CURRENT MISSION

I write stories traveling around the world with photos

ABOUT ME

I want to visit all the countries! For 20 years, been lived in 84 countries! Norway (2 times), Italy (4) India (3) Thailand (10),Russia (Crimea, the Caucasus, Altai, Kamchatka-climbing Avachinsky Volcano = 2741m, Karelia, Abkhazia, Georgia Batumi),Ukraine,Kyrgyzstan (Issyk-Kul),Belarus,Bulgaria,Romania,Czech Republic (2),Slovakia, Poland (2), Hungary, Greece,(climbing m.Olimp = 2917m), Turkey (4) Cyprus (5) Israel,Egypt (2),Mongolia(cycling through the Gobi desert,800 km = 17dаys,China (2, Shaolin, Hainan Island), Hong Kong (3),Macao,Taiwan,(climbing Jiayi = 3950m,) North and South Korea,Japan (7 cities hitchhiking, climbing vlk.FUJI San = 3776m,Philippines, Laos(3), Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma (Myanmar),Brunei,Malaysia(3), Indonesia(3,Bali), Singapore(3), Australia,New Zealand, Pakistan, Maldives (Raid 5 Islands by kayak ),Sri Lanka, Finland,Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Holland,Belgium,France,Spain,Portugal,
Monaco,Vatican, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, United States of America(west coast on a bicycle),Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia (2), Ecuador (4), Peru (Machu picchu-lost city of the Incas = altitude 2,350 m, the flight over the mysterious Nazca desert drawings,Titicaca), Bolivia (Salar de Uyuni = 10,000 sq.km. ), Chile (Easter Island),Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Cuba, Venezuela(3), Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Tunisia ... There is a desire to build a house, a beachfront hotel Pacific Ocean in tropical Ecuador, where in 2009 became a citizen!))

PHILOSOPHY

The path without a heart is never happy. Have to go to it has to work hard. On the contrary, the path that has heart, always easy, to love him, do not need much effort.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Ready to help in all things and bring joy to people

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Servas member individual travelers organizations, about 25 countries

Interests

1. Travel, especially for a long time and new place for me.
2. Observing wild animals, especially rare and poorly understood. For domestic cats, however, too, and people.
3. Mutual love.
4. Enjoying the beauty of nature.
5. I like to play all the Games, tennis, swimming, biking.
6. Moonlit nights, especially in the tropical forest, on the beach and in the sea.
7. Ability to read a good book in the garden on a sunny day or by the stove in the rain.
8. Simple food.
9. A quiet chat with friends.
10. Living in a country with a free, tolerant and diverse population, as well as activities to turn my country itself.

• animals
• cats
• books
• beauty
• dining
• gardening
• traveling
• cycling
• kayaking
• boxing
• rock climbing
• tennis
• swimming
• science
• hitchhiking
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Conan Doyle's The Lost World, Robinson Crusoe,Indiana Jones, Lie to Me... radio retro nastalgiya,disco 70 -80

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

For some, this is the last point on the map, put the box in the final Around the World, for others, something out of science fiction, much like a trip to Mars.
Still, those who made it to Antarctica, they say, it will never be forgotten ..
Antarctica is getting closer, guys!

Teach, Learn, Share

In the Wizard was nothing pompous. His speech was punctuated now and then a wild, unbridled laughter, confound those who are serious about spirituality - and to ourselves.
- This man - a real clown! - Said one frustrated visitor.
- No, - said the student. - You do not understand the essential: the clown makes you laugh at him, and the Master - on himself.