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My friends say I’ve lived a thousand lives already, but I’ll try to make it long story short! I used to travel since I was a child thanks to my family. After school, I moved to Moscow to study Geography at Lomonosov university. During my academic leave, I went to China and traveled around South-East Asia a lot. I finally settled in Kyiv shortly before the war started. Six months after I had to move to Europe and decided to stay in Lisbon since I was admitted to a local university for free as a refugee. Unfortunately, Portugal didn’t work out for me either and I can’t return to my home in Ukraine at the moment, so I’m trying to find my way to stay in Canada. For the past 2,5 years that I’ve spent here, I’ve been moving around a lot — I’ve lived in Toronto, in Calgary, in Quebec, in Yellowknife and in Yukon. Currently I’m eager to settle down on the west coast for a bit and to learn surfing while it’s still possible!
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Languages
Fluent in English
Learning German
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I prefer hitchhiking and couchsurfing to normal ways of traveling first of all because of people. Getting to know other culture by making friends with locals is the best way to explore this country.
Music, Movies, and Books
Music depends on my mood. I prefer Russian and Ukrainian artists to foreign ones. I’m keen on reading since my childhood. I prefer books to movies📚❤️
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I’ve had illegal trips to Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and Baikonur Cosmodrome. But don’t be afraid of me, I’m not radioactive! I’ve also hitchhiked around Central Asia in the middle of summer🔥
My Interests
Height and urbex are my passion. I’ve been a urbex-addicted for more than 15 years. You can see my Instagram @ptashka.yulya. My grandpa is a famous soviet mountain climber. I have climbed the highest peaks in Georgia (Mount Kazbegi 5033 m) and Armenia (Mount Aragats 4090 m in winter), hiked Annapurna Circuit Trek in the Himalayas and spent two weeks in Tian Shan mountains without seeing other people except random shepherds and poachers.