COUCHSURFERS’ STORIES
WHO?
Illia Tsarenko (28)
Backpacker, hitchhiker and vegan.
FROM?
Ukraine.
WHEN?
3th – 4th of June, 2015
in Oslo (1 night)
SIZE OF BACKPACK
38 liter.
CAME FROM
Krakow, Polen.
GOING TO
West Coast of Norway. To the fjords!
STARTED TO TRAVEL
… in 2013 after quitting his job.
RELIGION/FAITH/VIEW OF LIFE
A branch of Hindusm: Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
BACKGROUND
Educated in Economics, worked as sales manager. Then quit his job to travel.
HOW DO YOU FINANCE YOUR TRAVELS?
With savings. I need to go back home to work in order to make more money to take care of my self, my travels and my family.
FAVS
Drink: Melk/lassi (Indian milk drink with fruit).
Food: Pakora (Indian).
Country: France – because hitchhiking was easy.
HARDEST COUNTRY TO TRAVEL IN
Italy! Beacuse hitchhiking was impossible.
BEST TRAVEL TIP
Try vegan food! As well as Couchsurfing and hitchhiking.
SOME PLACE EVERYONE SHOULD GO
Portimao – best beach ever! At the south coast of Portugal.
LANGUAGE YOU’D LIKE TO LEARN
Spanish.
YOUR COOLEST EXPERIENCE
Parachute jumping!
BEST MOMENTS IN LIFE ARE WHEN…
…you meet new people and share good moments.
FAV DESTINATION
Wherever I meet like minded people I get along and hang around with.
IF YOU COULD BE AN ANIMAL…
I’d be a cow! They’re so peaceful.
WHY DO YOU TRAVEL?
I wanted to see the world. I’d been reading books about people traveling and I became inspired. I contacted Ukranians around the world and I really wanted to do the same. I started hitchhiking mainly because it’s a different way of travel… and I like different.
COFFEE OR TEA?
None. I view caffeine as a drug. And I don’t do drugs.
Text and photo:
Farafolk Travels
Farafolk Travels 