**I'll be in Vanuatu and the Philippines until early July**

My name is Tihomir (which means 'serenity'). If that's hard to remember or pronounce, you can call me T.

Travelling and languages are my passions. I grew up in Bulgaria, but in the past 18 years I have lived in Iceland, New Zealand, Vanuatu, on the road, and now in Leipzig.

For work, I do research on language, evolution, endangered language documentation, and specifically on the languages of Vanuatu.

I like people and nature - climbing mountains, cycling and doing long treks. I like to camp in places with beautiful views. Good company is always a plus.

"The greatest prayer of man is not for victory, but for peace" Dag Hammarskjöld

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I expect my guests and hosts to be sane and relaxed people, respectful and open-minded.

Interests

Linguistics, endangered languages, science, geography, cycle touring...

Music, Movies, and Books

Dead Can Dance, Lisa Gerrard, Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, Huun Huur Tu, Portishead...Ingmar Bergman, Andrey Tarkovsky... I watch documentaries.I also spend time on:
-TED talks
-Modern Family
-Little Britain
-Wikipedia, Wikitravel, Hitchwiki
-yoga
-swimming

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I jumped off an airplane (while in flight), survived a fall down a waterfall, travelled overland from Nepal to Iceland, witnessed a sema ceremony (whirling dervishes) in Konya, Turkey, biked over 15000 km in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, New Zealand, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Iran and Iceland, paddled down the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea, traveled down the Amazon river to go to Carnival in Brazil, wrote a grammar of a previously undocumented language...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to conjugate Icelandic verbs and .... yeah, that's about it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Croatia, Ecuador, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, New Zealand, Sweden, Vanuatu

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