My mother from Europe, my father from Africa and my curiosity from the Far East.
Just like everyone I am a citizen of the world. Just like everyone on this site I actually consider myself one.

A philosophy ? Life is short, too much to spend it living the life of someone else. I try my best looking for happiness. And I want to get RICH. Rich in the sense of knowing many of my fellow beings and enjoying life with them.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am actually on Couch surfing since 2008 but only started to use it in Burkina Faso in 2015. I regret not having taken the first step before.

In Burkina Couch Surfing it allowed me to meet many interesting people as well as in Ghana where I stayed for some time.

It's great to meet some altruistic and opened persons and discover cities and cultures with local person.
Thanks to all the CSers :p

Interests

Learning, reading
Learning new languages
Permaculture, cooperation
Meditation
Card games, board games, video games and silly games :)
Laughing
Seeing others laughing
Changing the world (starting with me!)

• salsa dancing
• chocolate
• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• agriculture
• languages
• football
• permaculture
• nba
• vipassana

Music, Movies, and Books

Music :
- Reggae (Bob Marley, SOJA, Tiken Jah Fakoly)
- Mali :Salif Keita / Toumani Diabate / Ali Farka Toure
- Salsa (gran combo, fruko, ...)
- Zouglou, coupe decale (ivory coast music : everything but Arafat)
- Indian music
- others : Manu Chao, Nneka, Brasses, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Movies :
- 12 Angry Men
- The Man From Earth
- Lord of the rings
- Arrival
- Matrix
- Ip Man
- Xmen

Livres :
Non fiction :
- Dale Carnegie
- The essential book on body language
- the quantum and the lotus
- Small is beautiful
- Guns, Germs and Steel

Fiction :
- les miserables
- the peaceful warrior
- Germinal
- Alvin Maker series
- 1984

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hmm I'd say a Vipassana 10 day course. Tough to explain though.

Dunno, maybe trying to win a fight against my big brother as a kid ?? That was amazingly stupid. 6 foot 6, he even made me passed out once lol.

Once thing I did that I enjoyed a lot is a project with Un techo para mi pais in Colombia. With 5-6 other young persons you go in a poor neighborhood to build a small simple house for a family (over 3 days). You feel amazingly great after it and the camaraderie is off the charts.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach :
- French ?
- Basic basic yoga
- Meditation techniques
- Some salsa moves
- Permaculture basics and permaculture philosophy

Learn :
- any local languages !
- local food
- any handiwork (I'm bad with my hands !)

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Ghana, Italy, Mali, Mexico, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, France, India, Réunion, Spain