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Overview

  • 104 references 80 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Polish; learning French, Indonesian, Spanish
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Java Developer 💻
  • Production engineering (Wrocław University of Technology)...
  • From Pieszyce, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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About Me

I don't like to describe myself but if you check references from other couchsurfers, you should have better idea what to expect 😉

I am backpacker who love to travel. ❤️

In 2019 I finished my 4 years hitchhiking and boathiking trip around the world. My goal was to make a circle around the globe without spending any money for a transportation and accommodation 🚗⛵🌎

You can visit my website about this project:
http://autostopemdookolaswiata.pl

Facebook fanpage:
http://facebook.com/autostopemdookolaswiata

And YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/c/AutostopemdookolaswiataPLofficial

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My dream is to understand the world. I love to meet different people from all around the globe, learn about their cultures, try local food, listen about the history and discover music from the country that I visit. The best way to do this is a contact with locals. That's the main reason why I use couchsurfing 🙂

Interests

➡️ Politics
➡️ Geopolitics
➡️ International Relations
➡️ History
➡️ Music
➡️ Travelling
➡️ Meeting new people

  • politics
  • traveling
  • music
  • geopolitics
  • history
  • international relations
  • meeting new people

Music, Movies, and Books

🎶 Music: Classic Rock, Electronic, 60s, 70s, 80s
📖 Books: about politics and history 😉
🎬 Movies: Casino, Godfather, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Taxi Driver, Rounders but mostly documentary (The Mole is my top!)
📺 Series: Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Twin Peaks, House Of Cards.
🖥️ Games: Poker Texas Hold'em

Prefer music than movies 😉

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It's hard to choose one 😉

Amazing things I've done:
✅ organised a party for 113 people in my 56 square meters flat during study with snow generator, smoke generator and disco lights :D
✅ hosted 11 people at the same time from CS for a week, when I was not at home (just called my mom and informed her that some friends that I had met in Peru are coming :D)
✅ hitchhiked to Iran and Iraq during a war with ISIS
✅ crossed Atlantic and Pacific Ocean on a sailing yachts by hitchhiking (boathiking? ;))
✅ drank a beer with monkey xD
✅ visited the most dangerous city in the world (2016) - Caracas in Venezuela
✅ hitched a cargo ship in Darien Gap and got a free ride through San Blas Islands
✅ spent a Christmas with one of the polish hero (Warsaw Upriser) in Sydney
✅ hitchhiked through the outback in Australia
✅ sailed from Australia to Timor on a nice trimaran
✅ didn't declare few package of cigarettes during crossing a border with Singapore and got caught by customs (that was stupid, not amazing :D)
✅ climbed few volcanos
✅ survived few earthquakes in Lombok and helped the victims of this natural disaster
✅ got a dengue fever and spent a Christmas in Thai hospital xD
✅ hitchhiked ambulance (for 500 km!), garbage truck and escavator :D
✅ illegally sneaked under the wall with barbed wire into highly restricted Baikonur city (Russian territory near cosmodrom) in Kazachstan

and much much more 😉

Amazing thing I've seen:
✔️ Rio de Janeiro!
✔️ waterfalls in Foz do Iguazu,
✔️ glacier Perito Moreno,
✔️ gayzers in Atacama,
✔️ Machu Picchu,
✔️ jungle in Peru,
✔️ Pacific remote islands,
✔️ Uluru and King's Canyon in Australia,
✔️ volcanos in Indonesia,
✔️ beautiful temples in: Borobudur (Indonesia), Angkor Wat (Cambodia) and Bagan (Myanmar)

I hope the best thing still before me 😉

Teach, Learn, Share

🥸 Teach: about my country, region, history and political situation. Moreover I can give you some tips how to hitchhike and travel the world without having a lot of money 😉
👂 Learn: your language, culture, point of views and everything what you can tell me about your country 🙂
🤝 Share: house, experience and my time

What I Can Share with Hosts

As I wrote I can tell you a lot about my country and our culture. I can share my time and hang out somewhere together. I am open for propositions 🙂 I can also share some stories from my trip 🙂

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Laos, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Colombia, New Zealand, Poland, United States

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