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Patzcuaro

Initially we wanted to stay in Patzcuaro instead of Morelia. The long route there as well as the raving reviews about Morelia dissuaded us and we chose Morelia instead. But still, we have plenty of time and we are not in a hurry to arrive in Mexico. We...

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13 janvier 2011

Mummies of Guanajuato

Part of the Guanajuato experience was ruined by our choice of the hotel. But let’s be frank, the city is deservedly beautiful and merits more of our attention. We are leaving today for San Miguel de Allende but there are still things to see, not of the...

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2 janvier 2011

In the mine

One of the landmarks of Zacatecas is Mina El Eden. For 500 years, the mine was providing its rich minerals including gold, silver, quartz, copper and numerous others. Its closeness to the city and the danger it may occasion had it closed. The city of...

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4 octobre 2010

Zaachila, tapetes and enjoying Oaxaca

Today is a public holiday and the market day in Zaachila, usually on Thursdays is smaller than the norm. The space in front of the market is reserved for the parade to again celebrate the 200 th anniversary of the independence of Mexico . Orchestras,...

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19 janvier 2010

Holy smoke

This morning, a glimpse out of the curtains is enough to predict the weather… Ok. What do we do here in bad weather? The Tongariro Alpine crossing would not be doable with strong winds and snow, and the skydive cannot be done with these clouds. We surf...

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28 septembre 2010

Discovering Oaxaca

Iglesia Santo Domingo, Oaxaca It’s 8:25 a.m. and we’re already in the bus to Oaxaca . The great chaos of this morning’s departure is memorable: random filling of our luggage, checking out and taxi to the bus station before we find out that our watches...

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23 septembre 2010

In the streets of Puebla

The jet lag past us (or so we’d like to think), we head to the Zocalo for a nice hot chocolate beside the square and the cathedral. We start by visiting the cathedral but there’s a service and we can’t really enjoy while the people at mass seem to hear...

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4 septembre 2010

Taking it easy

All good things come to an end… Today we fly home. We spent a wonderful time. The country is truly amazing… It’s Labour week-end, an important holiday in New Zealand, so there aren’t a lot of people on the road. At the airport, we rush in the duty free...

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19 août 2010

Tauranga to Auckland

We catch breakfast with the seagulls on the beach in Tauranga before hitting the road. We pass some empty cities and wander around in a city where shops seem specialized with antiques, they call it the antique trail. It feels like the notion of time does...

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10 mai 2010

Fly like a Bird

The weather looks promising as the day starts. Here we go Tongariro! We had planned to walk until the Red crater as the Alpine crossing could be too much for Noemie. The path is well maintained and goes through wonderful scenery. We start climibing our...

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27 février 2008

Black Swan

Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb Four hundred years ago, Francis Bacon warned that our minds are wired to deceive us. "Beware the fallacies into which undisciplined thinkers most easily fall--they are the real distorting prisms of human nature." Chief among...

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17 août 2007

Balthasar Odyssey

Balthasar's Odyssey, by Amin Maalouf This book is the story of Balthasar, a merchant from a Genoan family long resident in the Levant. His trade is books and curios; in 1665 he heads off on a journey that leads him across Europe in pursuit of a rare book,...

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22 août 2007

Eating, Drinking, Gardening, Drinking, Playing, Smoking

. We all wake up late and don’t do much in the morning. Jannig has to leave, since Lison has to take sailing courses later in the day. Briac stays with us. Jeremie goes to St Brieuc to welcome Boris who came to pay us a visit. That’s his first time in...

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29 août 2007

Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison

Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison, by David CHandler During the reign of the Khmer Rouge, S-21 was used as the prison, interrogation centre, and finally, the place of execution for several thousand Cambodians who were suspected...

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18 août 2007

First Century After Beatrice

First Century After Beatrice, by Amin Maalouf This is a story about gender and population politics set in the first decades of the 21st century. In this elegant novel, a popular drug ensures women will give birth only to boys which has sharply reduced...

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4 juillet 2007

Where are you from???

Time to take stock. We've started this blog a year and half ago. Since then, 65,000 people visited it and read more than 350,000 pages. But what we like above all is that you visitors come from almost all over the world. This map shows where you are all...

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6 mars 2007

Pity the Nation

Pity the Nation, by Robert Fisk Written by one of Britain 's foremost journalists, this remarkable book combines political analysis and war reporting in an unprecedented way: it is an epic account of the Lebanon conflict by an author who has personally...

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17 février 2007

Blink

Blink, The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell Have you ever wondered why love at first sight, so seemingly ill-advised, sometimes works out for the long-term? Malcolm Gladwell may have the answer. In Blink, Gladwell asserts that snap...

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1 juin 2006

The Rock of Tanios - Le Rocher de Tanios

Le Rocher de Tanios, d'Amin Maalouf " Le destin passe et repasse à travers nous, comme l'aiguille du cordonnier à travers le cuir qu'il façonne. " Pour Tanios, enfant des montagnes libanaises, le destin se marque d'abord dans le mystère qui entoure sa...

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25 octobre 2006

Good bye Laptops and Notebooks

Amazing technology from Japan... but can you guess what it is? Look closely and guess what they could be... Are they pens with cameras? Ladies and Gentlemen, Congratulations!! You've just seen something that will replace your PC in the near future. Here...

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31 octobre 2006

Family Matters

Family matters, by Rohinton Mistry Warm, humane, tender and bittersweet are not the words one would expect to describe a novel that portrays a society where the government is corrupt, the standard of living is barely above poverty level and religious,...

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18 octobre 2006

A Princess Remembers / Une princesse se souvient

A Princess Remembers, Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur, by Gayatri Devi This book gives a detailed picture of personal life of Maharani Gayatri Devi. The book has details of early childhood, adolescence, after marriage and post independence aspects of...

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17 octobre 2006

A Fine Balance / L'Equilibre du Monde

A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry. . The time is 1975; the place is India, in a unamed city by the sea. The corrupt and brutal government has just declared a State of Emergency, and the country is on the edge of chaos. These events, along with the government's...

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21 octobre 2006

The City of Joy

The City of Joy, by Dominique Lapierre It is ironic that one of Calcutta's most devastating slums should be known as "The city of Joy". By mixing glimpses from the lives of a French priest, a rickshaw driver, and an American doctor, Lapierre offers an...

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23 juillet 2006

The World is Flat

The World is Flat, A brief History of the Twenty First century, by Thomas Friedman This book is a superb introduction to globalization in our world today. You really cannot understand the 21st century without it. Thomas L. Friedman’s aim in The World...

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