"You're never alone.
You have nature, yourself, and God
and
of course I meet a lot of people during my trip.
It's one of my biggest
success in this life
that I have friends in more than 80 countries".
~Yasik Smirnoff~
CITIZENANGLE-So many reasons why Travelers are more likely to be successful. One of them is because of travelers experience varying levels of stress routinely. They have experience tight flight connections, interrogations by border guards, and rude hotel staff can all cause ones nerves to fray.
And now, it considered that the one who describes himself as the 'crazy Russian', Yasik Smirnoff, has experienced all of those levels of life. Beginning with getting divorced at an early age, he has racked up a staggering 107 countries on his travels over the past four years.
Managing emotions, remain calm under pressure, getting self-awareness, and helps people moment by moment during his journey, devinitely brought him a happy life. He learns many kinds of skills naturally in many situations and conditions to reach his own goals of life in travelling around the world. He described that having friends in more than 80 countries is one of his biggest success in this life that he have.
At least 107 countries the Ruso Loco, as Yasik describes himself, has travelled over the past four years. He lived with nomads, bathed with crocodiles, fallen down a volcano and even been lost in the desert. The 21 years old has spent two of four years living with nomadic tribes and native groups.
His wonderful journeys to 107 countries has also exposed as Travel Story by so many mass media and news portal from many countries. As dailymail reported on 11 November 2015, Smirnoff left his parent's home in Siberia when he was 15 years old to study. He then found himself three years later in Hong Kong - married and running his own business.
As his marriage ended, the 18-year-old decided to strive for new experiences around the world. Since he set out on the road he has embraced adventure at every turn with highlights including swimming in a lake filled with crocodiles in Ethiopia, falling in volcanoes and drinking animal blood with a tribe.
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| On his travels he encountered members of a Bedouin tribe. According to Smirnoff, they're the most hospitable people he has met (taken from dailymail) |
"Travel doesn't mean just moving around," Smirnoff told as reported dailymail. "It is not just a geographical location but the chance to try to become a local person". "It can mean anything from becoming a Maasai in Africa or a Buddhist monk in Tibet or Torero (bullfighter) in Mexico".
Revealing the most terrifying moment of his trip so far he said: "I was lost in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia without any water, food, or way to navigate. I walked for two days without stopping". "Thankfully a local man found me, I think it was God's will".
Smirnoff has spent two out of his four years around the world living with tribes and native groups. These include his trip to rural villages in Guatemala, where locals taught him how to weave - just one of the many jobs he has tried during his travels.
Another venture included scaling one of the country's most active volcanoes, Pacaya Volcano with a team of volcanologists. The explorer ended up falling inside the volcano's crater, resulting in him being in hospital for two days.
Smirnoff has held is the position of sheep herder in the Caucasus Mountains, where he was in charge of a flock of 200 and has worked in Mexico as a bullfighter and also on a horse ranch. The adventurous Russian travels solo - but he doesn't let that hold him back.
"You're never alone," he said. "You have nature, yourself, and God and of course I meet a lot of people during my trip. It's one of my biggest success in this life that I have friends in more than 80 countries".
One of his more outlandish tales was from his stay with the Bodi, an indigenous tribe in Ethiopia. He spent 10 days near the Omo Valley, and while he was there he accidentally swam in a lake with crocodiles. But an even scarier event with the tribe was when he was given a drink of fresh hot blood from the neck of cows which he says wasn't as bad as he expected.
The most important thing to Smirnoff as he travels are the people he meets and can help, which is demonstrated by the volunteer work he did at a shelter for mothers and children with AIDS.
"I don't have a favourite country, but it is the people who live there that make a location for me," he said. "If I could give a message to people it would be that if you want to accomplish any dream in your life, you should be brave and do something for that every day". Next, Smirnoff hopes to stay with a tribe in the Amazon and learn from their way of life.
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