CURRENT MISSION 2019-2020 NY Jordan 2019 October: Prague September: Bulgaria, Istanbul August: Abkhazia June: Budapest 7-28.03 - South Korea Мои лекции про Латинскую Америку в Восточной Сибири и на Дальнем Востоке, при поддержке РГО 29.03 - 1.04 Владивосток: https://vk.com/club179318788 https://www.facebook.com/events/300888560589944/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BusSpTkBLYl/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=9kspa766dc7a http://xn--80aphn.xn--p1ai/vstrecha-s-puteshestvennikom-romanom-ustinovym 2-5.04 - Благовещенск: https://amurexpedition.ru/news/lekciya-romana-ustinova/ 5-6.04 - Свободный, Амурская область. 8-10.04 - Чита: https://leader-id.ru/events/?CityIds%5B%5D=1173879 11-14.04 - Улан-Удэ 2018 Jan - Brasil (SP, Brasilia, Matu Grosu, Amazonia) 1-18 Feb - Rio de Janeiro 20-22 Feb - Foz do Iguasu 1 Mar - 20 May living and HOSTING in Buenos Aires (Argentina) 20 May - 10 June - Uruguay 10-12 June- - Argentina again (Posadas) 12-22 June - Paraguay. 22 June - 21 July - Bolivia. 21 July- 20 August - Peru. 20 August - 13 September - Ecuador. 11-13.09 - Loja, Ecuador. 13-15.09 - Cajamarca, Peru 15-17.09-Archivo 18-20.09 - Arequipa, Peru 20-21.09-Tacna, Perú - tren a chile y 21-23.09 - Iquique, Chile 23-26.09 - San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 26-28.09 - Salta - San-Miguel-de-Tucuman, Argentina 28-30.09 - Cordoba, Argentina 1-4.10 - Rosario, Argentina A partir DE 5 OCTUBRE - BUENOS AIRES. A partir de 8-9 de Noviembre - Bahia Blanca Me gustaria celebrar ano nuevo en Ushuaia - en el punto extremo de America del Sur. 2017 16.01.2017 Moscow - Saint-Petersburg by 2-floor train 17.01 (06-45 - 13-00) – S-Pb - Tallinn 19.01 (22-30) - 20.01 (06-55) - Tallinn - Vilnius 21.01 Vilnius - Oslo 24.01 Oslo - Los-Angeles (arr. 17-10) 28.01 (16-50) - 29.01 (00-20) – LA – San Francisco 1.02 Sacramento 6.02 – SF - Anaheim 6.02 - 7.02 –Anaheim – El Paso (Texas) 7.02 – 8.02 hitch-hike El Paso - San Antonio (Texas) 8.02-9.02 San Antonio – New Orlean 11.02 New Orlean - Orlando (FL) 12.02 Florida: Orlando - Tampa 14.02 Tampa - Orlando - Miami 19.02 - 20.03 – I am in Cuba again!!! End of March - Washington, Miami, Texas April: Mexico May: Belize, Guatemala June: Nicaragua, Salvador July: Honduras, Costa-Rica August: Panama-Colombia September: Colombia October: Venezuela, Guyana November: Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana December: Brazil New Year- 2018 in Brazil ABOUT ME http://ustinov.raskopki.info https://www.facebook.com/roman.ustinov I am a fan of unrecognized republics (and was at the following which Couchsurfing doesn't recognize :) Abkhazia, Mountainous Karabakh, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Kosovo, Palestina, North Cyprus) And even wrote a book about one of them - Abkhazia: http://ustinov.raskopki.info/books/book_abkhazia.jpg Can tell you about these territories nearly everything. my pictures from trips are here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RomanUstinov/photos
Interested in Books & Literature
Fluent in English
Learning Arabic
10 Vouches
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING WAS the most famous CouhSurfer in Sochi (Russia) during winter - Olympic GAMES in 2014 this is a report about my flat in Sochi (Russia Today, Olympic games) http://actualidad.rt.com/video/actualidad/view/120639-sochi-rusia-hospedaje-aficionados-juegos COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE hosted 100 + guests in 2013-14. now - traveling and mostly being a surfer (but still hosting, in March-May we rent a flat with my friends in Buenos Aires and invite everyone)
Music, Movies, and Books
the best books are books which i wrote :) http://ustinov.raskopki.info/books.html i am an author of the books about Abkhazia, India, Cuba and lots of articles in Russian languages (about India, Kamchatka, Israel and Palestina, Uzbekistan etc)
One Amazing Thing I've Done
wrote several books (2010, 2011, 2014) hitch-hiked all over the biggest country in the world - Russia, from Moscow to Vladivostok (2009) took part at the organization of the Winter Olympics Games in Sochi 2014 took part in the resque operation on Caucasus mountains (2013) (report is here http://turbina.ru/authors/ustinov/travels/view/130559/memo/74630/) climbed up to the highest peak of Europe - Elbrus (2013) (photos and article is here: http://turbina.ru/authors/ustinov/travels/view/86553/memo/76226/) cooked the food on volcanic lava =) taught the children in Russia (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/I0TQXeZsh8QzRXR154aYhtdsdkDQk9UihpQhS19E4kTkoinkFzTsC4OnGvtuCw8rlXfgBWNVS9V4Wro=w1708-h961-rw-no) and Nepal (https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MA9RbsifC-A/UFMhKQ81nKI/AAAAAAAANKQ/rm0SFcG9zmw/w758-h570-no/letter_of_appreciation.jpg)
Teach, Learn, Share
Was a teacher at village school in Nepal: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MA9RbsifC-A/UFMhKQ81nKI/AAAAAAAANKQ/rm0SFcG9zmw/w758-h570-no/letter_of_appreciation.jpg MY CS-dudes I can teach how to cook Russian soup (Borsh) and anything from my language (not for fun, but those who are studying Russian - I am really happy to help, how I already helped my friends from Holand, Panama, Uruguay, USA, etc).
What I Can Share With Hosts
My stories and anecdotes. How to buy motorcycle in Venezuela and not to be killed. Teach some Russian if you're not Russian-speaker.
My Interests
travels, archaeology, states with limited recognition, Balkans, former-USSR, Kamchatka, Latin America, Asia, Indonesia, Venezuela, motorcycles, bicycles, indigenous people, trekking, mountaineering, trains, jungles.
