Viajar es la escuela de la vida.

Me considero una persona introvertida que quiere descubrir el mundo — es bastante paradójico pero el mundo está lleeeno de paradojas.

Me encanta estar en movimiento, estar en las carreteras, recorriendo kilómetros — pues me gusta viajar y sobre todo disfruto mucho de vivir en el extranjero, encontrar a nuevas personas cada día que para mí es la esencia misma del viaje y de Couchsurfing.

Tengo un estilo de vida nómada, muy sencillo, tranquilo y minimalista. Amo la naturaleza, el campo, la paz. No me gusta hablar en voz alta, el ruido me molesta muchísimo. Trabajo de forma independiente desde hace un par de años. Enseño francés e inglés a mis estudiantes, incluso a los que solamente hablan castellano, los enseño en castellano.

Otras cosas que me gustan : caminar en las montañas, silent hiking, andar en bici, escribir poesía, leer filosofía, la música, los mapas, las flores, el café y el vino, descansar. Vivir simplemente pero vivir bien, vivir « sabroso » y cuidar a los demás.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

« He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata. »

This is a Māori proverb that means:
« What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people. »

Music, Movies, and Books

🎶 I usually listen to a French radio station called FIP. I would gladly put it on while staying at your place.

📚 These days I'm reading a book about the history of Chile. Before I was reading one about Africa's. I love to read about history, geography and philosophy (Spinoza).

🎬 A movie, ONE movie: INTO THE WILD. Lost in translation. Her. Big fan of South Park!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I am truly grateful to be able to explore the world as I do. The persons I have met on my way, my Journey, the beautiful relationships I have had, the emotions I have felt, all. Life has been such an intense adventure so far.

🏔️🌋 I have ascended quite a lot of mountains and volcanoes. Mount Kinabalu (Malaysia), Fuji (Japan), Hallasan (South Korea), Imarivolanitra (Madagascar) etc. Slept in my sleeping bag inside a volcanic crater in the Caribbean Netherlands.

👍🏼🚗 Hitchhiking and riding a motorbike around the Gobi desert in Mongolia. I also hitchhiked all over New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Argentina.

Teach, Learn, Share

I think that this is the whole point of Couchsurfing. I am an open book. Extremely curious. Sharing, listening, enlarging each other's vision, raising social awareness.

I speak 5 languages. Fluent in French, English and Spanish. Good level in Russian and Malay. I can read Latin, Cyrillic, Hangul (Korean) and Jawi (based on the Arabic script).

What I Can Share with Hosts

Probably the most valuable thing which is Time ⏳

Always willing to learn and to be involved in my host's daily life and activities. I have in the past taught in a learning centre, joined a podcast, led an online talking session with locals, planted mangrove seeds, composed songs using my poetry lines as lyrics, cooked local dishes, done gardening, attended a tea ceremony meditation, volunteered in the observation and tracking of turtles activity such as nesting and hatching.

« Living in the same neighborhood for an extended period of time can lead one to take it for granted. But it only requires the perspective of an artistically inclined outsider to make you fall in love with the everyday scenery again. »

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Armenia, France, Georgia, Malaysia, Mauritius, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Viet Nam