Kino Yves
Kino Yves is a French travel creator and author sharing life on the road by electric trike, from roadside meals to long journeys through Africa.
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YouTubeOverview
- Name
- Yves de Preux
- From
- France
- Work
- Travel video creator, author and photographer
- YouTube beginnings
- Joined on 13 June 2021
- Signature transport
- An electric trike
- Widely watched work
- His 2022 Damascus barber video has passed 10 million views
Mini bio
Before the trike.
Yves de Preux travelled around the world from 2011 to 2013 and later worked at sea. His own photo book includes images from that journey and from offshore work in Indonesia in 2017 and 2018. On LinkedIn, he describes moving into life as a traveller after seven years working at sea.
Putting the journey into words.
In June 2021, he published A cry for liberty, with Sarah Newton-John credited as editor. It brings together journeys across Eurasia and Africa alongside experiences aboard cable ships. His companion photo book, Pictures 2011 - 2019, appeared that same month.
Finding an audience.
He joined YouTube in June 2021 and built Kino Yves around travel by electric trike. His March 2022 visit to a barber in Damascus became a widely watched introduction to the channel, passing 10 million views. The everyday encounters continue in his later work, including village meals, roadside conversations and the practical problem of finding electricity.
The road continues.
His recent Africa videos follow the journey through Mozambique into Zimbabwe. He publishes with a delay for safety, editing and to help preserve spontaneous encounters on the road, so each upload offers a chapter of the journey rather than a live location update.
Creditschronological, newest first
Travel videos
- 2026My $1 Village Feast in ZimbabweCreator and traveller
- 2022The best barber in the world is in Damascus, in SyriaCreator and traveller
Books
- 2021Pictures 2011 - 2019Author and photographer
- 2021A cry for libertyAuthor; edited by Sarah Newton-John
Quotes
Let's experience freedom !Kino Yves, YouTube channel description
The invitation he uses to introduce his electric-trike travel videos.
Trivia
- His episode labels double as a travel index: vA means vlog Africa, vE means vlog Europe and mE means vlog Middle East. S2 means season 2.
- He also makes silent walking POV videos for a secondary channel called Stalker 4K, according to his Patreon introduction.
- His photo book combines a 2011 to 2013 world journey with photographs from working at sea in Indonesia.
- He tells viewers that videos are published with a delay, partly to help him stay anonymous while filming on the road.
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