Highly interested in music and photography (semi-professional), play the mandolin, bağlama and kemençe (two local instruments), love reading and world-traveling, father of two grown-up sons.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To try the chances of meeting other people of different cultures while traveling...

Interests

• animals
• singing
• photography
• concerts
• reading
• traveling
• kite flying
• cycling
• swimming
• mountains
• nature
• plants
• theatre
• local food
• playing music
• rafting
• folkdance
• local drink
• localcultures

Music, Movies, and Books

There is no ONE favorite of each... So, not easy to list...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Let me write a few: (1) Cycled down the Death Road near La Paz (Bolivia) (2) Climbed up Mount Ararat (Turkey) ; (3) Went camping in the remote Reindeer land of Kamchatka (Russia) (3) Co-piloted a small plane in Istanbul (Turkey) (4) Joined various photo-safaris in Africa (5) Ate some insects near Angkor Wat (Cambodia) (6) Swam and dived in the coral reefs of Sharm-al-Sheikh (Sinai, Egypt)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach English, learn various music instruments, share experience and knowledge on anything I know

What I Can Share with Hosts

My opinions, cultural assets, emotions... whatever is in my hold...

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda, Ukraine, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Turkey