A boy with big hands and big eyes

Looking for exposures in the forests, reading on the windowsills, digging in bookshops, pushing all the untried doors open, drowsing on the grass, sketching maps of faces, performing, watching cities wake up, counting scars and bruises, smelling snow, fighting for inconceivable causes, refusing to follow zero-sum time laws, smelling cinnamon, tracking wrinkles in stranger's expressions, getting up before sunrise and strolling next to the river, greeting and exchanging smiles (and inside-jokes later on!) With sweepers on the streets.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

i am on couchsurfing to meet, other travellers, interact and learn from various sources of knowledge...

Interests

Looking forward to make a "long walk" from China to Africa (Cameroon), by foot, walking.
My inspiration comes from teacher Xie (Xie Jianguang) is a brave man who has been walking all over China since 1982. I would like to make a long walk for peace (both inner peace and world peace). I think it is important to know what we value most in life.
Maybe some people like to travel in their minds, while others feel the need to walk around. But it's still just a journey.
“It doesn’t matter what dream you choose to follow, as long as you have one. Go follow your dream, and laugh while you’re doing it!”

• animals
• culture
• writing
• books
• dining
• cooking
• massage therapy
• walking
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• hitchhiking
• organic farming

Music, Movies, and Books

The song that best describes me is: "the Olive tree" (橄榄树) by Zhu Fengbo (A famous Chinese vocalist in the 90's). I relate so strongly to its lyrics: “why drift around?” (“为什么流浪?”). I like listening to Teresa Teng (鄧麗君 ) a famous Taiwanese who was known for her folk songs and ballads. The song I love the most from Teng is "The Moon Represents My Heart"(月亮代表我的心)
I am actually reading the book "la société autophage by Anselm Jappe. "Homo Deus" and "Homo Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari.
"The art of war" by Sun Tsu.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

"I beg young people to travel. If you don’t have a passport, get one. Take a summer, get a backpack and go to Delhi, go to Saigon, go to Bangkok, go to Kenya. Have your mind blown. Eat interesting food. Dig some interesting people. Have an adventure. Be careful. Come back and you’re going to see your country differently, you’re going to see your president differently, no matter who it is. Music, culture, food, water. Your showers will become shorter. You’re going to get a sense of what globalization looks like. It’s not what Tom Friedman writes about; I’m sorry. You’re going to see that global climate change is very real. And that for some people, their day consists of walking 12 miles for four buckets of water. And so there are lessons that you can’t get out of a book that are waiting for you at the other end of that flight. A lot of people—Americans and Europeans—come back and go, Ohhhhh. And the light bulb goes on." Henry Rollins

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to meet people from every horizon. It s fascinating to learn new perpectives on life. I can't teach anything because I know nothing but I'll share what I do and did, think and thought. Maybe you can get something out of it!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Passer un moment de partage et d'échange.

Countries I’ve Visited

Angola, Belgium, Cameroon, Chad, China, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Philippines, Portugal, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cameroon, China, France, South Africa