I was born near Caucasus mountains (Russia, Kislovodsk). Six years I was living in Moscow while studying. I have a specialist degree in geology. Now I’m working as a geologist 2/2 months, 2 months I work, 2 months I travel. I like to shoot on film, I can’t go out without my camera, there is always something interesting happening on the streets. I play guitar and harmonica. Love to hike in the mountains.
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Web: romanpolenin.ru

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To travel around the world and meet new people, new stories.
Each of us have something to say, give and show.

Interests

• photography
• vegetarian
• traveling
• guitar
• hiking
• film
• jamming

Music, Movies, and Books

Photographers: Soul Leiter, Stephen Shore, Joel Meyerovitz, Vivian Mayer, Fan Ho, Daido Mariyama, Masahisa Fukase, Richard Misrach, Sebastian Salgado, Rodney Smith, Shoji Ueda.

Directors: Terrence Malik, Wong-Kar-Wai, Jarmusch, Tarantino, Tarkovsky, Woody Allen, Hirokazu Koreeda, Akira Kurosawa.

Music: psychedelic rock, indie, funk, blues, jazz, classic hip-hop, folk, country, electronic … all the music is wonderful!

Books: Dostoevsky, Murakami, Hesse.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelled around the Europe by hitchike. From Russian to Pakistan by hitchhike via Georgia, Turkey, Iran. Spent 1,5 months in Nepal visiting most of the iconic treks and cities.

Climbed the Munku-Sardyk (Mongolia), Elbrus (Russia) and Kala-Pathar (Nepal) mountains.

Published 2 photo-books.

Teach, Learn, Share

⚒️ I know a lot about geology
🎞️ I love to talk about photography, music and art.
🎶 I can teach you Harmonica (always keeping with me), we can jam if you have any other instrument.

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, China, Cuba, France, Georgia, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Turkey