Traveler, hitchhiker, foodie, amateur photographer, runner, cyclist. Made in Shanghai, stayed in France (6 years and half) and Berlin (1 year), citizen of planet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Discover, try, share. Be local.

Music, Movies, and Books

Reading Karl Popper's "the Logic of Scientific Discoveries";
Recently read William Shirer's "the Rise and Fall of the third Reich".

A few of my favorites: Kurt Vonnegut, Neil Postman, Nassim Taleb ("Black Swan").

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Biking in the Northern Europe and the Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway. 3500 km, 51 days)
- Survived a tempest in the wild camping on a small island of Lofoten, Norway during the above journey

- Hitchhiking journeys: from Paris to Shanghai (3 months, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, China, in 2011), from Paris to Marrakech (4 days, 2010), Paris to Manchester (2 days, 2009)

- Volunteer English teacher in the prison of Compiègne, France, for 3 months

- Marathon of Paris 2013: 4h13m, 2 trail running in Belgian Ardennes (82km, 2200m climbing: 11h56m; 66km, 2600m climbing: 10h43m)

- Vipassana meditations in Yangon, Myanmar (June 2014) and Taichung City, Taiwan (April 2015), Nairobi, Kenya (November 2017)

Teach, Learn, Share

Through discussions and exchanges, we could already share and learn pretty much from our experiences. Otherwise, I can teach you Chinese, French or English, and Chinese cooking.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Time + any common subjects interesting to both (cuisine, etc.)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Germany, Morocco