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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Discover new people, new place and new culture, travel, learn all I can!
ABOUT ME
Hello fellow travelers!
I'm back in Montreal after a year in Asia! I just finished a Master degree in Environment management last year and I've lived in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for a little less than a year, where I was doing an internship in environment for a Canadian NGO. I was working with farmers all over the country and it's been a great learning experience. It really change my perception of life. It definitely made me realize than you cannot really understand a country until you live in it! My vietnamese is still not fluent... but i'm getting there!
My last big trip before that was a 6 months WWOOFing trip in Hawaii and I had some awesome couch surfing experiences over there.
I love outdoors activities like hiking and camping.
I'm a dynamic and really expressive person. I love to laugh (a lot) and have beers with friends.
See you!
PHILOSOPHY
Like Gandhi said: You must be the change you wish to see in the world
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
All good ones!
I hosted 3 people (1 Australian and 2 german girls) and it went really well!
In Hawaii I was to suppose to go to a couch surfer apartment for a night and it end up by being a week and then we became best friend! I also went to another couch surfer house and it was awesome! She planned a BBQ, beach day and some fun activities and we stayed in touch while I was on the island.
Interests
Sailing, climbing, meditation, snowboard, yoga, soccer, hiking, hockey, ice skating, run, surf, snorkeling, camping, discovering everything I can!
Reading (on the beach preferably!)
Cooking vegan food
When I travel, I want to be immerse in the real life of the country i'm in. The food, the people, the language.
- culture
- environment
- dining
- cooking
- beer
- bbq
- vegetarian
- vegan
- yoga
- running
- meditation
- flowers
- reading
- traveling
- outdoor activities
- hiking
- camping
- surfing
- scuba diving
- sailing
- snowboarding
- soccer
- hockey
- beaches
Music, Movies, and Books
Books: The Elegance of the Hedgehog (French: L'Élégance du hérisson) is my favorite book, The life before us, On the road, Hunting and gathering, the millenium trilogy, Anna Karenine, etc
Music: First Aid Kit, Dead Obies, Milk and Bones, Misteur Valair, Chris Stapleton, Alabama Shakes,Bernard Adamus, Groenland, Of monsters and men, Leif Vollebekk, Alt-J, The beatles, Weezer, The decemberist, Tryo, etc.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Living and working for a year in Vietnam!
Taking a bath with elephants in the Cambodian jungle
Staying for 2 months in an Ayurvedic farm on Kauai
Hiking the Napali coast in Kauai
Camping at Polihale in Kauai
Hiking in the Andes for 2 weeks to get to Machu Pichu in Peru was incredible!
Volcanoes in Costa Rica
Hike the fabulous Mont-Albert in Gaspésie (Canada) were i've got lost for ten hours and almost had myself eaten by a bear (Almost...!)
Snowboardig in Lake Louise (Canada, Alberta)
Teach, Learn, Share
Yoga, nature stuff like flowers identification, pretty much anything related to the environment, French, etc!
What I Can Share with Hosts
Vegetarian cooking, stories, beer!
Countries I’ve Visited
Australia, Bolivia, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Switzerland, Taiwan, United States, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
Canada, Costa Rica, United States, Viet Nam