I'm a french girl who quit her job two years ago to travel the world after following the voice of her heart. I practice yoga and meditation almost everyday to understand better myself in order to understand the others. I love dancing, writing and reading. I'm passionate about self development, psychology and happiness.

I was bite by the travel bug few years ago and now I cannot stop discovering our wonderful planet. What I love about travelling is that I can meet so many amazing people and discover different cultures.

That's why I started the 1st of October 2018 a solo hitchhiking trip without money from Malaysia to France. I truly believe that our world is full of wonderful people and thought Couchsurfing and hitchhiking I hope to meet some of them. During this trip, I want to record and share the interview I met on my way. I will ask only one question : What makes you happy in your life ? because we always ask to the people we met "What's your name? Where are you from? How old are you? What's your job?" but we forget to ask if those people are happy. Thanks to those interviews, I will know better the person and the world because everyone in this world can teach something regardless of the age, the nationality or the religion.

During this trip, I will try to visit school on the way in order to study the different way of educating the children, the happiness and the well being of the students around the world.

I will cross all the following countries :
- Malaysia
- Thaïland
- Myanmar
- China
- Kirghizstan
- Ouzbékistan
- Turkménistan
- Iran
- Turkey
And then Europe

This is my traveling Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/LaMelodieduBonheur2018/

You can find me also on instagram : @la_melodie_du_bonheur2018

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love staying with local people in order to understand better the tradition and the culture of the area. Using Couchsurfing is a good way to travel differently far from the basic accommodation like hostel and hotel. Staying in the house and with the family of someone permit to be in real immersion and teach you a different way to live also. I also believe that I can learn a lot from the people who are ready to offer me accomodation without any expectations just with the pure pleasure to share a moment with a new friend.

Through Couchsurfing, I want to meet new people in every place I go because I truly believe that we can forget a place or a landscape but we will never forget what we feel with the people we met.

Interests

• writing
• singing
• dancing
• education
• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• psychology
• hitchhiking
• beaches
• mountains
• food
• learning new things
• new cultures
• hicking
• communication
• meeting new people
• happiness
• compassion
• self development
• travelling around the world
• gratitude
• therapy
• learning new cultures
• speaking

Music, Movies, and Books

Books :
- The Alchimist - Paulo Coelho
- The four agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz
- Se changer, changer le monde
- Power of now

Movies :
- Eat, Pray, Love
- Patriots
- Nos jours heureux

Music : Latino, Ragga, Dancehall, Hip Hop, Reggeaton

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Swimming with whale sharks
- Meeting the Dalaï-Lama in Dharamsala, India
- Volunteering in a school in Lombok (Indonesia) and in Bodhgaya (India)
- Vipassana Meditation Retreat : 10 days in silence
- Road trip in Australia
- Trecking in the North of Vietnam
- Organising fundraising with the red cross for tsunami in Japan

After almost 2 years of backpacking, I have many thing to say and a lot of different experience to share !

Teach, Learn, Share

Since the begin of my travel, I went volunteering in differents schools in Indonesia and in India. I'm able to teach english basic language to people. I would love to share what I learn during all my trip and my skills about self development, yoga and meditation. I love sharing moment with people. According to me, our life need to be lived surrounded by people because shared joy is a double joy.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would love to share about the difference of culture and tradition with my hosts. I love discussing and learning from others. I'm really interested in communication and psychology. I will love to share about it or about any other subject, I'm open minded and always try to understand the others.

I'm also able to introduce my host to yoga and meditation in order to calm down our mind and know better ourselves. I learn all those knowledges by practicing yoga and meditation in India and by volunteering in a yoga club during 3 months in Auckland, New Zealand.

Countries I’ve Visited

Angola, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Martinique, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, New Zealand