French guy from Lille 🇨🇵
Job : Renewable Energy engineer 💨☀️⚡

l took one year off to travel 🌍
After crossing Europe by bike during 4 months, i'm now exploring South America.

CURRENT MISSION:
CROSSING SOUTH AMERICA BY HITCHHIKING 👍🏼

Follow my trip on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/antoine.drln

Polarstep : Antoine Durlin
Follow me during my trip in South America on : https://www.polarsteps.com/AntoineDurlin/6307218-tdm-2k23

NEW COUCHSURFING ACCOUNT (so not so much reviews yet)! 👍🏼😁 but I'm Warmshower user (same kind of app specialized for bikepacking)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm looking for some nice experience with local people during my trip. Learning about culture and sharing ideas and tips to travel better on your country.
During my trips, I always loved the evening talks with backpackers and hosts I met. I would like to enjoy the same here in your country!

Interests

I can spend hours speaking and asking for travel recommandations. World is never too big for me. Like understanding History and geopolitical situation of the country i'm visiting. Big fan of all kind of sports - playing, watching and supporting!

• dogs
• beer
• marathon
• running
• happy hour
• traveling
• hiking
• football
• meeting new people
• bikepacking

Music, Movies, and Books

Love Rock/Grunge music.
Big film/series eater (best occupation to spend time in the nights bus!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travel 1 month in the Transiberian train to Baikal lake. 🐻
Spent 2 weeks with nomadic people in Mongolia. 🛖
Crossing Asia and sleeping in towers of Great Wall of China 🐼
Bikepacking 🚴‍♂️from Lille 🇨🇵 to Istanbul 🇹🇷
Crossing Argentina and Chile by hitchiking. 👍🏼
Climbing 6000m mountains in south America. ⛰️

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer you my help for all kind of need!
(I'm not the most creative or the best one for manual things...but I'm full of energy, I have strength and a very nice memory of all places I've visited if you need some recomendations for planning you next trip! 😁)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Peru, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France