CURRENT MISSION
Travel to west Africa

ABOUT ME

Hi folk ! I am an easy going, open mind , I love to travel through the world, meet new people, listen their interesting histories, up for adventure. I work as computer-telecommunication engineer in Warsaw. I fall in love in history of my city but also history of any slavic countries and its histories. I like tables games. I can't live without music. If you wanna we can prepare some traditional polish meal. I consider that a good journey is a mix between meeting people and sharing experiences / learning as much as possible about a new country and a new culture / taking plenty of good pictures and crazy videos / coming back to home with the head full of great memories and at least two or three new travel projects :-) Since that moment, I also cannot stop travelling and making new travel plans.

I enjoy any kind of nice atmosphere, from spontaneous crazy moments and ideas with crazy people to nice evenings and conversations over a good coffee mug. And actually, crazy ideas are something which is always welcome (and often present) in my life! Life needs some craziness every now and then to evade the grasp of routine!

You can find me at facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/hasacz89

PHILOSOPHY

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. Groucho Marx

In other words I don't like to loss time ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting whenever there is space. Otherwise a free guide with plenty of knowledge. Also help manage a couple of groups.

Here is a guide to things to do and see in Warsaw (work in progress).

http://goo.gl/yGoCLG

For more info about Warsaw see:
*Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw
*Warsaw Tourist Information site:
http://warsawtour.pl/en
*Routes of public transport:
http://warszawa.jakdojade.pl/?locale=en
*Public transport
http://www.ztm.waw.pl/
*Great portal about Poland in general
http://www.polska.pl/en/
*Cultural events in Warsaw:
http://www.kulturalna.warszawa.pl/index.php5?locale=en_GB
*Wikitravel
http://wikitravel.org/en/Warsaw/%C5%9Ar%C3%B3dmie%C5%9Bcie
*Warsaw city bikes
https://en.veturilo.waw.pl/
*Bike lanes:
http://rowery.um.warszawa.pl/mapa-rowerowa
*Site about Warsaw Uprising 1944
http://www.warsawrising.eu/
*Free walking tours by Warsaw:
http://orangeumbrella.pl/
http://www.freetourwarsaw.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Free.Tour.Warsaw

About public transport:
We have two zones but on 99% you shouldn't care on it. Warsaw lay only in 1st zone so if you don't want to go through Warsaw you don't need it. All tickets described below are all-line pass. If you have ISIC or Euro26 card then you can buy reduced fare tickets (for a half of price). Your ticket should be validated during the first use of city transport, after that you shouldn't validate another time. We have following printed tickets:
20 minutes - costs 3,40 PLN
75 minutes - costs 4,40 PLN
90 minutes - costs 7,00 PLN
24 hour ticket -costs 15,00 PLN
Weekend ticket (valid from Friday since 7pm till Monday 8 am) - costs 24,00 PLN
Weekend group ticket (till 5 person) - costs 40,00 PLN

Depend of your needs choose tickets for you.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had a few CS experiences over the years already and they usually turn out to be awesome! I've been to a few countries and I can say that in all of them I was able to meet wonderful people and have a really good time. Now it's hard for me to picture myself visiting a country without actually meeting the local people and experiencing life there. As a host I've had less occasions but mostly the same story, had a couple of really nice experiences and I'm eager for more.

Interests

Books (the endless list), orthodox church, music (many genres: http://www.last.fm/user/hasan89), movies (http://www.filmweb.pl/user/borowamichal or http://www.kinopoisk.ru/user/5239733/go/), inspiring people, history, science (telecommunication == network engineering), photography, piercing, tattoos, languages, trips, skis, folk, paganism, mythology (especially slavic).

I love travelling, here is some statistics:
HitchLog: http://goo.gl/cYdmmf
FlightDiary: http://goo.gl/yQse3t

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite books:

The Master and Margarita - Bulgakov
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Tolkien
Witcher - Sapkowski
The Satanic Verses - Rushdie
Lord of the Flies - Golding

Favourite Bands:
Therion, Moonspell, Arkona, Goran Bregović, DDT, Лениниград, Shantel, The Doors, AC/DC, Кино, Людзі на балоце and many, many others...

Favourite movies:

Underground - Kusturica
Psycho - Hitchcock
Amour - Haneke
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying - Vuletic
Holy Motors - Carax
Todo sobre mi madre - Almodovar
The Geographer Drank His Globe Away (Географ глобус пропил) - Veledinsky
Andrei Rublev - Tarkovsky

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Year ago I was in Georgia with my friends. We climb to the top of mountain with ruins of medieval castle (Tmogvi near Vardzia). We didn't have enough time to come back so we decided to sleep here over the milky way without a tent. Luckily we had beautiful weather.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some Polish of course, as it's my mother tongue. Slang or serious Polish; it's up to you guys ! I also know how to cook Polish dishes. And of course, if you ask me about travel tips about places I've been to, I'd be glad to answer you as precisely as possible. As I like my Polish culture, it's always a pleasure for me to give advice to people who want to go there too.

What I Can Share with Hosts

What I could and gladly would share with others would be mostly life experiences and interesting stories, and I'm also looking forward to those who can share theirs. If I have time, I can show Warsaw, its interesting (for me) places, talk about its history.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guinea, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Vatican City State, Western Sahara