tricasse

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bio	website	corbasson.fr
	location	Paris, France
	age	27
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I'm an enterprise architect working for several years for big companies in France and abroad, with a MS in Information Systems and a MBA.

During my studies, I used to work (among other jobs) as a software engineer, and still have some knowledge I can put to work and share :)

In my spare time, I like to travel, learn languages, kayak, and do plenty of other things.

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May 2	comment	Is it common that hostels charge more for woman only dorm rooms? This is at least unheard of in Western countries, as that would probably qualify as sex-based discrimination. And while I do travel quite often and outside Western paths, that's the first time I hear of such a thing!
Apr 21	comment	Are there any man-only places in the world? Same in Saudi Arabia
Apr 21	comment	Are there any man-only places in the world? Your link in the second paragraph is a Thai monastery
Sep 29	comment	Are there ways to keep long-distance land transport costs down in France when not planning in advance? Now you can (but the change is recent); before, national passenger travel was a monopoly for the SNCF.
Sep 29	comment	How do I get my money back for my foreign coins? Or put them in a Unicef box at one of the participating airports.
Sep 29	comment	Why do there seem to be no long distance buses in France? Yes, the SNCF had a monopoly on both rail travel and national city-to-city travel since 1937... other operators had to get permission from the SNCF to open travel lines, and long-distance bus travel was seen as a direct competitor by the SNCF so never allowed.
Sep 26	comment	Is all of Afghanistan dangerous for travellers? This is still valid in 2012; I was there in July this year.
Sep 7	comment	Vomitorium: Only common in the German-speaking world? No, it's used to fill buckets of water to clean the floor. That's why it has the NO DRINKING WATER sign above, and the bars allow to put and pull the bucket with less effort. The two sinks allow for quicker refills. And the flushing is a normal one, as you shouldn't have anything else than dissolved dust and water in the bucket (or if you do, you'd better get them from the basin before they enter the still quite narrow exit pipes). You can find them (sometimes hidden in a cabinet) in almost every modern place where they wash the floor, including most of the public Western buildings.
Sep 4	comment	Are there any women-only places in the world? @Andra I do not agree: there are famous places like Mount Athos where only men can travel, so why not a question on gender-restricted destinations for women?
Sep 3	comment	Road journey from Europe to Mecca? @Geeo: don't count on it, it doesn't always work (see my answer)
Sep 3	comment	Road journey from Europe to Mecca? @HaLaBi: from the best of my knowledge, ferries from Cyprus to Egypt are suspended (see my answer)
Sep 3	comment	Road journey from Europe to Mecca? Thanks for the comment @hippietrail; I gathered notes and put them here for a first version, and came back to improve it and fit better with the OP's question; the tricky part IMO being Saudi Arabia I wanted to give this info to the OP ASAP.
Aug 28	comment	Can you do the annual required technical control in another EU country than your own when doing a road trip in Europe? @Andra On the certificate duration: Council Directive 96/96/EC of 20 December 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and for passenger cars requires that all Member States shall inspect their vehicles at least when the car is four years old and then every two years thereafter. Agreed, it might be less than four years (in Sweden, it is/used to be three) before the first. I'll modify accordingly. My intent was to say: it will be valid for more than the few months you'll be travelling.