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Overview

  • 14 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Italian, Spanish; learning Georgian, Hindi, Russian
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Tour leader
  • artistic diploma, photographer diploma, studying Anthropo...
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About Me

ABOUT ME
I am a loud introvert who goes on 25 km long walks. A vegan who can’t stop talking about food, cold water dips lover, and obsessed with anthropology.
I am In love with places in ‘between’, nearby countries' borders. Crazy about nature, chickpeas, and art books.

I feel my best above 2000 meters altitude, I own three T-shirts and thirty pairs of earrings. I try to learn languages with pretty alphabets and I never pick up hot mugs by the handle.

I don't have one base, one home, and one place to live. I am on the move since 2012, slowly and responsibly
In 2016 I became Tour Leader. Now I spend most of my time in Central Asia, the Caucasus region, and the areas along the TransMongolian train journey.
When I am not working I explore remote places and areas but still around Inda, Central Asia, and the Middle East, all areas I love deeply and keep on coming back to explore!

MY PHILOSOPHY
Live the different, move into the different, experience the different
= embrace the different = stop considering it ‘different’.
🖤🤍🌀

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My way of travel is based on the people I meet. I am traveling 'slowly' because I want to see, meet, and discover cultures, feelings, and sensations changing from the very North to the very South, from the east to the west.

Interests

everything that makes me happy! .... so far... everything that involved meeting new people, spending time in nature and eating, cooking, camping, listening to music hiking, yoga, slackline, rock climbing, running, walking in the city, having coffees, riding, swimming... enjoying every single place, second and person

  • dining
  • cooking
  • coffee
  • yoga
  • running
  • meditation
  • walking
  • traveling
  • hiking
  • camping
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • anthropology
  • mountains
  • veganism

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

9 months off-road trip by car from Canada to Chile... full of amazing adventures! I found a way through the Darièn gap, I climbed a lot of 6000 meters high mountains in Bolivia, I crossed the desert and sleep in the car at - 20 degrees.
I learned how to climb a coconut tree and how to be the mechanic of my car, I swam in the ocean from Canada, with the storm and terribly cold water to Perù. I took a bath in Lake Titicaca (4000m high!), I smuggled into the Maya ruins to see the stars from the top of the temples,

Drive a 15 tons truck around South America, India and Nepal while working as a Tour leader!!

Teach, Learn, Share

Recipes from all over the world, stories, tips, and ideas for living and moving sustainably

What I Can Share with Hosts

A lot of great talks and stories from all around the world, smiles, enthusiasm, good healthy simple food,

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

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