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  • 321 references 284 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Russian; learning English, Spanish
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • designer/photographer/traveller
  • self-education is the most important )
  • From Saransk, Mordovia, Russian Federation
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Live my life, try to live by full life in every moment ;)

ABOUT ME

I love to travel, meet new people. I like very much to get out of town for cycling and hiking. Also i adore to do photoshots of nature, animals and people. Music and cinema is always with me through life. Hanging around with friends and crashing some parties is also an important part of my life. :)

Places where i have been:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NatKTIVIQJff60Arj6LkNxDmzYe9set9

my profiles in social networks:

http://facebook.com/mould.free
https://www.instagram.com/fightbegin/
http://vk.com/babble

my travel blog:
http://vk.com/mybirdbox

my Whatsapp: +79197891311 (if i don't answer please contact here)

my phone numbers:

+79197891311 (mts mobile operator)
+79520702300 (tele2 mobile operator)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I look for hosts for my journeys and when I at my home I also can offer a couch

UPDATE. I'm now live in Sochi in rented room so i can't host anyone in the nearest time

some advices for people who going to Russia

1. for city transport you can download application 2GIS (it works offline and has english interface. also for 2GIS you can download bases for almost all big russian cities - www.2gis.ru)
2. if you want to order taxi better to use mobile applications. some of them: Yandex.Taxi, Maxim, Ru.Taxi, Gett. Also these services possible to use just through browser. For example: www.taxi.yandex.ru. I think the cheapest of these services is Ru.Taxi
3. if you need to buy russian sim-card, you should to know that tariffs for moscow sim-cards usually more expensive than for sim-cards of other regions
4. for connection to public wi-fi in russia you should to indeficate yourself. for this aim better to have local sim-card
5. for buying of russian sim-card you obligate to show your passport. For price approximately in 350 rub you can get unlimited internet by territory of all Russia
6. the schedule of airport in Saransk you can see at this site: www.aviamordovia.ru
7. for railroad tickets go to this site: www.rzd.ru (english version - https://pass.rzd.ru/main-pass/public/en) or you can use mobile application from RZD. usually possible to buy railroad tickets 90 days in advance
8. in russia the most popular ridesharing service is blablacar (site - www.blablacar.ru)
9. to travel by russia by buses for the long distances is not the best idea because planes and trains usually are cheaper and much more comfortably but if you will need you should to check these sites for schedule
10. it depends of region but usually you can buy alcohol in duration of this time: 10.00-22.00 (but for example in yakutia only from 14.00 to 20.00)

Interests

Music, photo, art, design, sport, travellings

  • design
  • interior design
  • photography
  • chinese food
  • vegetarian
  • alternative music
  • punk music
  • hiking
  • sports
  • journalism
  • hitchhiking
  • volunteering
  • cinema
  • football
  • sci-fi
  • drama
  • bicycle
  • horror movies
  • foreign languages
  • punk
  • landscapes
  • vegetarian cooking
  • journaling
  • gothic music
  • hardcore
  • fc barcelona
  • gothic
  • arsenal
  • post-punk
  • ska
  • mountain hiking
  • work abroad
  • far east
  • scooter
  • lowcost
  • synth pop
  • gothic literature

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - alternative, post-punk, darkwave, gothic rock, ska, punk, hardcore, psychobilly, reggae, 8-bit, hip-hop, post-rock, grunge, synthpop

Movies - horror films, old gangster films, sci-fi, biopics, dramas, thrillers, ...
... really i'm big fan of cinema ;)

Books - sci-fi, antiutopias, subculture books

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- bicycle adventure on "Road of Death" in Bolivia

- 4-day trip on the boat through jungle by the great river Amazon

- climbing to the peak Guagua (4 784 m) of volcano Pichincha nearly the ecudorian capital Kito

- climbing to the top of Avachinsky volcano (2741 metres) in Kamchatka

- travelling somewhere in the heart of taiga by the wild roads nearly the Baikal lake

- working as volunteer on the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi

- hitchhiking experience around the world

- walking by the narrow board along the rock over the abyss with the depth about 2000 metres (it was in mountain Hua in China)

- all my trips by the far east of Russia (Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Primorsky Krai, Khabarovsky Krai, Yakutia, Magadan region in 2021 and 2022)

- ...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach the basics of russian language and some staff about photography and design. Also I can give some usefull advices for cheap travels around the world

What I Can Share with Hosts

advices about travelling in Russia, and about low-cost trips in general, advices about photography and design, some lessons of russian language, stories from different countries. can cook something. to go somewhere together for hiking or climbing. afterwards will glad to see you in my home ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation

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