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Les Dalton au Bandundu / The Dalton bros in Bandundu

Okay, we look a bit funny with our hat. No doubt. But we had fun. Yesterday was public holiday in Congo. It was Martyr's day. The country is celebrating (is it really?) people who died in january 1960 during the struggle for independance. Congo eventually...

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19 janvier 2006

Tiger Woods vs Georges Foreman

Irumu territory is a big area, on the west of Bunia. Its main city is Komanda that I have decided to visit today. This area is still quite unstable, militia quite active, and some fighting between the Congolese army and Monuc against militia still occuring....

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6 février 2006

Jeremie Businessman

In Congo, religion is everywhere. This shop, hundreds of meters away from our house, is like so many others in Congo: with explicit references to the Old or New Testament. Maybe hoping it's good for business and that it will bring fortune! Au Congo, la...

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1 février 2006

Goma

Hey, I guess that after a month here, it's probably time to talk a bit about Goma and give you a better idea of our environment. So how does Goma looks like? Well, even though there are about 500,000 peolpe living here, it looks as a small city. The 'centre'...

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31 janvier 2006

Tintin au Congo

J'avoue, je n'ai pas pu resister. Quand j'ai vu ce fier jeune homme, son pantalon retroussé dans ses superbes chaussettes blanches, de façon à donner un style pantalon de golf, mon esprit mal tourné a tout de suite vu une réincarnation de Tintin. Je lui...

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20 janvier 2006

Eringiti

Waiting for the doctor in an medical emergency tent Monuc and the Congolese Army are conducting military operations in the Grand North Kivu (that’s how one calls the northen part of North Kivu ). People living around fled the fighting and took refuge...

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26 mai 2006

Rambo in Congo - Rambo au Congo

One thing we like in Congo: one can't be bored. There always something to surprise you (but also to shock you). You'll see here what you'll hardly somewhere else. As you have read in pevious posting, military are now the main cause of insecurity in DRC....

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18 janvier 2006

Kodikoca

You'll have little chance of hearing one day about Kodikoca, or to be able to point this village on a map. So what is so special about it? well, I guess because this is where I went today. Kodikoca lies in northern DRC, very close to the border with Uganda,...

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16 janvier 2006

Tché

Today I went to Tché, a camp for displaced people. It is an hour and a half drive from Bunia. People fled the war several months ago and took refuge here because it is close to a MONUC camp. There used to be 50,000 people living here. Since the security...

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21 avril 2006

Yangshuo - DAY 15

Fifteen years ago, a little girl saw a postcard with a fantastic scenery. A green river surrounded by surealistic moutains. This picture stunned her and she wondered where that place could be. She heard the name but could not remember it. But she did...

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Tags: China

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19 mai 2006

Early death - Mort subite

Do you remember the old chimp we talked about in unexpected encounter ?? Last week on the radio the news came that it was killed by the villagers to whom it kept blocking the road. It is sad news. The Congolese body for the protection of the environment...

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19 avril 2006

The Hani - Les Hani

The Hani ethnic group is one of the many unique tribes in YunnanProvince. With a population of 1.25 million, they are mainly distributed over the mountain areas between the Red River and the Lancang River in Yunnan Province. The Hani share the same origin...

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18 mai 2006

At the top - Au sommet

The view is stunning. The crater, 1.2 km of diameter seemed neverending. Another earth was unfolding under our eyes. Smoke seems to emanate from everywhere and nowhere. Inside the crater there seems to be a green prehestoric platform about 500 meters...

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16 mai 2006

Bernard and the volcano

Our dear Bernard came and paid us a visit in Congo. He spent barely 10 days here but it was not a light programme. A nice barbecue awaited him on his arrival last Sunday. With plenty of friends of ours around. It lasted the whole day and empty bottles...

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17 mai 2006

Ascending Nyiragongo - L'Ascension du Nyiragongo

The top of the volcano, and the lava flow - the hardest part to climb to reach the top The Nyiragongo volcano is one of the eight volcanoes in the Virunga area located in Eastern DRC. Mount Nyiragongo is located roughly 10 km north of the town of Goma,...

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18 avril 2006

The Dai - Les Dai

The Dai ethnic group, with a population of about 1.2 million, mainly lives in the Dai Autonomous Region and in Xishuangbanna. Dai is the name of the nationality, which means 'freedom' or 'human beings'. Descendants of the same ancestors as the ancient...

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16 avril 2006

The Jinuo - Les Jinuo

Indegenious Moutain folks, the Jinuo are a small community confined mostly to the hills in a few areas around Megla county in Xichuangbanna. They grow tea and practice slash-and-burn agriculture to grow upland dry rice. The Jinuo house is different from...

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7 janvier 2006

Mech Ma32oul !!!!

That was our reaction when we saw our new house for the first time. The house is big, I mean really big. It's just by the lake Kivu's shores, with direct access from our garden if we feel like swimming. Our bedroom is on the first floor, with great views...

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8 avril 2006

The Sani

The main inhabitants of the Shilin area are the Sani, a branch of the Yi ethnic group. Because of the Stone Forest's tourist draw, the Sani are one of the best known of Yunnan's ethnic minority. Their colourful costumes are easy to recognise. The woman's...

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15 mai 2006

Overlooking lake Kivu and the plantations - Vistas sur le lac Kivu et les plantations de thé

Just before reaching Kibuye, we turn right and head north towards Gisenyi. For a hundred kilometres we shall try finding our way in a muddy track full of holes. Looks like we're approaching Congo... The path becomes quite steep and after a while, fantastic...

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22 mai 2006

Feed the Hungry - Tétons en coeur !

Jeremie was in Ituri last week. We'll tell ou more about this trip in the coming days. This photo was taken in a nutrition centre in a remote rural area. Women queue to get the rations for their malnourished child. In the meantime, babies get their share....

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16 janvier 2007

The End of Poverty

. The End of Poverty, by Jeffrey Sachs In the late 1990s, aid officials — keen to revive the global fight against poverty — came up with a novel strategy. They proposed to both developed and developing countries that, rather than vague commitments in...

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29 octobre 2006

Gorazde

Safe Area GORAZDE, The war in Eastern Bosnia, By Joe Sacco Safe Area Gorazde is a harrowing documentary comic destined to become a classic of war reporting. In the waning days of the Bosnian war, Joe Sacco, the cartoonist behind Palestine , made several...

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30 décembre 2005

France, as we love it

This picture from home - Brittany - to inform you we've just updated our photo album for France. Just look at the right hand side of the page, and click! You'll find some pictures of two very specific regions we love: The Lot/Perigord, with their superb...

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12 février 2013

A Journey

It is a long day at work and we end up leaving quite late and rush through Beirut’s traffic to head back home. We barely have time to put the final touches on our luggage, and prepare Noemie for the big trip before the taxi arrives. All go es well at...

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