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Overview

  • 4 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Khmer, Spanish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Photography, ride my bike in the countryside, travel, bec...
  • my mother, sister's friends, travelling and school someti...
  • From ?!K ?!::FGRT+$%#, just nearby
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoying my study time, I already went to 4 different cities, each time farther than the one before. Paris first, Nantes(France), Then Dublin, now Phnom Penh and soon: NYC. What a chance to do that! So, my Couchsurfing profile has to change often

ABOUT ME

"People are strange,
When you're a stranger,
Faces look ugly,
When you're alone."

JM

No, i'm kidding. This is not me at all, only a part or side of me. Anyway, I really think that because you are not controlling the world, start with manage yourself... and enjoy it day to day !

Being away from France the last years while studying, I had the opportunity to share apartments with foreigners in several countries such as Ireland, Cambodia, USA (New York), and Canada (Montréal). Definitly convinced about car pooling, hitch hiking and couch surfing as a part of the travel now mainly for good moments spent with locals and travel lovers!

Ayant goûté ces dernières années au voyage, à la vie en collocation avec des étrangers dans différents pays (Ireland, Cambodge, USA (New York), Canada (Montréal), au covoiturage itou et au stop depuis de nombreuses années, couch Surfing est un appui ponctuel pour les voyages et bien souvent pour des moments sympathiques.

PHILOSOPHY

Fill the blank between (birth and death)

If you have got this freedom, do not waste it

I was doing a lot of urban photo safaris when I was a teenager, a bit less now but still liking going to exhibitions and galleries. And of course, as a french guy, spending plenty of time around a table for diner or drinks !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If you want to travel, in a way, it's because you want to know about a place and what happen(ed) there. So, you need to know. And how to know? Guide, websites, museums, ride, and chattering !

So, a chat to gather CS members because sharing is in your philosophy.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Once I needed a breath from Dublin, and I decided to go to Cork. And I had my first couch surfing experience as well.
A very nice and smart girl welcomed me.

Interests

Photography. Probably the reason why and how I travel is photography. And the story which is behind the shot. Next step... Video !

The world is a playground. Learn a bit of its rules and that will open an amazing treasure

  • photography
  • cooking
  • drinking
  • traveling
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • tourism
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

My playlist is a mess.

The movies I like are untraceable (for me as well) but I have such a bad memory for names, but not for fellings.

And lines of books are a long road to knowledge and experience by proxy. Make your own

(is that enough for you to understand?)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The first thing that come to my mind is something I want to do again somewhere else:
A trip in the Thaïland's mountains with a motorbike for 10 days

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach some tricks with a camera.
I am learning about ecological buildings.

And I love to share a moment of cooking, doesn't matter the result / aftermaths

Countries I’ve Visited

Ireland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, France, United States

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