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Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
@travelista
Member since 2006
CURRENT MISSION Break free ABOUT ME I'm a traveller. A new journey begins each morning as I realize that I'm awake, trying to get the feeling of where the coming day is going to bring me. Will I be able to climb the breath-taking hills of unconditional happiness? Or will I (again) do my sleepwalking along the beaten paths of mediocrity? PHILOSOPHY * I strongly believe in the ultimate happiness, which implies freedom from any traces of negativity. * A heavy weight on my heart is the matter of personal sincerity. In the hypocrisy-based society (fake smiles, politeness hiding disgust, politics, business, etc etc) I don't have guts to follow my "personal legend" (© Coelho), yet being unable to accept the common rules. That's why meeting a sincere, daring and even apparently "rough" person is always a magical discovery. Yet, I don't buy aggression (read: "intention to make another suffer") offered as "self-confidence" and "independence".
Interested in Adventure Sports
Fluent in English
Learning German
Vienna Collective
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Took part in CS Collective Europe 2006. "Spreading the word", when I feel that someone would benefit from CS (and vice versa). COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I hosted in the Netherlands, Spain and Ukraine, surfed in several European countries, as well as in Russia, North and South America.
Music, Movies, and Books
= Writers: John Fowles Jerom D. Salinger Carlos Castaneda Herman Hesse Gaito Gazdanov Jiddu Krishnamurti Victor Pelevin Vladimir Nabokov Julio Cortazar Robert Rimmer ... = Directors Lars von Trier Woody Allen Julio Medem Alejandro Amenabar Jean-Pierre Jeunet Wong Kar Wai ... = Music Dead Can Dance Silly Wizard Madredeus Radiohead Lisa Gerard Beirut R.E.M. K's Choice Bjork Vetusta Morla ...
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Discovered the overwhelming and elusive states of unconditional happiness. UPDATE: … and found ways to induce them. --- visited 46 states (20.4%)Create your own visited map of The World or Amsterdam travel guide for Android
Teach, Learn, Share
What I could possibly teach: Mac, salsa, Russian, web-development. I'd like to keep on learning: dancing (pretty much anything!), languages, yoga, photography, singing, sports, and so much more.
My Interests
Nomadic life, reading, yoga, idling, Himalayas, dancing (like it all), doubting, singing, programming, lucid dreams, languages, piano, Earth creatures, climbing, happiness, bungee jumps, free diving, trekking, Buddhism, ruby-on-rails, taking pics, percussions, climbing, extraordinary people, and yes, taking pics