I value experiences a lot more since I started travelling - and I am seeking them proactively. Huge nature lover.

My "One Amazing Thing I've Done" section is the important part.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I recently started travelling around the world - quite the eye-opening experience - I wish I started doing it earlier... Couch surfing allows me to instantly meet open-minded locals who share the same mentality and can help me get up to speed with their place.

Unfortunately I won't be able to contribute back to CS by hosting in the near future since my landlords back at home wouldn't allow for it - but that will change once I get a place of my own - work in progress!

Interests

• culture
• human rights
• politics
• board games
• electronic music
• hiking
• mountaineering
• sports
• swimming
• computer science
• geopolitics
• journalism
• neuroscience
• philosophy
• physics
• psychology
• food
• lifestyle
• programming
• psychedelics
• psytrance
• financial markets
• stock market
• evolutionary biology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: mostly electronic music: psy-trance, techno, ambient

books I've read or am planning to:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/62570772-viktor-kirilov

HUGE Sam Harris fan
Also Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, Robert Sapolsky, Carl Sagan, Yuval Noah Harari,

Comedy: George Carlin all the way!

favourite movie of all time: Interstellar (2014)

my IMDb ratings:
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur40788994/ratings

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Well here are a couple:

- Decided to quit my job and get my life in order at the age of 24 - spent almost 3 years living by myself, travelling, branching out of computer science and into much more important things - philosophy, music, politics, fitness, food - life in general.

- I recently went to a huge psychedelic trance festival called Ozora (in Hungary) - and it was the most amazing week I've spent in my life so far.

- I'm also about to go to Peru and do a ton of trekking, visit Machu Picchu, climb a 6k meters tall mountain and perhaps try some shaman brews :)

- My first trip outside of my country was in 2015 - I went to compete in a swimming marathon in Morocco alone - swam almost twice as slow as the fastest professional swimmers but managed to complete all 25 kilometers for the 4 days of swimming!

- I also made a successful open-source C++ project:
https://github.com/onqtam/doctest
I got the chance to visit the states for the first time to give a lecture about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1CxEC29l8
But I no longer care that much about computer science - the problems of humanity are much more interesting to me now.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach you how to code - or at least the basics of it. I'm good at explaining things I know in an understandable way. I can also share my interests in philosophy :D

I'll also be coming straight after a trip to Peru where I'll be trekking all around (Machu Picchu, Salkantay trail, canyons, 6k peaks)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Greece, Hungary, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria