CURRENT MISSION

descubrir Colombia, su gente, su cultura, su MUSICA! y bailar salsa!

ABOUT ME

Quiero compartir buenos momentos con lindas personas. Relajadas. Sin tensiones ni juicios que no tienen que ser. Buena onda y positividad :)

toco bajo en una banda de salsa en Francia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKVw-lHQ_uc
también en una banda de rock'n'roll:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etpb9IfJgUA
y en una banda de gyspy jazz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOnnXQmhyRk

PHILOSOPHY

life is too short to stay in only one place!
Keep going, doing your best with humility and enthusiasm.
But why are we so serious dude!?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm really a supporter of this kind of community! I host people and talk about CS when i met people that doesn't know it. People that put too much fear in there life than they don't realise how much they lost.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

With couchsurfing I just had good experiences for the moment. One time there was not enough couchs availbales, the host was so "generous" that he invited to much couchsurfers in his flat. Ouch the floor was really hard to sleep a lot... So what we done? Let's go for a party!

Interests

Playing music as double bass or electric bass player,
Travelling and meet new people, cultures and philosophies: mobility is great!
To see the landscape scrolling inside a train, a truck, a car, a charette...
Goods films & comics,
Swimming in the sea, bycicling in the city,
Good wine & cheese & local products!
Trying to create good moments of conviviality in this crazy world
I like to do DIY in my flat, making things, drilling holes, working the wood...
I love hiking in the Pyrénées (mountain at 1h30 from Toulouse)

• diy
• concerts
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• wine
• cheese
• partying
• news
• comics
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• origami
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• fishing
• hiking
• swimming
• teaching
• salsa
• soul
• goodfood
• playing bass

Music, Movies, and Books

Cinema:
"a Separation" of Asghar Farhadi, "le prophète" of Jacques Audiard, "Taste of Cherry" of Abbas Kiarostami,""This must be the place" with a lovely Sean Penn! "Le nom des gens" of Michel Leclerc, but also movies as "Very Bad Trip", "12 Monkeys", "En el secreto de sus ojos" and films of Michel Gondry, Emir Kustorica, Jim Jarmusch, Woody Allen, Louis Malle...

Music:
Alabama Shakes, Cesaria Evora, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Serge Gainsbourg, Georges Brassens, James Brown, The Rolling Stones, John Coltrane, Charlie Mingus, Bob & Damien Marley, Esther Philips, Johnny Cash, Jamiroquai, Java, Fela, Seun & Femi Kuti, Ali Farka Toure, Toumani Diabate, Staff Benda Bilili, Amadou et Mariam, Salif Keita and all goods african sounds, the Motown sound and the bass of James Jamerson, Barry White, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Keith Jarret, Manu Chao, Gotan Project, Beirut, Kings of Convenience, Gogol Bordelo, Goran Bregovitch, Gipsy Jazz, Lila Downs, la buena musica salsa caliente, la cumbia del pueblo, el afro-peruano sabroso, la familia Miranda, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Black Uhuru, The Gladatiors, The Troublemakers, High Tone, Raggamuffin, Drum'n'bass, Dub music, DubStep, trance music, Nova's tunes... and other: depending of the moment'

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived 1 month in the Peruvian jungle: fishing, eating what I find and strong plants,

To see the awakening of Machu Pichu at 5 a.m,

I was a teacher in an African school in Mali (Bamako) in a class of 10 years old kids

I played music in Bamako's wedding, on Thursday! (and not like the Amadou and Maryam song)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can do origami: frog, bird :)

I've been playing electric bass for 15 years, I play a little bit of guitar too, I started doublebass 5 years ago and I'm in this crazy band making rusty-swing-boogaloo baby!
www.gingerspanking.com

And also in a salsa band : La Selecta and in a gypsy jazz band too: TchikiSwing

I really want to breathe better. To stretch better my body. To develop cook skills and specialities from all the world.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Un bon apéritif!
un bon plat improvisé ou pas
une soirée sympa dans le petit café-concerts culturel du coin
une virée à la montagne, dans un lac si le temps le permet
une partie de quinche! (sorte de belote améliorée)
ma connaissance du secteur ou je me trouve et les modestes indications qui vont avec...

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Belgium, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mauritania, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Senegal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, France, Mali, Peru, United States

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