CURRENT MISSION

After 5 months living in the Caribbeans, 5 months crossing the USA... finally lived a 7 months Kiwi experience in New Zealand. Now currently living in New Caledonia

ABOUT ME

A nomad solo adventurous woman ! Always positive, smiling, open-minded, welcoming, warming and very outgoing. Enjoying life with lots of curiosity, thirsty of discovery and I don't take myself seriously so u can make fun of me I will laugh too ! I'm very sociable, helpful, caring and a reliable friend and hard-worker. Love adventures, new challenges, friends, new acquaintances and parties ! Love to dance, anytime anywhere ! Always active, cause in need to Be healthy, doing sports, work-out, run to enjoy different landscapes, hiking ! Organized person. I'm very empathic (sometimes too much)so I always enjoy and feel concerned about people's stories.
I'm known as a cosmopolitan girl as I have Cambodian origins born in Thailand (in a refugee camp), grew up in South of France and kind of in the US. Grew up with African people, and to finish I am passionate about Latino cultures, South America, spanish language. (I can't wait to spend a year or more in a spanish spoken country to practice and improve the language)
Oh and I'm obsessive with cleaning!

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PHILOSOPHY

It might be repetitive but I deeply think that Life is worth to live just to learn everyday about anything and specially to discover the world no matter how. Being positive and giving good energy to people.
Living a nomadic lifestyle ! Amazing but stressful too !
It is important nowadays to be a strong independent woman.
I'm always grateful and thankful to all the people who I crossed in my way.
I got these 2 true beautiful sentences tattooed "Travel is the only expense that makes you richer"/ I was not born in just one corner my home is this whole world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Thanks to my networking skills I have many friends and acquaintances all around the world which is an excuse to travel and visit them... But thirsty of discovery I find it not enough and want to meet always more and more interesting people from other parts of the world. To hear, to share, to learn about their experiences.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not through Couchsurfing website but I had "couchsurfing" experiences during some travels such as in London, Munich, Alicante, Phnom Penh, Miami, Las Vegas...where I crashed at people's place who were acquaintances or friend's of friends...and now my friends!! And it is amazing to soak up the atmosphere thanks to local people who become after that great longtime friends.

Interests

Devote time to my family and friends when I'm back in hometown once a year. Sharing travel experiences or to learn from other experiences and stories. Organize trips for friends or myself. Go as much as possible to events, parties. Love pictures, vidéos, music, dance, meet new and interresting people for tones of exchanges. That's how I feed my passion of discovery, my curiosity and brain.
Love hiking too

• dancing
• running
• partying
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• camping
• sports
• au-pair

Music, Movies, and Books

Any adventures, detectives, sci.fi, romantics and comedies movies except thriller and scary movies !
Music is the key ! I wake up, get ready, shower, walk, run, sleep with music ! I love US hip hop, r&b (despite of the lyrics), latino/carribean /reggae music, US country, pop, jazz, Edm !
I love "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde... forever young...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was lucky to got the travel bug since I was 11. I spent few summertime in the West Coast of the US. Being open-minded thanks to travel but also to the experience to grow up in the Projects in the south of France. My experiences of moving from a place to another alone for training, work or study was amazing. Trips well organized or adventurous are unforgetable.
-Went through Au pair experience in England, -Disney World cast member in Orlando where I shared a flat with girls from all around the world and the slavery of the job, -Backpacking in Thailand and Cambodia to discover my roots and got to live with few dollars left in the pocket.
- Lived with $20 a week in Phnom Penh for 3 weeks before I got a teaching job.
-Kayaking in the bioluminescence lagoon in Puerto Rico.
-Witnessed breathtaking sunrise and sunset in the Caribbean
-Stayed 1 week in the heart of the biggest favela of South America in Brazil
-Hitchhiked 3 nights a week in Sint Maarten island ( Caribbean ) to go to work
-Camping in Zion national park

Countries I’ve Visited

Anguilla, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Germany, Guadeloupe, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Monaco, Puerto Rico, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, Martinique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Saint Martin (French part), United Kingdom, United States