En PVT à Taïwan!

My Taiwanese Working Holiday Visa
En PVT à Taïwan!

Une année en Nouvelle Zélande

A Year in New Zealand
Une année en Nouvelle Zélande

Au Japon tout est bon!

My Japanese delights!
Au Japon tout est bon!

L\'Europe ça me botte

Around Europe
L\'Europe ça me botte

STORIES ON ALTERNATIVE ACCOMODATIONS

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STORIES ON ALTERNATIVE ACCOMODATIONS

The other night I was invited to talk about my experiences when it comes to accommodations while travelling during a workshop about alternative tourism. It was all organized by the Enjoy’In hostel, which is a project to build a social and eco-friendly hostel in Mulhouse, the city I’m now living in.
I didn’t feel very legitimate to speak right after the Mulhouse’s tourist office and other touristic related companies. What could I bring? In the end, I decided to do as I always do when it comes to talking about travel: I simply told stories.

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THE IDEAL BACKPACK FOR A MINIMALIST & ZERO WASTE JOURNEY

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THE IDEAL BACKPACK FOR A MINIMALIST & ZERO WASTE JOURNEY

In my solo backpacking life, my backpack is quite a recurring problem. Too heavy, too voluminous, too much of this, not enough of that, it seems that I can never pretend to drag around a perfectly balanced backpack. You know, the one that would be suitable for any season and occasion, that won’t weight too much on my shoulders when I’m hitchhiking for hours, and that would even fit as a carry-on when taking the plane so I won’t have to pay extra fees. That ideal backpack in which I could even put my travel diary with all my drawing colours, and, of course, some exciting things to read.

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SMALL ISLAND, BIG STORIES: 5 BOOKS TO DISCOVER TAIWAN

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SMALL ISLAND, BIG STORIES: 5 BOOKS TO DISCOVER TAIWAN

As for me, diving into Taiwanese stories was all about getting a better understanding of this peculiar island I chose to call home for a year (and beyond). Reading is a way to apprehend a whole new world, and in this case, it allowed me to understand the debates, the traditions, and this culture so far different from mine. Reading as a way to embrace this island’s contradictions.

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CYCLING TAIWAN'S EAST COAST : THE STORY OF AN UNLIKELY CYCLIST

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CYCLING TAIWAN'S EAST COAST : THE STORY OF AN UNLIKELY CYCLIST

Moi, là-dedans, je m’amusais de plus en plus avec mon vélo Hello Kitty à Hualien, avec cette idée de tour de Taiwan qui me démangeait de plus en plus. Il faut avouer que ça me faisait flipper, de partir sur les routes à vélo comme ça pendant plusieurs semaines : j’ai même jamais fait de randonnée de plus de 4 jours ! Alors j’ai trouvé un compromis avec moi-même : j’allais pédaler la côte Est de Taiwan. De Taitung à Hualien.

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