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Vianney de Boisredon: “The call of the steppe allowed me to discover humanity”

2024-03-10T13:27:55.890Z

Highlights: Vianney de Boisredon, 26, is a graduate of the École supérieure de commerce de Paris. He left last year, alone, until in Central Asia. “The call of the steppe allowed me to discover humanity,” he says. ‘Central Asia is a region that has fascinated me for a very long time. I wanted to see these large spaces which have been so important in history,’ he adds. � “Inspired by the wind of a promise, I contract Marco Polo syndrome”, he writes.


PORTRAIT - The travel writer recounts his initiatory adventure at the gates of China, hitchhiking and visiting locals. He learns from it.


“Intrepid, curious and dreamer”

is how Vianney de Boisredon, 26, defines himself.

This graduate of a master's degree in commerce and management at the École supérieure de commerce de Paris (ESCP) loves adventure.

After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, from Mexico to France, by sailboat, exploring Central America then South-East Asia, on foot or by motorbike, he left last year, alone, until in Central Asia.

A

“human adventure”

that he recounts in

Steppe by steppe

(Flammarion).

LE FIGARO.

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“Inspired by the wind of a promise, I contract Marco Polo syndrome”,

you write about your big departure in September 2022. That is to say?

Vianney de BOISREDON.

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Central Asia - namely Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan - is a region that has fascinated me for a very long time.

In my higher education, I studied politics, philosophy, economics, but I know little about these large spaces which have been so important in history.

I wanted to see…

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Source: lefigaro

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