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Overview

  • 46 references 36 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Lithuanian; learning Norwegian, Romanian, Russian
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Wilderness Guide and Dog musher
  • Bachelor in Psychology, Master in Anthropology and Filmma...
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About Me

I get up to 20 requests every day in winter time and I really don't have time to read them all so don't even write me if you don't READ THROUGHT MY PROFILE (home section also)!!

If I needed to choose one word to describe myself that would be CURIOUS. And if more..

I'm lost-in-space person who has no idea what comes next in her life. I like to put myself in different, sometimes even complicated situations, and to find out more about myself this way. Some people say I lack self-preservation, but I like to call it "being adventurous". Always up for odd experiences. With open mouth, ears and eyes I'm eager to experience and learn. I try to beat my nightmares with my dreams. I try to live in a world with no borders and that's the reason I get lost sometimes.

Cheers and love

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've been surfing many places in my life and met incredible people. I've travelled too much and never had a steady-enough lifestyle to host people, but since two years ago I settled in Norway and I'd like to use this chance to pay the community back and host people.
I should note that I'm an experienced Couchsurfing user who happened to be living in a pretty popular winter destination so once again, please put some effort to read through my profile before bothering to write me a copy-paste request that I will decline without even reading it.

Interests

I'm ok being in the crowd if I'm in the city, but I also enjoy nature a lot and I prefer it pure and personal.
I am a random person. I think I like almost everything, especially new things I've never tried before.

Some of the regulars:
dogs
photography and video
mountain peaks
hitchhiking
cycling endlessly
long walks, jogging, yoga
interesting conversations
recycling
having a drink

  • dogs
  • photography
  • documentaries
  • cooking
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • camping
  • surfing
  • skydiving
  • hitchhiking
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I tend to fall asleep while watching movies, I live with music, I don't read as much as I want to but when I do I enjoy it a lot.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Tried skydiving;
Hitchhiked ~4000 km in one month;
Hitchhiked and survived in Transnistria;
Slept next door to the donkey or in the tent with 7 dogs;
Went on multiple days expeditions with sleddogs;
Made a documentary film about hot air balloonists;
Traveled Macedonia with my 77 year old grandma;
Entered a forbidden to enter front line city Agdam in Nagorno-Karabach and got a picture with soldiers!
Touched the nose of Hvaldimir beluga whale and played with him!
Got lost in Tajikistan's mountains.
Had dinner with the caveman in Iran and slept in a cave (important to note that Iran is quote a modern country otherwise!)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how:
to act in the airport (used to work there for some time);
to drive a dog sled;
to camp in winter (also - how to love winter);
to be adventurous;
to make even the worst place to look more cosy;

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking skills.
Hospitality.
My travel stories.
Cuddles of my lovely dogs.
Best places to visit in Tromsø.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Norway, Romania, United Kingdom

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