CURRENT MISSION

writing my seventh travel guide book; Iberia.

ABOUT ME

you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one! When I'm not travelling I'm planning my trips. Travelling is my passion and I feel very lucky that since 2012 I've been writing travel guides.
Welcome travelaholics!

PHILOSOPHY

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes" --Proust----

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Started in 2004 with Hospitality Club, then evolved to CS.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In Taupo, New Zealand, I've been hosted by lovely Diana. And I had so many good experiences, all priceless!

Interests

apart from travelling, following movie festivals, visiting football grounds. Watching basketball (not anymore,basketball in UK?) catching up with friends in Istanbul, rock concerts in London, searching flights, searching trains!

• writing
• books
• concerts
• festivals
• clubbing
• traveling
• backpacking
• basketball
• soccer
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

As you can see my nickname is jarmusch, it is easy to guess that i'm into movies. My favorite directors; coen brothers, kubrick, jarmusch, haneke, greenaway, winterbottom, kaurismaki, almodovar, bunuel, wenders, fatih akin.
Music: big range but rock, blues and world music are my favorites.
Books: Orhan Pamuk, Marquez, Trevenian, Yasar Kemal, Alessandro Baricco, Ihsan Oktay Anar, some Russian classics.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I still pinch myself, I was so lazy, how did I become an author? Six travel guide books have been published until now; "An Alternative Travel Guide of Latin America", "Handbook of a Backpacker", "East Asia", "North and Central Africa", "Southern Africa", "Oceania and Malay Archipelago" and next one will be "Iberia".
A dream come true.
They are only in Turkish at the moment. Yet.

Teach, Learn, Share

I think my heart beats for South America and Southeast Asia and I'm always happy to share our travel experiences with people I meet.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, United Kingdom

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