I'll come sleep at your house

For this new episode of "J'irai dormir chez vous", Antoine heads for Kazakhstan. The country is 5 times the size of France and its highest peaks reach 7,000 meters. The traveler lands in Nour-Soultan, the capital, resolutely modern to his astonishment

In this episode, our globetrotter heads for the Ivory Coast. But not everything goes according to plan... To kick off his tour, what better way than to visit the country's capital, Yamoussoukro.

This time, Antoine De Maximy heads for Paraguay, a discreet country in the center of South America, far from the oceans and off the main trade routes. He begins his journey in the capital, Assumption.

The trip begins with a huge surprise for Antoine de Maximy! He has flown to Taiwan to film an episode. But when he arrives, he discovers that three years after the pandemic, wearing a mask is still the rule everywhere.

Serbia is the third country in the former Yugoslavia to be visited by Antoine de Maximy. Since the Balkan war, we haven't heard much about it, and most French people know little about the country.

Antoine de Maximy travels across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. He begins his journey in Kurdikos-Naumiestis, Lithuania. In this small, lost village, he meets Austeja, a city dweller who is trying the experience of returning to the land in her grandmother's old house. Over a homemade soup, she tells him about her dreams and her desire to reduce her environmental impact. Then it joins Narva, in the north-east of Estonia. The city is separated from Russia by a river but the border has been closed since the war in Ukraine. He learns that the next day is a party

Antoine de Maximy flies to Taiwan. Like everyone else, he has heard about problems between Taiwan and China and he wonders what the atmosphere is like on the island. The globe-squatter begins his journey in Taipei, the capital. After an evening in the lively neighborhoods, he discovers a strange shop. Later, he discovers that the locals do not easily open their doors to foreigners.

In Algeria, Antoine de Maximy's journey begins in the mountains of the great Kabylie, above Tizi Ouzou. He randomly chooses a small hilltop village and wanders through the alleys. On the central square. Daoud, a retired engineer, immediately agrees to welcome him into his small house with a breathtaking view. The next day he attends the Mouloud festival, the anniversary of the birth of the Prophet, around a tomb. All the women of the region are there with their multi-colored outfits. Then Antoine flies to Djanet in the great Algerian south.

In El Salvador, a country undergoing transformation after years of violence, Antoine de Maximy sets out to meet residents with unique life stories. From the capital to the Pacific beaches, he encounters a passionate merchant-singer, a former prisoner living as a hermit, and a widow raising her two children in an isolated house in the mountains. Between local traditions and eccentric celebrations, the country reveals a new, more serene face.

In the Sultanate of Oman, where traditional dress codes still govern society, Antoine de Maximy attempts to immerse himself in the daily lives of the inhabitants. From Nizwa to Muscat, via the Haima desert and the coast of Salalah, his journey reveals the challenges of a country where hospitality remains limited to public spaces. Only one local artist ultimately opens the doors of his home to him. It is the only time the globe-trotting squatter will enter the home of an Omani.

Next stop: the Republic of Mauritius. This archipelago in the Indian Ocean, located off the coast of Madagascar, is a true human mosaic where inhabitants from Europe, India, Africa, and Asia live side by side. First stop: Mauritius. At the Port Louis market, Antoine quickly realizes that his series is well-known there. Then it's off to Rodrigues, 600 km away, where globalization has yet to impose its pace.

For this 74th episode of J'irai dormir chez vous, Antoine goes to Alaska. The 51st state of the United States, three times larger than France and populated by less than a million inhabitants, offers him immense landscapes and extraordinary encounters.