I, Aurélie, live in Chiang Mai, Thailand since November 2015. I love it here, I feel great. I spend my time learning thai and helping in different organisations including building with mud and wood.
I am travelling solo to the States for 2 weeks in June, I ll be looking for couches in New York City. I hope you will be able to give me some tips. Hope to meet you soon!

I am open to others and discovery. I love cinema, good food, travel (like many people on this site for sure). My other interests are: books, tv shows, board games, self development, swimming, diving, ecology and natural building.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I surfed in several couches all over the world (Western USA, Canada, Australia, New-Zealand, Spain). I met amazing and interesting people, who brought me into their lives and made me feel welcomed. Many years later, some are still my friends.
When I was back in France, I hosted couchsurfers every time I could (when not already hosting friends or family, or when I was not traveling myself).
I love the spirit, the exchange, the non-profit relationship. I always try to offer something in exchange of being hosted, most of the time it's french cooking ;)
Thank you all of you who are part of this community!

Interests

Cinema, travel, tennis, diet Coke (hum), books, tv shows, board games, self development, swimming, diving, ecology and natural building.

• movies
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• scuba diving
• tennis
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

- Best movies :
Inception, Eternal Sunshine of a spotless mind (and generally all Michel Gondry's movies), Spielberg movies, french comedies...
- Tv series :
Shameless, Dexter, Lost, Fringe... A lot more, my App tells me I follow more than 30 TV shows :o
- Books that I read lately that touched me the most (and that I recommend!):
Half of a Yellow Sun by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Garden of Evening Mists by Malaysian novelist Tan Twan Eng.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent more than 30 minutes scuba diving with a Whale Shark in Koh Tao, 5 months biking across South-East Asia, hiking volcanoes in Indonesia, The Great bush of Australia, Egypt, Venise in Italy, Dubrovnik in Croatia, Greece.

I also loved Quebec ! This beautiful country, the friendly french canadians, EVERYTHING! Living there was one of my best memory.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: French for those interested :p; how to travel without much money (really, you don't need that much to discover amazing places and people), natural building techniques.
Learn: all about people who are part of the CS community.
Share: exchange about our experiences, our way of living our lives.

What I Can Share with Hosts

French cooking! It well appreciated all over the world ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Monaco, New Zealand, Peru, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, France, Thailand

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