Update:
LIVING IN ASIUT
After 18 months living and "Accepting guests" in Kinshasa (March 2022 - August 2023), and 2 months backpacking across Central Asia, I have moved to Upper Egypt in November 2023.
I live in a "community", so it's unfortunately NOT possible for me to host at the moment even if I would love to do it... HOWEVER, the reason I decided to re-appear as "maybe accepting guests" is I could still help you... I can give you the cheapest places to sleep in Asiut (much more interesting than the deals you can find online), and also advises about what to visit in and around the town. And I am completely available if we can hang out there, couchsurfing is also about that.
(So please don't pay attention to "my home" section, that's about former places, I kept it in order to not have to re-write all the rules the day I'll be hosting again).

TRAVELLING
Any long week end or week off is an opportunity to travel. I have several trips scheduled for the next few months, which are:
- 1 week in Pakistan in April/May
- 1 week in Israel in May
- 2 weeks in England, Scotland, Faroe in June
- etc.
I also use couchsurfing for travelling. When I do so, I consider as a duty to be clean and respectful with my host, to have reasonible schedules, to be flexible... I also really like when I can spend time on conversations and/or hang out with my host, because couchsurfing is not just a free hostel... and even if of course I understand that it depends on his own schedule.

I like adventures, new discoveries and challenges, because I think it makes the life much more interesting, especially by meeting great people from around the World.
Actually, when I got my master's in political science, I was very happy, but I also realized that after more than 2 decades in classrooms, it was time to go far away, meet people, cultures, and learn more about myself and the other...
Since then, I walked on the Panamerican, the Transiberian, the Silk Road, the Transsaharian...
At the same time, I worked as university director in Guinea, School-Companies Manager fo a Business School in NGO, NGO executive in Turkey, political science lecturer in China, English teacher in Thailand, volunteer from Palestine to the Pacific...
I am currently Programs Manager for a local NGO in Assiut, Upper Egypt; if I am not on vacation visiting the country or its neighbors, I'll be very happy to meet you there.

183 countries visited (91,5%).

#FullyVaccinated (2 + 3 boosters)

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

Til 2017, I was mainly going to hostels, but I progressively felt that, everywhere in the world, I was sleeping exactly at the same (cold) place, full of people sticked on their smartphones...
So, as I was planning to start a World Tour, I decided that I had to change my way of travelling. I tested it in Europe, met amazing people, and so I went further and met amazing locals on 4 continents, and brought so many nice memories from everywhere and with tens of new friends...
Definitely the best way to get human and friendly experiences, you never know how nice the next CSer will be, you only know he/she will be amazing. It definitely changed my way of travelling and, since travelling is an important part of my life, Couchsurfing also somehow changed my life...
And finally, when I got my own apartment in Chonburi, Thailand, I became a host, considering that it was fair after all that time travelling, and also in order to continue meeting nice people with nice stories and, somehow, continue travelling... Haven't hosted as much as I had been hosted (my city was not that touristic) but I've really liked it. So I did it again during the 18 months I've spent in Kinshasa, DRC. Again, not a very touristic place, so not tons of requests, but the positive in Kinshasa (as well as in Chonburi actually) was I met really interesting travelers, that were not only looking for the most touristic places in the World, but were also interested in what non-touristic places can offer.
Right now I can't do it in Egypt because I live in a community. But hopefully I will host again in 2025, wherever I may live at that time.
CS for ever!

Intereses

• culture
• theater
• politics
• reading
• music
• rowing
• teaching
• history
• travelling
• adventure
• trekking
• hanging out
• countries
• equality
• world food
• ngo
• development studies

Música, películas y libros

Music: Everything, depending on my mood. I love listening and even playing classical music for example; but at the same time I am curious of the most recent hits. What impresses the most is the diversity between the traditional musics of the world.

Movies: I barely find time, but I like mainly comedies or, of course, adventure movies, when they make me relax and travel around the world at the same time.

Books: I have a certain interest in classics, but my favorite remain the historical books.

Algo increíble que he hecho

Waiting for more than a week under a deluge of gunfire and artillery until the Ethiopian army and the rebellion had finished "talking", to be able to leave Gondar City. (August 2023)
Following the narcos unofficial road in Venezuela, near the Colombian border, in the middle of the night with a taxi. (March 2018)
Playing drinking games based on Kim Jong Un's best seller in a hotel room in Pyongyang (North Korea). (October 2019)
Seing a terrorist attack just under my window in Kashgar (Xinjiang, Western China) and being then interviewed by Reuters about it. (August 2014)
Reaching Timbuktu (Mali) after 24 hours in a jeep, and slowly understanding (there was no tourist, only the army walking all around, and the police registering various details about my accommodation plans in order to protect me during the night) that I had definitely not chosen the best time to visit Northern Mali. (July 2015)
Running away from Cambodia to Laos because I hadn't agreed to pay the 3USD "corruption fee" to the guys at the immigration before leaving. (August 2012)
Making a group of Nepali sherpas astonished when I told them I had been hiking from Manang (3530m) to Muktinath (3800m) via Thorung La (5416m) and that I had managed to survive the acute mountain sickness. (October 2019)
Becoming likely the youngest university Chancellor in the history, 25 years, 9 months and 15 days old in Kankan Nabaya University (Guinea). (October 2014)
Telling tons of bullshit to a group of gangsters in Palermo until I was able to escape them without any loss of money. (February 2010)
Convincing the future French president François Hollande to sign various commitments for the children rights, one month before the election. (March 2012)
Playing chess with World champion Karpov in Russia and being able to get a draw at the end. (July 2006)
Publishing my first book when I was 14 years old. (January 2004)
Surviving malaria, dengue fever and covid-gamma.
Being part of this world.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

I can teach about French language and French culture... I would love to learn basics in the languages of the countries where I am travelling, and the history and culture of the places...
I am curious of what the people I meet have done extraordinary or normal, what motivates them in this world, how they see the future. Special focus on their most crazy adventures around the world.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

I would like to share interesting discussions, with nice people, about almost any topic...
I can also share my experience of travelling (on the cheap) in many countries... (it has become a kind of speciality) and hear about other places they would advise.
As well as all what I can share... life is sharing...
Password n°1 for being hosted is: "Follow".

Países que he visitado

Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Wales, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Países en los que he vivido

Brazil, Chile, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Turkey, United States