I consider myself as a simple person enjoying the small but beautiful things life has to offer, such as sharing moments and discussions with people, wild camping with a warm fire, hiking, contemplating beautiful nature, discovering new countries and cultures, reading a good book, or listening and playing music.

Always looking for new experiences and open minded, I'm an adventurer. The world is full of nice people and beautiful spots only waiting to be discovered.

Over 4 years ago, I left everything to live my dreams. I travelled the world by hiking or hitchhiking, almost without money, from Europe to Asia. So far, my journey has been the greatest experience of my life, I met amazing people, discovered beautiful cultures, hiked and camped into the wild, experienced extreme weather from -40 degrees to +40 degrees, and much more.

After over two years living in New Zealand and Australia, working for different NGOs including Greenpeace, Oxfam and UNHCR, trying to give back after all the things the world has given me, I've recently decided that time has come to move on and keep on exploring. So here I am, in China, learning Chinese and writing a book :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love traveling and one of the main reasons is to meet people. People make life so interesting. I'm on couch surfing to meet, share, exchange, talk, ... Everyone has interesting stories and experiences to share and I want to hear them all!

Interests

• arts
• literature
• architecture
• cooking
• meditation
• traveling
• guitar
• hiking
• camping
• mountaineering
• boxing
• anthropology
• languages
• psychology
• cinema
• climbing
• beatboxing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Blues, Jazz, Bluegrass, Hip Hop, Techno, Classical... Music is one of my passions and I've been playing guitar, harmonica, violin and beatbox for many years now

Movies: Christopher Nolan, David Fincher and Tarantino are my favorite producers. I'm also a big fan of Miyazakis animes.
Shawshank Redemption, Forest Gump, Fight Club, ...

Books: J. London, S. Tesson, P. Coelho, B. Werber, H. Hesse are among my favorite authors.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Lived with Nomads in winter in Mongolia into the wild
- hiked alone from Chengdu to Dali through mountains reaching 5500m high.
- wild camped in Norway, Sweden, France, Siberia, Mongolia, China, ... staying sometimes days without seeing anyone
- have been hunted by wolves!
- lived within an animist trib in Laos jungle
- Vipassana meditation retreat
- hiked in restricted Shan State in Myanmar where I was the first tourist people ever met.
- working on a Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, and sailing all around Australia for awareness rising and scientific research
- ...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach you french and english, music (harmonica, guitar or beatbox) or boxing.
I am a hiking and camping expert. So if you want to learn how to survive into the wild, simply ask me.
I like to cook as well.
And more generally, I would love to share any kind of discussion and moments.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Belgium, New Zealand