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Overview

  • 20 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Ukrainian; learning Japanese, Swahili
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Airline IT
  • University of Toronto
  • From Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About Me

MISSION

To become a writer (some day)

ABOUT ME

I've experienced many different places, cultures, languages, and ways of life.
Enjoy hiking and camping with a canoe, discovering new types of world music at the local library, wandering through 20th century literature

PHILOSOPHY

Stay open-minded, don't impose judgments on others

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Host/ Surf meet up with people

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been couchsurfing and hosting people for several years. The first time was in Colombia when some friends arranged a stay via CS and got stuck in the airport. That was a great experience.

Interests

Traveling, international cinema, 20th century literature, global music.

Music, Movies, and Books

Westerns by Clint Eastwood and the Cohen brothers.. International films such as Y tu mama tambien, , Persepolis just to name a few..

Books: Salinger, Jules Verne, Gabriel Garci­a Marquez, Murakami, Andrukhovych

Music: https://soundcloud.com/djmedicineman

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I did a solar energy project in Tanzania for 3 months. The coolest part was living with Massai tribe, traveling around the savanna on motorcycles and teaching people how to install solar-powered systems on their huts.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you my supertheory of supereverything :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Colombia, Cuba, Gambia, Germany, Israel, Jamaica, Netherlands, Senegal, Spain, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Ukraine

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