Hello everyone,
This is Buğra from Turkey. I am very enthusiastic about travelling, visiting remote places, get to know new people and have new friends all over the world. I like to communicate and have different experiences. To be honest, I am not the guy sitting on the couch in front of the screen and playing video games or watching TV series. I like to be on action. I pay attention to my daily yoga and meditation practices in order to enhance my awareness and openness to experience.

I am native Turkish, fluent English, proficient French and acceptable German speaker. For the last 4 years I had been working as a Project manager before I quit job to have a gap year in order to travel around the World.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

This year is my gap year in order to travel around the World. I have to do it with a tight budget – thanks to Turkish Economy - and my aim is to travel and meditate as much as I can. I can teach you meditating with pleasure.

Interests

• yoga
• meditation
• sailing
• buddhism
• mindfulness meditation

Music, Movies, and Books

Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Hakan Günday
Paulo Coelho
David Foster Wallace
B.Alan Wallace
Franz Kafka
Chuck Palahniuk

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Well I have to think about it and refresh this part in my bio.
Nevertheless I was in a Buddhist Monastery for 12 days in Nepal. It was an amazing experience to spend time with nuns and monks. We started days at 5:30 am and went to main Gompa for Puja or to Lama Zopa Rinpoche's room to bowl offering. I felt relief and done my offering for the day.
In October 2018 we were in Annapurna Region for a trekking to Annapurna Base Camp. It was my first trekking experience so that I am still excited to walk over 3500 m.
We were stucked in Koh Phangan during a typhoon near the beach and turned this situation to an opportunity to party with DJ
I volunteered in Thabarwa Center near from Yangon, Myammar and did physio, patience care and pagoda run for elder and sick people.
I meet very interesting and inspiring people all around the world which helps me to become a better version of myself.
I had no talent in playing instruments but I bought myself a harmonica to play during traveling

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach being mindful and stay in present time with small exercises. I am open to learn local culture, local cuisine, different languages. I like to share everything I know because experience grows by sharing

What I Can Share with Hosts

I share Bill Clinton posters.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Monaco, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Turkey