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Overview

  • 184 references 128 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Portuguese, Spanish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Restoration of historic monuments
  • Leeds college of art and design
  • From France
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

After having the best year of my life ! I started in Moscow, crossing Russia on the TransSiberian/Mongolian to Mongolia then Beijing continued travelling south to Hong Kong then crossed Vietnam by motorbike! to Cambodia and Thailand! Now! S & C America !!

ABOUT ME

I am always asking myself what I really want do in my life.. And it is always the same answer, travel! to new places and meeting new people!
I was born in Paris, France but spent most of my life in England.
I really like to socialise, go out, meet people, relax, eat and cook!
I can also be very independent when I need to be.
A kind-hearted guy, loving everything that is new and somehow different, searching for innovations and new horizons, trying to open new doors and enter new territories. I think I'm sincere, with integrity and just a nice and funny guy,

** Si solo hablas español, no es un problema!**
** Se você só fala português, não é problema!**

PHILOSOPHY

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes" - Marcel Proust

"My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute"

"Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view. Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain€œ and most fools do" Dale Carnegie

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom." Plato

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As of now, I am on the road, so I don't have a couch for you to crash. However, when I am at "home" I can host you and show you around the very beautiful places that you can find in and around Marseilles.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It has been just AMAZING! awesome! superb! wonderful! life changing experiences! Why can't all people in life be like CouchSurfers? :)

Interests

In no particular order: spending time with friends, Walking, languages, video games, painting/drawing, cooking, being outdoors, traveling, playing sports, being around family, exercising, movies, reading and tea. Leave it at that for now :)

Music, Movies, and Books

Films that provoke thought and evoke emotions.

Music that makes you bop your head to a beat, sing at the top of your voice, dance like a crazy loon or sink into your own thoughts.

Books that make me think, laugh.. or even cry!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

TransSiberian/Mongolian train. Hitchhicking from Beijing to Shanghai. Crossing Vietnam by motorbike, Going to Venezuela. Saving a couchsurfer from drowning in the Amazon! Haha

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach and share everything that I know and have respectively.
We are all somebody.
Learn all that I humanly can from every and any one, even the most unlikely have something to teach.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good conversation, cooking, friendship, share travel stories and advice, tourist guide, laughter, everything I know basically haha

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, France, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Israel, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

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