i'm curious about my planet , a kind of nomad photographer with london as a working base in between big trips around the place

to my last count i visited 155 countries in the past 22 years ( sorry to be soooooooo showy !! i'm just honest )
the biggest feat was to cram a submarize of around 3000 photos on my faceboook from those wonderful years

running cycling photos music reading hitch-hiking camping trekking talking to people and .. travels are my main hobbies
still have some spare time for showers food and sleeping

i love nature , mountains , sleeping in the wilderness !!
spent zillions of nights under the stars with tent - mosquito net -hammock
or .. sleeping bellow bridges + inside bus shelters with my lovely bicycle when the weather turns hugly

long time ago , after reading few " bad " books and loads of jules vernes , i decided that my present life should be about freedom and doing the things i enjoy !!

the best compromise was .. travel to bring photos from the world .. amazing people , scenic spots , deserts , lost civilisations , old atmospheric towns ..
experienced on the way : steam trains , boating to remote islands , muddy roads through jungles , high snowy passes , sleeping in tibetan monasteries , listening to insects and birds at night while in my mosquito net bla bla bla

basically i thought that instead of " having the trip of my life " for once , it was better to have a lifetime of trips ..

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i still read lots of books

keen to discover new musics , especially the weirdest ones from hidden corners of this earth

try to keep learning and stay healthy

come to london once in a while to " grab the cash " then disappear again on the road

spreading the joy , taking funny photos , planning big escape

being quiet with a book in hands while not climbing mountains ( walking or cycling them )

being unconventional

having a great disrespect for rules made by powerful people or by idiots

teenage spirit and .. people here in england have to say something about my calves , LOL

some foolish girls regularly ask me if i dye my hair .. what's wrong with being a real blond ?!

books written by the american beatniks - kerouac burrough bukowski ( post office particularly ! ) ..

books about
different/down and out people .. life on the edge .. people walking on the wild side

and .. the diary of a geisha , the tibetan book of living and dying , the motorcycles diaries by che guevara, the long walk by slawomir rawics .. the alchemist by coelho .. the elektric kool aid - acid test by tom wolf .. sophie's world by gaardner , ethics by spinoza , holy cow by sarah mac donald , running a hotel on the roof of the world by alec le sueur .. hokkaido highway blues by fergusson .. sorcerer's apprentice by tahir shah . travels on my elephant by mark shand .. mist of avalon

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so many movies are enjoyable !!
i usually like to laugh , why to watch sad movies when the world is already so full of misery as any normal boy i enjoy some action/heroic fantasy

let's not forget some amazing documentaries on radio or television

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all sort of music .. from mozart to the sex pistols !!
wagner
stones - doors - pink floyd - beatles
siouxie and the banshees - nina hagen - laurie anderson - cocteau twins - coco rosie
AC/DC - motorhead
iggy pop and the stooges - the cramps
cure - echo and the bunnymen - simple mind
sade - manu chao

plenty french music of course ..
telephone - trust - marquis de sade - edith nylon - noir desir

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asian food bien sûr
libanese - italian - grec ..

mineral water ( when possible .. ) , music , mosquito net , sun , practical jokes , running daily

the seventh wonder of this list would be " having a good laugh with a cute lady being self critical "

planning my next faraway exotic sunny wonderful trip
including all the nice travellers + alternative people i'm gonna meet once back on the road

how so many people can waste their great lives with petty issues !!

love with a lovely loving lover ( talking and laughing being part of the package !!)
your healthy body is here to be used , long dark winters shouldn't be despressing but spicyed up !!
senses and pleasure must be worshipped and .. we'll see many more smily faces on the tube next monday morning

or .. just thinking about what to do today ( or maybe tomorow ) and do it in a logical order ( or at least try )

friday nites mean nothing to me as i work most of the week-ends for football - rugby or weddings / parties
anyway friday can be any day !!

same for christmas ..
red colour - lights and chocolate ( of coooooooooourse !! ) can also happen on any of the others 364 nites

lying is bad but truth can hurt

not bothering anymore with difficult persons , life is too short to support their worries
my extensive stays in asia/africa taught me to enjoy the company of uncomplicated-unpretentious people

television should be made illegal/forbidden at least a day each week !!
so .. people could kick their body out to :
meet/care about each other - play music - practice some sport etc
why do those zombies waste so many hours seating still in front of the magic window ??

nothing wrong to have a leisury moment after a bout of hyper-activity ..
et vice versa !!

freedom is more about time than space !!
i will never forget that young female backpacker telling me : " i have no money but plenty of time "

you have a serious sense of humour , able to put things into perspective ( philosophe ?? )

you are whatever you are .. attracted to the poesy of nature

just looking for NSA relationship , keen to become a lovely loving lover and passionate about passion

you think that
- simple things are enough to make you happy
- everything is possible , nothing is forbidden

you have no friends + nobody likes you + you've been really sad for ages

or if you're plain bored with nothing to do now !!