Hey I am Amitay from Jerusalem. Traveled for many years in Israel and now Traveling the world. I am open minded, Mostly like to speak with new people and learn about their culture and life philosophy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I like to meet new people, stay not only in touristic areas, and of course to see the places around from the local eyes 😉

Interests

• photography
• cooking
• meditation
• hiking
• ecology
• languages
• philosophy
• hitchhiking
• buddhism
• snakes
• vipassana
• birdwatching
• street workout
• zoology

Music, Movies, and Books

I studied to play on violin for 11 years. Also play a little bit on guitar, piano and recorder. Like to listen to every music genres, especially arabic, reggae, psytrans etc'

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived in a Buddhist monastery in Nepal for one month

hiked at an altitude of 5,450m in the Himalayas.

Crossed all Israel by 2.5 months and 1,050km of walking

Hitchhiked from Uzbekistan to east China (5,000 km)

Hitchhiked from Berlin to Greece

Saw a spacecraft launching in the main space port of Russia in Kazakhstan in the middle of nowhere, in the middle o the night, alone

Teach, Learn, Share

Open to share everything I know and willing to learn everything new. You are welcome to ask me everything about my country

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can make a delicious Israeli breakfast called Shakshuka!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Nepal, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel