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Elephants and Tribes

. Ratankiri province is also famous for its waterfalls and dramatic landscapes. We chose to go there in style, on the back of an elephant. It’s a pleasant almost flat ride that goes through rubber plantations belonging to a single businessman. The elephants...

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Tags: Cambodia

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24 mai 2007

The Cathedral of Salt

. Zipaquira’s Cathedral of Salt is a unique monument in the world. It's enormous, with as much to explore as a Gothic Cathedral in France, only it's all underground!! It’s also the only church in the world where I've been invited to taste the walls… The...

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Tags: Colombia

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6 septembre 2006

Pushkar

. Pushkar - a small city of 15,000 inhabitants - is a Hindu pilgrimage town, a cluster of pale onion domes with 400 milky temples, where regular pujas (prayers) create the town’s episodic soundtrack of chanting, drums and gongs, and devotion songs booming...

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Tags: India

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10 décembre 2009

Mount Cook

Morning feels like dawn as the mist covers the lake shores and the surrounding mountains. Noemie is still sleeping so we get out and have breakfast in the meantime. It’s very cold outside. We take the road to Lake Pukaki. From there we could not see Mt...

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Tags: New Zealand

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13 avril 2008

Enjoying Kyoto's cultural marvels

Mrs. Tani has prepared fresh little green bread-like bums on the table. My guessing bite uncovers a dark brown paste on the inside. Strange funny taste I thought, but managed to finish it. Black bean paste and jams are widely used here with what we think...

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Tags: Japan

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22 avril 2006

Around Yangshuo - DAY 16

We love markets. Especially in China. It's a real treat for senses. Fuli, just a dozen kilometres away from Yanghsuo, fulfills all its promises. There are no women dressed traditionally as in Yunnan, but despite its closeness to a highly touristic area,...

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Tags: China

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15 décembre 2005

Sensations congolaises / Congolese sensations

Nous voici depuis peu de retour en Afrique Centrale. C'est là où nous posons nos valises pour une année. Deux mois à Kinshasa, la capitale, pour ensuite nous installer dans l'Est du pays, à Goma, sur les bords du lac Kivu. Quelques photos ici de notre...

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Tags: Congo

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9 décembre 2005

Kinshasa

A mon a rrivée, je me suis sentie dans un tourbillon de mouvement et de monde. Mais il parait que c'est ce qui fait la particularité de Kinshasa, cette métropole africaine qui compte vers les 8 millions d'habitants, certains disent meme 11 millions. D'emblée...

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Tags: Congo

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9 décembre 2007

Back home

. We spend 1 hour packing the whole stuff (even with Rita’s super-fast packing skills). Jeremie has a hair cut (the places to go are all scattered around Phsar Thmei). We could not finish this trip without buying some more CDs and DVDs. By far, the best...

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Tags: Cambodia

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29 novembre 2007

Chill out continues

A huge breakfast awaits us before heading to the swimming pool. We then chill out by the magnificent stretch of beach and go kayaking to a nearby fishing village probably dislocated from Sokha Beach when the resort was built. Dinner was an interesting...

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Tags: Cambodia

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12 novembre 2007

Kompong Phluk’s skyscrapers

. Somehow templed out, we decide to visit a floating village away from Siem Reap. We choose Kompong Phluk as it’s the least touristy and still unspoilt. We catch a tuk-tuk from Siem Reap and have a nice ride by the countryside until the road gets too...

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Tags: Cambodia

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27 août 2007

Our first day in Phnom Penh

. It’s been a weird night. Jérémie wakes up, looks at his watch. Hey, it’s midday already! We’ve been sleeping for more than 15 hours!!! I am ready for a shower when Jérémie looks by the window. Mmmh, it’s dark outside… That means we’re still in the middle...

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Tags: Cambodia

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11 mai 2007

Touring the islands

. A long time favourite for tourists in Cartagena: touring the islands. We thought it would be good after all. Well, it ended up a very touristy affair. Here we are at the harbour, ready to board our proud boat (« promène couillon » in Jeremie’s language)...

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Tags: Colombia

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4 mai 2007

The Gold Museum

. The Gold Museum displays an extraordinary selection of its pre-Hispanic goldwork collection - the biggest in the world, boasting 33,000 individual pieces, from simple earrings to some of the most beautifully crafted masks and figures in the world. Together...

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Tags: Colombia

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4 juin 2007

Cali

. After helping Francisco Pizarro conquer the Incas, Sebastian de Belalcazar quarrelled with his former boss ad moved north to strike out on his own. After founding Quito and Popayan, he arrived at the Valle de Cauca in 1536 where he dubbed his new settlement...

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Tags: Colombia

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3 mai 2007

This is Bogota!

. In the 1990's, Bogota was considered one of the most dangerous cities in Latin America. At one point it had a homicide rate of 80 per 100,000. Since then however Bogota has gone to great lengths to change its crime rate and its image. The change was...

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Tags: Colombia

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18 mai 2007

Santa Clara Church

. The church of Santa Clara is a beautiful example of Bogota's colonial style churches. It was built in the first half of the 17th century and its architecture is very modest - just one nave. Initially it was part of the old convent of the Santa Clara...

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Tags: Colombia

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9 avril 2007

Practicing Yoga

After a good night, I wake up at the sound of numerous species of birds singing near the Phewa Tal at 4:30 am. I try to sleep for a while but it doesn’t work. We order breakfast on the terrace with a superb view on the lake and the mountains. Then we...

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Tags: Nepal

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12 janvier 2007

New year's eve

In a country infamous for its nightlife - and two lads desperate to enjoy all what Beirut has to offer - one may think we had a wild party to celebrate new year's eve. That actually was the plan. But what's the best time to get sick? I guess the day just...

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Tags: Lebanon

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9 mars 2007

Women's Day

Yesterday was Women's Day. Though no one takes much notice in Europe; it's taken seriously in Congo. Women are used to go on a march this particular day. But it's not the usual demonstration. It's well organised and has its rituals. Women march in groups;...

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Tags: Congo

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6 février 2007

Mbuti

Epulu is also home to many pygmies. Let me talk here about the Mbuti - the pygmies of Ituri. The Mbuti are the the smallest of pygmies - about 140 cms tall. Pygmies are smaller because in their early teens, they do not experience the growth spurt normal...

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Tags: Congo

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8 mars 2007

Janvier

Let me introduce you Janvier. This nice fellow is an EC driver and - like so many Congolese - a resourceful person. In this particular event, it was even more funny to see him. Late December, as I was in Ituri, some heavy fighting started in Bunia. Quite...

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Tags: Congo

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31 janvier 2007

Bikers in the mud

This is a very familiar scene in Congo: Men carrying a big burden on their bikes, travelling for hours, often days, sometimes weeks, to transport goods from one place to another. Not only roads are in a bad condition, but there's a scarcity of cars. Those...

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Tags: Congo

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10 janvier 2007

Dinner with friends

There are things that we miss terribly when we're away, and that we haven't mentioned yet: Friends and Oysters. (no way we shall tell you which one we like the most...) So we decide to combine the two. Here we go for an "apero dinatoire" (Jeremie's favourite...

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Tags: Lebanon

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4 décembre 2006

My Big Fat Congolese Wedding

Olivier and Mimi got married. We skip the early morning ceremony at the cityhall for the civil wedding. At 11 am we are all at the church, waiting for the big event. As we arrive, two cars are parked just in front of the entrance. And people gathering...

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Tags: Congo

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