[1] Jérémy Marie grew up in the suburbs of Rouen in France until 2004, when he decided to go to live for one year in Llandrindod Wells in Wales in order to learn the English language.

In March 2010, he boarded in Cartagena, Colombia the sailing boat Khamsin as a crew member[9] and crossed the Pacific Ocean to Auckland in New Zealand.

[13] During his world tour by hitchhiking, Jérémy Marie traveled 180,700 kilometers, using 1752 different vehicles and entering 71 countries and territories.

[14] During a part of his journey, he communicated with the students of the Primary school Le Clos Herbert in Caen[15] in order to share the information that he was collecting on the road.

While he traveled in Bali, Jérémy Marie met his Indonesian wife Herdiwati Sidabutar, with whom he lives today.