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Overview

  • 24 references 23 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Czech, English; learning Spanish
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • https://www.ondrejcechvala.eu/
  • Institute of Creative Photography in Opava
  • From Piešťany, Trnava, Slovakia
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About Me

I am Ondrej, a traveler from Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Currently, I move between four continents working full-time as a guide and photographer. I am too curious to stay in one place :)

I love visiting authentic places and speaking with locals. Knowing their thoughts and opinions means better understanding their culture and myself.

My biggest passion is photography and I love to take a picture of my travels and the people I meet :)

Interests

  • photography
  • coffee
  • rock music
  • hiking
  • geopolitics
  • history
  • urban exploration
  • fine arts
  • urbanism
  • modern architecture

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie directors: I. Bergman, Lars von Trier, M. Scorsese, F.F. Coppola, A. Kurosawa, H. Miyazaki, W. Herzog, D. Villeneuve, Q. Tarantino, D. Lynch and many others.

Music: Nick Cave, Portishead, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Tool, Fever Ray, Joy Division, Angel Olsen, Pink Floyd, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Cult of Luna, Young Fathers, Chelsea Wolfe, Ulver, Dead Can Dance...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Not just one :D

- walking 450 km from the Irish Sea to the North Sea through England
- walking Camino del Norte in Spain
- milking, feeding and cuddling cows on an Icelandic farm
- driving (by motorbike) deep into Myanmar and Vietnam mountains
- hiking through the whole Madeira island in 8 days
- experiencing winter Russia and traveling up to the Ural
- surviving language barriers in Central China
- photographing everyday life in Pakistan Hindukush
- exploring abandoned and forgotten Mayan structures deep in the Guatemalan jungle
- eating Comida Mexicana! :)
- hiking Colombian Andes and experiencing Colombian rural life

And every time I met so many beautiful people :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

- I can share stories and advice from more than 60 countries
- I love to cook and I love to share my ways of cooking
- I can create a photograph for you :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Czech Republic, Iceland, Slovakia

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