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Overview

  • 5 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Writing and working in different events until I finally s...
  • Social sciences, french language teaching, lots of books.
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Get enough experience to find a job in project management (ideally art or social oriented projects). I have been volunteers coordinator in different European events and got convinced to go to Burning Man this year, this time as a challenge to my physical skills.

ABOUT ME

I am a french writer, poet, traveler that has been going through a deep life changing phase since my birthday. I decided to leave Manila, where I was teaching french, to go back to France. Teaching doesn't fit me as much as being on the organization of projects, and I am practicing by volunteering at Burning Man related projects. I also wrote 3 books and have a little poetry account on IG which will at some point inspire people (I hope).

PHILOSOPHY

Do the right things and have good karma, you'll be rewarded somehow one day. Accept pain as a part of the experience, be empathetic, don't pretend.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been hosting people I've met traveling, usually couchsurfers that became friends.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Been hosted in Adelaide, great experience. Me and my CS mate kept in touch so far.

Amazing experience in Liverpool too, which ended sadly with a big hangover the morning after ;)

In Vilnius I've met a few people from the community and I have to say that the experience is still good.

In Vancouver I was hosted by an adorable couple that invited me to participate in their barbecue day.

Interests

Politics, spirituality, "deep topics", hiking, writing, poetry, music, nutrition, food, sport...

  • arts
  • writing
  • books
  • poetry
  • concerts
  • festivals
  • education
  • dining
  • cooking
  • vegetarian
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • drinking
  • boating
  • music
  • guitar
  • cycling
  • fishing
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • teaching
  • volunteering
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books :
L'écume des Jours - Boris Vian

East of Eden - Steinbeck
For whom the bell tolls - Hemingway
Peaceful Warrior - Dan Millman
One hundred years of solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
La casa de los espiritus - Isabel Allende

At the moment : french chill electro and folk that makes you feel like you're a raccoon.

Movies : Natural born killer, True Romance, all Tarantino. Like Kusturica so far and also Guy Ritchie, La Haine, Django, Enter the Void.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing the sun rising while I was fishing on a very small boat in Coffs Harbour.

Going to Luan Pra Bang in a boat : two days on the Mae Kong river. Amazing sight !

Watching the sunset in the spanish desert.

Climb very high mountains in Peru.

Be part of the organization of the Lithuanian Burning Man project.

Organize our "Who did that to my bike" bike parade in Vilnius.

Becoming part of the org of the spanish burn and being able to stay a few weeks in the desert. Seeing the event getting built and tear down.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach guitar and french so far. I cook vegetarian food and love to talk philosophy or stuffs. I still have some anthropologic knowledge about shamanism, another passion.

Wanna learn how to cook indian and asian cuisine.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, England, Italy, Laos, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Spain, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Bolivia, Canada, France, Lithuania, Philippines, United States

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