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Overview

  • 15 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Haitian, Haitian Creole
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • working with vanilla farmers and surfing when i can
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

enjoying life

ABOUT ME

I spend 13 years living in different countries as a NGO worker (Haïti, Cambodia, Madagascar) am now back in Madagascar for a private company in vanilla business.

Please note that i live in Sambava and the Sava region is the only area that i really know in Madagascar, so please don't ask me what to do and where to go in the all island cause am not a tour operator and i have no idea what you should do, but if you already plan to come in Sava region, be my guest!

PHILOSOPHY

the more you know, the less you need...
am not a philosoph, defintely, but i saw this above a naked surfer drawn on a paper and i liked the meaning, it appeared that it's an Aborigen citation, anyway...
Fonzie also has good citation!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted several travelers in Madagascar where i lived 6 years, but i just had one surfing experience in Thaïland in 2011 and it was really nice to discover bangkok with a Thaï and not as a simple tourist (thanks Nuch)
All experiences were good for the moment and am still in touch with some CS who became friends now.

Interests

  • festivals
  • beer
  • boating
  • homebrewing
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • business

Music, Movies, and Books

A lot, rock, rocksteady, reggae, ragga, funk, soul, afrobeat...
i read a lot of books, and as for movies, i never really remembered titles and authors expect for some books... my favourites: Malvil by Robert Merle (a French old school Mad Max!), The pillars of the earth by Ken Follet.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

sleeping in a monk temple lost on a mountain in south of Myanmar, crossing Mekong river in the middle of nowhere on a small boat by night with no light and 2 bikes out of order (long story), sleeping in a farmer hatch hut in cambodia with the family after being stop on my bike trip by a flooded river, being the only "white" guy in one of the annual vaudou festival in "plaine du Nord", Haïti.
spend a year in Cévennes (France) brewing beer and taking care of sheeps and pigs.

Teach, Learn, Share

my famous special receipe for instant noodle (but we need a good feeling for that cause it still secret)...

Countries I’ve Visited

Benin, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, England, France, Haiti, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Réunion, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, Haiti, Madagascar

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