CURRENT MISSION

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

ABOUT ME

I'm Coco, a french 29 years old guy from Saint-Lô, Lower-Normandy.
I like partying and having fun. Discovering new cultures and experiences is something i'm really keen on.
It's been since covid happened that I didn't have the opportunity to travel with couchsurfing, but now I am back! With my friend Pardeep we will be travelling in south africa for a few weeks and we'd love to meet locals!

PHILOSOPHY

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." Buddha.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to meet people, share stories and experiences, have fun and learn a lot from others. :)

I've surfed with :

Jean François Thonon, Waterloo, Belgium. | Rudy Cornelissen, Brussels, Belgium.
Vili Pepel and Irena, Ljubjlana, Slovenia. |Jorge Vargas, Lima, Peru.
Jean Paul Cardenas, Huancayo, Peru.

I've hosted :

Mason Mattews, California, USA. | Emily Barbour, Adelaide, Australia.
Bryce Watts, Adelaide, Australia. |Juan Vanecek, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Juho Kaariainen, Helsinki, Finland. |Jenna Bayer, Texas, USA. |Stryker Zider, Texas, USA. Hauke Waszkewitz, Hamburg, Germany. |LaRae Robertson, British Columbia, Canada.
Vicky Holland, Birmingham, England.| Sonja Logiurato, Rimini, Italy.
Marica Vassallucci, Rimini, Italy. |Sam Firman, Norwich, England.
Mirka Krupova, Moravia, Czech Republic. | Misa Sykorova, Moravia, Czech Republic.
Irina Vetter, Sarenbruck, Germany. |Katia, Sarenbruck, Germany.
Mitchell Small, Melbourne, Australia. | Ashley Elisabeth, Ottawa, Canada.
Ryan Mconnell-James, Ottawa, Canada. | Fabiana Adamo, Catane, Italy.
Miriam Rosicarelli, Monza, Italy. |Rimante Jarockyte, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Mariana, Mexico City, Mexico. |Klemen Polajzer, Bled, Slovenia.
Tamara Sefic, Bled, Slovenia. |Cora Geraldine, Zurich, Switzerland.

Interests

TRAVELLING : meeting new people and culture is what make us change.
SPORT : I have been playing handball for 7 years..
ACTIVITES : I love learning languages. I started learning guitar since 2020. I'played chess when I was young.
I like using spices while cooking ;)

• arts
• culture
• festivals
• cooking
• partying
• chess
• traveling
• poker
• surfing
• sports
• soccer
• handball
• geography
• history
• languages
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES/PELICULAS : one flew over the cucu's nest, the shawshank redemption, star wars, the godfather, into the wild, my name is khan, the life of david gale, forrest gump, philadelphia, lord of the rings, gran torino, million dollar baby...

TV SERIES: Games of thrones, How I met your mother, La casa de papel, Vikings.

ANIME : Mulan, Herculis, The Lion King, Mononoke, The wind rises, Tangled.

REALISATOR : Stanley Kubrick, Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Hayao Miyazaki, Edward Zwick, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood.

MUSIC : Sigur Ros, Florence and the Machine, Of Monsters and Men, Coldplay, The Naked and Famous, Edward Sharpe and the magnetic Heroes, Bon Iver, Avicii, Parov Stevlar, Fakear. Hindi music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been punched in the face, got a nice scar, just because i put myself between two fighters to create a peaceful atmosphere ;)
I've been to the popular Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary.
I've been 4 times in england (2 times with a motorbike during winter, it was just really freezing!)
I've seen a premier league football game of Manchester City.
I've walked up the Huaytapallana Mountain (4300m)
I've volunteered in a peruvian organization called Voluntades. I had the role to organize activities for children from poor areas in Lima.
I've seen 3 of the greatest sites on earth, the machu picchu, the corcovado and the Coliseum.
I volunteere in a refugee camp in athens, refugees are just so kind, we have so much to learn from them.

Teach, Learn, Share

I really love history and geography. By the way, i try to learn some words of the language of every person i meet. Consequently, i learnt to say cheers and happy birthday in more than 7 languages ;)
I can teach you chess and poker.

What I Can Share with Hosts

It will be a pleasure to share the stories of our own trips and experience. I can talk about almost everything and I like to eat a lot. I'll gladly tell you about french culture....

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, India, Peru

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