I was boring and not really happy in my old life so one day I suddenly decide to quit everything, start travelling to discover the world and on the way what I really want to do of my life.

My passion for photography became my job because through the lens of a photographer, there are no political boundaries, simply spaces and places yearning to be explored and captured.

Like say Confucius “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” It’s the purpose of my life to show the beauty of my world with the most people I can.

You can find more on my website : http://www.valxphoto.com
And follow my new photo project and more on my Fb page : https://www.facebook.com/val.x.photo
I'm also helping launch a new extreme sport : https://www.facebook.com/Dolphywing

It's happen when we are not both on different journey I'm travelling with my girlfriend : https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/valentina-belotti

After more than 3years around the world I finally have a fix home in Montreal !! You're welcome to come have a rest and enjoy life with us (Valentina, me and the cat).

----> HAVE A LOOK AT THE HOME SECTION FOR MORE INFO AS HERE IS STILL MORE ABOUT MY TRAVELLER PROFILE ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on couchsurfing because I love meet some new people, share the daily life of strangers who will maybe become real true friends. I believe every people you meet as something to teach you !

I'm a traveller and couchsurfing is the perfect way for me to discover new place&culture and don't sleep too often in the street ^^ (ok when you're in little pacific island is not the worst but can't say the same for canada by -40° for example ;) ).

And why not simply go to a backpack ?

1-I've no money most of the time (poor of money, rich of adventures and memories !!)

2- I don't like hostel and love my nomad life and my freedom
=)

3- It's far more interresting and surprising to never know where I will sleep at night and meet at the last minute awesome persons who will help me for one night or more. I share a lot more than in a backpack full of people but where nobody speak to nobody..

4- I run away from every confort-zone and changing often from place to sleep at night stop me to create a new one

5- I just love the couchsurfing concept and it's always with local the best way to discover a new city/country !!

In Melbourne I've done 10nights in 10 different places that my record so far =D

Interests

I'm an adventurer, always open to new crazy stuff to do =)

I'm also a photographer and a photography model.

With no orders I have also interest in boardgame, cooking, tramping/hiking, via-ferrata, skiing(and learn snowbording), improve my spanish, woodcurving, street art, self-development, DIY, Sailling, Dolphywing and have an awesome life in general =D

• photography
• board games
• adventure travel
• love
• boardgames
• enjoying life
• fantasy books

Music, Movies, and Books

A little of everything with more usually electronic music (daft punk, dusty kids, zed...), pagan metal (koorpiklaani, tyr, alestorm...), new age (kitaro, medwyn goodall, karunesh...), old rock'n'roll (metallica, the doors, iron maiden, pink floyd, led zep...) and also really like Chinese man (from Marseille) and Deluxe (from Aix en provence).
And still love to discover new band like mumford & sons or Aaron.

For movie I love the lord of the rings and have a big interrest for the SciFi movie and Thriller who make you think (Inception, Predestination, Repo men, Shutter Island...)
And still love to be surprise by some movies like the big picture (2010) or Love (2015) two really good french movies.

I like to read almost all king of interessting book but have a preference about self-development and self-awareness book (Lucy dans le ciel, l'homme qui voulait être heureux, art of war...) and Fantasy/SciFi book (Dune, Lord of the rings, Royal assassin, Drizzt do Urden Saga, H.P Lovecraft...)
And still love to be surprise by some books like the celestine prophecy or the gift.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- I have change my life, say goodbye to my big appartment, my friends, my well-paid job, my girls and everything else to start travelling and discover the world and the real me on the way.

- I have also do the Burning man for the first time in 2014 and be hit by a lightning on the first morning of the festival when I was on the playa.

- I sleep/live in a car for 10months in New Zealand, waking up every morning in a new amazing landscape.

- I have survive in a rescue ordeal in the Australian Outback drinking puddle water and walking 42km in 9h.

- I work as chef on board of a sailling boat for 6 week from maldives to Bali with stop in Phuket and Singapore.

- I help launch a new extreme sport in Australia, the Dolphy Wing and caught on my second day with the board the pictures with seals that my friends was trying to get for 4 years. https://www.facebook.com/dolphywing

- I win my entry to the Miles High Club during a flight Sydney - Kuala Lumpur with a girl I was not knowing 15min earlier !

- I sleep 10nights in 10differents in Melbourne, (a little more than my perfect week of the homeless).

- I've done the World's biggest waterslide in New Zealand

- I enter a professional bookshop asking for the omnibus of H2G2 (who is a really expensive beautiful book) and get out 10min later with the book for free.

- I've been photography teacher for one day in a Montessori School

- I've try Airsoft for the 1st time in an abandoned house for a 12h no-stop game overnight.

- I've live 2weeks with no money and surviving b y sleeping in my car (with no more gas in it) and helping cooking against meal at the hare krishna restaurant.

- I've been on the last I-Boat party in Perth. A weekend of crazyness on a billionaire boat (drink, party, music, golf, jump from the top of the boat, kayak and awesome new friends)

- I've been official photographer for Sea Shepherd in Sicilia on Mission Siracusa 2016

- I've done my first skydiving alone on my parachute with no previous experience of freefall

- I've done the highest bunge-jumping of europe (182m)

- I've meet and still live with an extraordinary woman who accept me like I am and with who I travel in more than 10countries on our first year together =)

- I find a new job and a new appartment after less than a week in Canada. New life starting..

- I discover myself pretty good at Axe Throwing a typical Canadian Sport !

In general I have already done a lot of awesome stuff but the most important still to just enjoy my life at 200% everyday !!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach French and Photography and probably a lot of other stuff I'm not aware off actually but if you see in me a skill you want to learn just ask =)

I looking to learn and improve my spanish for my futur travel in South America and in general always open to learn new stuff and get some new skills !

I can share my happiness and my point of view with no restrictions and probably a lot of other hobbies ^^

I'm definitly open-mind and always enjoy a good true discussion with people to learn from different point of view.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm a chef and a pizza chef so probably not a problem to cook something from time to time (I'm vegetarian but cook meat, fish and seafood with no problems my only boundaries are to don't pay for them and don't eat them myself).

I'm a photographer and can teach you and/or take nice pictures of you

I'm a storyteller and can probably speak to you about some of my crazy adventures around the world =D

I'm sure everyone as something to say and can offer with pleasure my attention to hear your own story or discover your own hobbies =)

If you have a boat I travel with a Dolphywing board and will be happy to make you try this new extrem sport !!

And definitly bring you my happiness and my french accent !

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Canada, England, France, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Maldives, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand