Murat Mengi's Photo

Verified Profile

  • Payment verified
  • Phone verified
  • Government ID not verified
  • Address Verified

Accepting Guests

  • Last login 6 months ago

Join Couchsurfing to see Murat’s full profile.

Overview

  • 29 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Turkish; learning Japanese, Russian, Spanish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Engineer
  • Master's
  • From Bursa, Turkey
  • Profile 100% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To understand the people of the world regardless of the race, color, beliefs or gender... in order to understand myself.

ABOUT ME

Industrial Engineer in Navy.
I finished my master's at UIUC and already returned to Turkey. Now I live in Ankara, with my friend. Because of my work most of the time I'm out of town, but hopefully this will change soon :))

I really love tango dance and music and it's one of my passions in my life.. If you're interested in going to milongas or practices believe me I'm your guide! :)

I enjoy meeting new people, showing them around my city, learning about their lives and sharing experiences. I think this is the core idea of Couchsurfing :))

PHILOSOPHY

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I met CS when I was in South America in Summer-09. I stayed with locals in various locations and all were great experiences for me. I decided to be involved in this community and help the travelers who are coming to my town by offering a couch or a personal guided tour :)
Besides all, I want to share my experiences from the different parts of the world with people as well as I want to hear theirs.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Full of wonderful memories mostly because of the couchsurfing community.
I'm sure that I'll continue when I settle down in my country very soon.

visited 36 states (16%)Create your own visited map of The World or website vertaling duits?

Interests

Anything related to sea and ocean :))
Photography, astronomy, movies, learning Spanish and Japanese :)), traveling, meeting and learning about other cultures, trying to know our world and myself...

  • culture
  • photography
  • coloring
  • dancing
  • tango
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • backpacking
  • camping
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • astronomy
  • engineering
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Mostly tango music, but I can listen any kind of music that I like.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- 3-Month backpacking in South America- 1,5-Month backpacking in Central America- 2-Month backpacking in Japan-Thailand-China- Living in the Amazon jungle one week with local people, including swimming with piranhas, feeding pink dolphins and experiencing "ayahuasca ceromony"- Climbing Cotopaxi mountain in Ecuador - Camping at the Caribbean coast of Colombia- .......and so much more which I can share when we get a chance to have a little conversation :))

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:English, astronomy, tango, mythology, Turkish culture and a little digital photography :))Learn:Spanish, Japanese, photography, tango and everything about different cultures and historyShare:My experiences from my travels, great moments by talking about everything and maybe hanging around, having fun with lots of outdoor activities.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Malta, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, United States

Old School Badges

  • 7 Vouches
  • Pioneer Badge

Join Couchsurfing to see Murat’s full profile.

My Groups