I graduated university and left the military in 2008 then moved to China for what was supposed to be a year-long English teaching stint before embarking on a normal life n' shit. 15 years later I'm still in China, oops.

I'm about to take a sabbatical of sorts and catch up on the international travel I couldn't do due to you-know-what from 2020 to 2022. Stoked!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Been on CS since 2007. Most of my experiences have been positive and I'm glad and humbled at how much generosity has been bestowed upon me, and I tried to give it back as much as possible.

Hosted by:
Andy, Toomas, Darius, Clabbe (2007 and 2012), Georg, György, Johannes, Caro, Paul, Chris, Alex, Nan, Ben, Paul, Lena and James, Husain, Maria, Sid, Ann, Patrick, Toom, Jiraphon, Chang Xin, Arafat, Margarita, Zazie, Arta, Elita, Aurimas, Mirt, Nik, Volen, Roxanne, Jan, Maaike and Coen, Daniël, Angèle, Nicolas, Shaun, Alexey and Olesya, Tatyana, Tolya and Katya, Marina and Alex, Jeremy, Caspar, Jens, Evgeny, Srbuhi, Hazen, Okan, Herry, Adi, Finah, Hiroshi, Lillian, Nicholas, Nestor, Kibuuki, Andy, Cris, Daniel, Francesco, Ernesto, Luciano and Kamilla, Lorez, Shaun, Amita, Glory, Samuel, Romain and Diti, Eladio, Tarik and Karol

In Ottawa, visited by:
Melie and Ugo, John, Maria, Maelle and Romain, Coralie and Wivine

In Chiang Rai, visited by:
Baba, J-S, Jens, Ricky, Jan, Lan, Maaike and Coen, Andrey, Koenraad and Els, Marieanne, Anita, Mikal and Eva, Joseph, Mirt, Greg and Jack, Agnes and Dani, Ian, Adam, Esther, Thomas, Bee, Hong Xin, Jessica & Nora, Jacome and Maria

In Harbin, visited by:
Meng Meng, François & Dominique, Sandy, Julie, Jia Yi

In Jiangyin, visited by:
Christophe, Parisa, Brendan & Jin Li

Interests

Traveling (duh!), weightlifting, craft beer, cooking, drawing, music, Chinese culture, politics, the outdoors, BJJ/muay thai/capoeira/boxing, cycling, long conversations about whatever is interesting

I wrote a few as-of-now unpublished travel memoirs and short story collections that are sitting in .pdf format on a hard drive, and I blog/vlog in French at http://quesstuvascrisserla.com/

• writing
• literature
• concerts
• dancing
• dining
• chinese food
• beer
• bbq
• running
• walking
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• skiing
• basketball
• bowling
• chemistry
• history
• languages
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: I am not really a movie buff, and I hate most mainstream movies. But still, I have my favorites.

Music: *deep breath* Suffocation, Sodom, Cypress Hill, Grave, Asphyx, Ingrowing, O.S.T.R., Big L, 2ne1, Malevolent Creation, Damian Marley, Kreator, Mononc' Serge, Matmatah, Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation, The Wondergirls, Sinik, Nasum, Hail Of Bullets, Immortal Technique, Thaitanium, The Backstreet Boys, Crucified Barbara, Caravan Palace, Slayer, Vomitory, Ill Bill, Sepultura, Municipal Waste, Joe Dassin, Ice Cube, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Insurrection, Insides Out, Strauss, and quite a lot more (I wrote this list in like 2011 but it still stands, though of course it's been expanded quite a bit)

I used to have some kind of ''If my ears don't bleed while listening to it, it ain't worthy'' but now I have opened my horizons quite a lot. I can honestly say that I'm crazy about music (and I have a CD collection to prove it). So you make me discover some new sounds, and you'll have a place in my melomaniac heart.

Favorite authors:
Marquis de Sade, Michel Houellebecq, Boris Akounine, Forrest Griffin, J.M. Coetzee, Dean Karnazes, Michel Folco, Charles Bukowski, Tucker Max, Milan Kundera

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show you how to write your name in Thai, Cyrillic, Chinese or Korean characters. Besides, I want to learn about many things, and share everything I know. How much more evasive of an answer can I give you?

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories of 15+ years of travel and being an unobtrusive guest.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, American Samoa, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Canada, China, Thailand

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