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  • 33 references 17 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Chinese (Simplified), German, Japanese, Mongolian, Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Photographe
  • Physics and chemistry
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About Me

About me (2019):
I realized quite recently that the only thing that matters in life was to share human relationship (however i have watched "Into the wild" a long time ago and I read the book since :) That probably why I love to travel by myself and to meet new people on my way.
I wouldn't call myself an adventurer because I don't travel that much. But I have big plans for the future !
I'm a very joyful guy, talkative and very respectful (of your home, your habits or believes). I don't really have limits when it comes to talk. I would only stop if I feel that you are unconfortable with the topic.

Sometimes you meet people with whom you feel perfectly harmonised and sometimes less. That's a part of the game. It doesn't have to work every time ;)

About travelling :
I use to travel around Asia but I'm feeling more and more attracted by South America and Africa as well.
I don't really like to stay at the same place for more than 2-3 days -except for Mongolia where I enjoyed to live like a nomad for 2 weeks (in 2012 then in 2016 again). i often find museums and sightseeings quite boring and I feel myself more attracted by landscapes and nature.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I met 3 couchsurfers who gave me hospitality in London where I stayed for 1 week in summer 2009. It was my first experience and I enjoyed it a lot. So now, when traveling, I always use couchsurfing to meet people for drinks or to find a place to sleep or even to get some advices about sightseeing :)
That s how I met a lot of couchsurfers in Vietnam, Turkey, China, Mongolia,.., and even in France. Take care, it could be u next time :)

Interests

  • photography
  • tango
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • drinking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • boxing
  • swimming
  • teaching
  • languages
  • snooker

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies :

Whiplash - Damien Chazelle - 2014
La jaula del oro - Diego Quemada Diez - 2013
Incendies - Denis Villeneuve - 2010
Die leben des anderes - Florian Henkel.. - 2007
Memories of murder - Bon joon-ho - 2003
Sympathy for mister veangeance-Park chan-wook-2002
Yi yi - Edward Yang - 2001
Kairo - Kyoshi Kurosawa - 2001
El espinazo del diablo - Guillermo del Toro - 2001
Un temps pour l'ivresse des chevaux -Bahman Ghobadi - 2000
Gattaca - Andrew Niccol - 1997
Les valseuses - Bertrand Blier - 1974
La femme des sables - Hiroshi Teshigahara - 1964

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Books

Mon traitre - Sorj Chalandon
Ask the dust - John Fante
Rue des voleurs - Mathias Enard
1984 - George Orwell
One Thousand and One Nights
Into the wild - Jon Krakauer ...

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Music

Some of my favorite bands and singers :

Electro = Alt J, Massive attack, Portishead, Bjork ...

Rock = Strokes, Black Keys, Artic monkeys, Radiohead, Saez, Noir désir, Incubus, Audioslave ...

Metal = Tool, System of a down, Rage against the machine, The mars volta, Perfect circle, Queen of the stone age, Smashing pumpkins, staind, primus, deftones, korn ...

Jazz = Billy holiday, Ann pierle, Fatima spar, Chet Backer, nina Simone, Gogo penguin ...

Classical music = Shubert, Chopin, Satie ...

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a physics and chemistry teacher but i'm also a professional photographer : www.weddingreporter.fr
Looks like there are more and more people interested in using their camera in a better way. It would be a pleasure to show you some tips ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Senegal, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France

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