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Chester, England, United Kingdom
@ULKAKULKA
Member since 2010
CURRENT MISSION To explore and experience to the fullest. ABOUT ME I don't want to waste any minute. There are so many places I'd like to visit, so many people that are worth meeting. So whenever I can I take my camera and a small backpack and 'of we go!'. The more time I have the further I go. I like travelling alone as well as with friends. My camera is the only necessary fellow rider. ''Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die.' 'Ulysses' Alfred Lord Tennyson PHILOSOPHY 'I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to the lees: all times I have enjoyed Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when Through scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea: I am become a name; For always roaming with a hungry heart Much have I seen and known; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honoured of them all; And drunk delight of battle with my peers; Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy. I am part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough Gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnished, not to shine in use! As though to breath were life. Life piled on life Were all to little, and of one to me Little remains: but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself, And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.' 'Ulysses' Alfred Lord Tennyson
Interested in Art
Fluent in English
Learning German
Pioneer Badge
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE It was a great experience to host people in Armenia. The conditions were not very good but that's a part of life there. Also in Romania I hosted people which helped me not to feel lonely. Thanks to couch surfing I met a lot of great people.
Music, Movies, and Books
FILM: I like scandinavian cinema. 'The Bothersome Man', 'After the wedding'; films by Lukas Moodysson. Films with my favourite actor- Mads Mikkelsen- like 'Adam's apples'. David Lynch, Pedro Almadovar, Lars von Trier. And a lot more... MUSIC: Radiohead, Anja Garbarek, Fever Ray, Sigur Ros, old Royksopp, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Portishead, David Sylvian, Massive Attack, Oszibarack, Nneka... BOOKS: all about Iran, Agatha Christie, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Eduardo Mendoza.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
The most amazing place in the world I've been to was Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. I felt so small facing the great and breathtaking nature. And the emptiness...
Teach, Learn, Share
Everyday learn at least one small thing. Sharing is the most important part of life.
My Interests
travelling photography art film music architecture people cultures- mostly Persian religions languages