CURRENT MISSION

learn to give love to all creatures and to our mother earth

ABOUT ME

www.nicolasvanh.com
(in this website you have links to my online work that describes better than words who I am)

I'm a photographer, documentary producer and director of photography and an architect. I am independent, so I have to do all sort of things, including all kinds of design, cooking, and agriculture.

I don't like to travel fast (I travelled a portion of south america in bicycle for one year and a half), and I don't like to plan ahead, I prefer to go with the flow. When I travel I prefer to share with locals and get to know the place by getting their rhythm, cooking and eating their food, and sharing the way we see the world. The second thing I like best is to get to know local music.

I like to go to new places, walk the streets, feel the rhythm of each place, stay for hours wondering and wandering, watch the sunrise, the sunshine, make some yoga, get lost on the streets, cook, eat delicious food and learn to cook some recipes. And I can stay for days making photographies. I love to walk, specially in nature: mountains, rivers, seashores... Scuba diving.

Today I share with you some of the things I experienced (and photographed) whilst in Delhi in 2010: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cavernicolas/sets/72157624871658256/show/

PHILOSOPHY

give love to all creatures and to our mother earth

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Believing and living by the fact that there´s other ways of living apart from straight capitalism and that we don't necessarily have to depend 100% on money. I rather like to share experiences, knowledge, and cultural values to become more open minded and construct a better world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

South America (Ecuador, Peru, Brazil), Bosnia, India, France.

Interests

travelling, learning, cooking, filming, languages, meting good people, water, photography, sea, nature, hiking, ecology, plants, healthy food and healthy ways of producing food, writing...

• writing
• architecture
• design
• photography
• documentaries
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• yoga
• boating
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• scuba diving
• agriculture
• ecology
• languages
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Oh, I like so many music, movies and books...
To list a few:
Music: Bob Marley and Manu Chao, obviously. Blues, Jazz, Bach Cello Suites, Cumbia, Gypsy (from India to Spain), Sufi...
Movies: First cousin once removed, The Act of Killing, In the mood for love.
Books: One hundred years of solitude by Garcia Marquez and L'homme nomade by Jaques Attali

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1. crossing south america's tropic in bicycle and boat during 500 days.
2. living each day.
3. the documentary to the amazon www.totheamazon.co

Teach, Learn, Share

for everyday:
1. only for today I won't get worried, I will trust everything is going to be ok.
2. only for today I wont feel anger for nothing and towards nobody.
3. only for today I will work honestly, specially on myself.
4. only for today I will be grateful for all the good things
5. only for today I will feel compassion and give love to all living creatures and to the Earth.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Spain

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