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Who am I?

Hello!

My name is Franck Zecchin-Faure. I live in Paris in the 14e arrondissement. I'm born in the beautiful city of Montauban in the southwest of France.

I'm a computer engineer (INSA Lyon - 1987) and I work for Capgemini.

In the beginning, I was looking for a way of travelling I would enjoy. Being a backpacker meant travelling from city to city because this is where you go if you use public transportation, and I was missing nature. As I was doing some hiking in France, I tried a trekking travel agency. This was a revelation: everything was perfect, the nomadic wandering, the atmosphere of the camps under the stars, the gorgeous landscapes and the discovery of cultures so different and so similar to ours at the same time. At first, I did not take any pictures: the pleasure of being there was more than enough. But I finally decided I wanted to share this experience with all the people who did not see these places or who would never be able to see them.

My treks

I didn't take pictures on all the treks I did and then some are not in the destination list of this site. Here is the comprehensive list of my treks with the travel agencies that allowed me to reach these destinations:

Country	Trek	Year	Agency
Turkey	Cappadocia	1992	Terres d'Aventure
Egypt	Sinai	1993	Terres d'Aventure
Portugal	Madera	1993	Terres d'Aventure
Morocco	Accross West Atlas	1994	Terres d'Aventure
Iceland	Around Mýrdalsjökul	1995	Terres d'Aventure
India	Accross Zanskar	1996	Terres d'Aventure
Tanzania	Climbing Mt Kilimanjaro	1997	UCPA
Greece	Crete	1998	UCPA
Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan	Uzbekistan & Tadjikistan	1998	Terres d'Aventure
Egypt	Nile Valley	1999	Terres d'Aventure
Morocco	Siroua	1999	Club Aventure
Canada	Quebec	1999	Terres d'Aventure
Yemen	Mountains of Yemen	2000	Terres d'Aventure
Peru	Vilcanota cordillera	2000	Terres d'Aventure
Algeria	Hoggar	2001	Terres d'Aventure
Spain	Andalusia	2001	Club Aventure
Indonesia	Volcanoes of Indonesia	2001	Terres d'Aventure
Morocco	Dunes of Merzouga	2002	Terres d'Aventure
China	Amdo	2002	Terres d'Aventure
Mauritania	Western Adrar	2003	Terres d'Aventure
Nepal	Upper Dolpo	2003	Terres d'Aventure
Chad	Ennedi	2004	Terres d'Aventure
Mongolia	Arkhangai	2004	Terres d'Aventure
India	Sikkim	2005	Terres d'Aventure
Chile, Bolivia	Atacama	2005	Terres d'Aventure
Italy	Tuscany	2006	Terres d'Aventure
Romania	Bucovina	2006	Terres d'Aventure
China, Kyrgyzstan	Mustagh Ata	2006	Terres d'Aventure
Ethiopia	Simien	2007	Terres d'Aventure
Peru	Vilcabamba cordillera	2007	Terres d'Aventure
Greenland	Greenland	2008	Terres Oubliées
Canada	British Columbia	2008	Allibert
Nepal	Manaslu	2009	Terres d'Aventure
Norway	Norway	2009	Terres d'Aventure
Nepal	Mustang	2010	Tirawa
Armenia	Armenia	2010	Terres d'Aventure
Namibia	Namibia	2011	Allibert
Madagascar	Madagascar	2012	Tirawa
Nepal	Everest base camp	2012	Tirawa
China	Yunnan	2012	Allibert
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	2013	Tirawa
China	Kham	2014	Terres d'Aventure
Iran	Iran	2015	Allibert
Georgia	Georgia	2016	Allibert
Laos	Laos	2017	Terres Oubliées
Russia	Lake Baikal	2017	Allibert