The Harebeat

I was born with clavicle fracture on the day when U.S.S.R. performed nuclear test at Semipalatinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan.. In just the first 8 years of my life I went through genocide, collapse of the Soviets and a war..

I ate ants when child.. Later I became vegetarian..

Mama tried to put me in many kindergartens, but I never spent more than a month in one.. I was kicked out.. Mama says I was a bad kid.. Was I?..

I moved out from my parents’ and started to live alone at the age of 17.. Without having any special brains I somehow managed to graduate from university with red diplomas.. Up to now diplomas were of no use..

I can say that I have an interesting life.. I’ve worked on TV as a reporter, camera man, video editor, sound editor; worked as a call center operator; 3 months I’ve been selling petrol illegally; been a casting manager; worked as a language teacher, music teacher, teacher of religions; been making professional wedding videos; been a VJ, DJ and MC; served as an actor and musician in the theater; and once even worked as Santa’s helper..

In my life I slept on tables, under the tables, on chairs, in temples and churches, in police stations, in tents, on the roadside, under the tree, outdoor at -40 C wrapped in clothes, on the beach, in the tipi, under the rain and in the snow, in the classroom, with 20 other people in one small room, and once I even fell asleep in the toilet.. Once spent a night in police station in the Mountain province of the Philippines, while policemen were on red alert, patrolling the surroundings in search for Kalinga headhunters.. Another time I spent a night in a tent on the roof of a 30-story building in Moscow.. And once I was attacked by crabs while trying to sleep on Nai Yang beach in Phuket Thailand..

Three winters in-a-row I hitchhiked from Moscow to Siberia.. I’m a hitchhiker.. So far I’ve hitchhiked in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Kazakhstan, China, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Laos.. One of the greatest experiences I had was a hitchhiking trip from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Karagandy, Kazakhstan..

Claim to be a Rainbow Warrior, though don’t like the word “warrior”.. I do believe in old Native American prophecy: “When the earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colors, classes, creeds, and who by their actions and deeds shall make the earth green again. They will be known as the warriors of the Rainbow”..

I used to work on TV for 7 years with no holidays until one day I was fed up with material life.. I left university, quit my job, got my backpack and hit the road.. I’m a hitchhiker.. I’m traveling here, there and everywhere, meeting new friends, visiting different cities and countries, taking photos and writing travel stories.. Now I live a simple life, have no job, no money and no planns.. This blog is about my travels, about my life on the road..