Hello !

I am Yohan Verdier, a 27 years old product designer, illustrator and photograph. I was recently working on digital projects in a startup at Nantes in France about the user experience and interface as well as the frontend development.

In 2016, I did a one year trip by hitchhiking from Nantes in France until Beijing in China back and forth by following the Silk Road and the Transiberian ! It was during this trip that I figured out Couchsurfing.

In 2019, I travel anew for one year by bikepacking the Andes and the Panamerican Road from the Land of Fire until the Antilles ! After a whole year hitchiking, I want to experience more autonomy in wilderness by cycling remote tracks. Though I always share these trips with friends, still I want to meet new people and experience their way of living !

You can check my blog if you're curious enough : grinfin.ch

PS : I use Couchsurfing a lot though it doesn't look like because my co-traveler use it way more than me ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As I use to travel a lot with few, Couchsurfing makes sense about spend good times with different people. Yet I got almost always good experiences, this concept is dope !

Interests

Geography lover, I also like history, cartography and litterature. I am quite sensitive to ecology, minimalism and spirituality. And I enjoy sport, the outdoors and wilderness above all. Born in Haute Savoie in the french Alps, mountains are a natural terrain for me. And I love to cook and eat healthy and vegetarian food !

I am currently reading Brave New World from Aldous Huxley and listening to When The End Began from Silent Planet. The last movie I really appreciated was My Sweet Pepperland from Huner Saleem.

Also you can have a look at my Spotify : @yohanverdier

• design
• photography
• cooking
• traveling
• socializing
• minimalism
• sports
• cartography
• ecology
• geography
• history
• languages
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• wilderness
• spirituality
• sport
• outdoors
• litterature
• illustration
• bikepacking

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, China, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

France