Hello there! My name is Zoriana 👋

I’m a naturelover, always smiling and always up for adventures. When I travel, I like to be like a local. My weakness is nature and not touristic places.

I'm sure there are so many places to see and so many people to get to know!
I always try to look on the bright side of life and enjoy the little things. Sometimes, we forget to smile (even for no reason) and to value what we have.

I really enjoy doing sports, especially hiking, climbing, camping, riding a bike, and I love being active, sometimes a little crazy like skydiving, paragliging, motorcycle trips, solo hitchhiking and solo hiking. I don't like alcohol. I don't smoke. And...of course I love all types of food😋

PHILOSOPHY:
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

Instagram: _nature_lover_ua

Update: I have just moved to Lviv and have an additional room, so I will be happy to host travelers (for 1-2 nights only). Please read the description about my place before sending a request and write "Hey Star" in the beginning 😊

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think it's a great place to meet new people and share cultures while traveling abroad and it gives a chance to truly see how people are living in some part of the world.

The most important thing in every trip is communication, I love to hear interesting stories and tips from travels and share my own :)

Interests

I am in love with life 😍

• animals
• books
• motorcycles
• traveling
• blogging
• alpinism
• rock music
• blues
• backpacking
• rock climbing
• paragliding
• ecology
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• nature

Music, Movies, and Books

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Santana, Joe Bonamassa...

"Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts
"Into the wild" by Joe Krakauer
"Man's search for meaning: the classic tribute to hope from the holocaust" by Viktor E.Frankl
1984 by George Orwell
"Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed mountains Kazbegi (5044 m) 🗻
1 month solo hitchhiking trip in Georgia 🇬🇪
5 weeks/5550km hitchhiking trip in Turkey 🇹🇷
Motorcycle trip around Ukraine 🇺🇦
Walked 100 km in 24 hours (non-stop)
4 weeks solo cross-country trip in Thailand 🇹🇭
1 month solo hitchhiking trip in Norway 🇳🇴
6 weeks solo East Africa trip 🦓

Teach, Learn, Share

I am always up to share a smile 😊
I can teach you Ukrainian language 🇺🇦

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Burundi, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine