CURRENT MISSION

World traveller, volunteer and hiker

ABOUT ME

I am an easy going, open-minded, respectful, neat and tidy French guy. Single and non smoker. I am a web content manager and I used to be a journalist on radios a few years ago. I have especially internet and photography skills that I use sometimes around the world in exchange for room and board.

The sabbatical year I have started 6 years ago has turned into a new way of life, alternative and more sustainable. The last 6 years I've lived in Canada (twice), Ireland, Nepal, Japan, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Italy.
I was born in the North of France but have been living in Paris for 20 years. I was lucky to travel in 60 countries, especially in Asia and Himalayas. I enjoy taking pictures of my trips.
I am interested in psychology, yoga, tibetan bouddhism, meditation and oriental philosophies. I wish I could go to Tibet and Bhutan some day.

PHILOSOPHY

* What you give is yours forever, what you keep for you is lost forever*
* If there is a will, there is a way*
* If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there*

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I worked hard (!) to write this profile and now I am interested to find out more about this invisible community, join the events, meet local people, host or help foreigners in my own country.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been hosted several times in Canada, Thailand, Israël, Palestinian territories and Taiwan. I also hosted 2 times at my place in Paris.

Interests

Travel, photography, Asia, Psychology, Arts, Culture, News and so on...

• arts
• culture
• photography
• yoga
• meditation
• news
• traveling
• journalism
• psychology
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

A lot! Higgledy-piggledy. All Kubrick. Ethiopian jazz. Leonard Cohen. Matthieu Ricard. English cinema. Travel litterature.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I climbed the historical way of Mount-Fuji from the bottom to the top in one breath! (That's crazy, don't do that!)

I walked the Way of St-James, an old 1 650 km pilgrimage road between France and Spain and an amazing international experience (september-october 2014). It took me 49 days... I also walked the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail.

I met the last tattoo artist of the Philippines in her village, a very remote area (see picture)

I took a 10 day vipassana meditation class... 10 days in silence facing myself!

Teach, Learn, Share

Please show me your place and I will be happy to host you in Paris soon!
I am the right person if you want to learn, practice or improve French language too.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I was lucky to travel in 60 countries and like travelling on my own and trekking...
French culture and many things about Paris.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Ireland, Japan, Nepal