, and had quite an interrogation from jewish custom officer, mistrusting my passport with too many turkish and arabic visas :) (Cyprus, 2015)

For the first time in my life had a chance to ride an elephant, but that was a day, when indian government enact new law forbidding elephant riding EPIC pity (India, February, 2016)

Waiting for new adventures in my oncoming trip to Prague (Greece, 2017)

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Israel, Italy

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, India, Morocco, Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey, United States