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Fish day

. We definitely don’t want to leave Japan without watching a kabuki show. We’ll tell you more about it tomorrow. So our first mission of the day is to get out tickets. We then head to the world’s largest aquarium. The entrance is amazing and you get to...

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16 janvier 2010

Napier to Taupo

Today t-shirts come alive out of our suitcase! Yoohoo! Sunshine and warm temperatures. Visit Craggy range winery (one of the best red in NZ) in Hastings for with nice setting. Take a walk in Napier’s busy streets, observe art-deco architecture and enjoy...

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12 janvier 2010

Go North

Our ride to the North Island is scheduled for 1 pm on the Interislander, one of the finest ferry trips. But first we have to figure out how we get out of our hidden heaven: last night we got a little stuck in the mud as we parked but we stayed there hoping...

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9 janvier 2010

Wine, lands and shores

Marlborough country. The real one is on this island. Here, Sauvignon blanc and Riesling dominate the landscape, rain and clouds rule the sky. Perfect day for savoring the region’s wine caves. We treat ourselves to a fine lunch at Twelve Trees located...

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7 janvier 2010

Bliss roads, kiwi version

Even though there is no set itinerary for our trip, it was agreed that we’d go north of the South Island towards Abel Tasman NP. [How come the islands don’t have names? could at least have made it simpler with Zealand one & 2 or sheep bird island and...

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23 janvier 2008

Shoe shine

Beirut is full of surprises... This is just a shoe-shine, shoe-repair kind of place, that one can encounter anywhere in the Middle East. An old fashion shop, where time seems to have stopped and that nobody seem to care about when walking pass through...

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26 décembre 2009

Queenstown from above - Serenity of Manapouri

We shall remember this day at least for the rest of this vacation… We take our campervan to the Gondola station not knowing what to expect. Bad news first: as we park, the top compartment opens setting free all inhabitants, including our beloved camera…...

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4 décembre 2009

Christchurch

Surprisingly we feel refreshed and not jetlagged as expected. Weather, however is not a good start. Residents are walking around in heavy outdoor gear and we start wondering if we chose the right season. The city is very pleasant with amazing gardens,...

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11 novembre 2009

A long Journey

One of the first reactions to our trip was ‘nothing like short hauls!’ Indeed this is definitely the longest series of flights we have taken so far and perhaps we will not have the occasion to fly consecutively to a destination for that long. This trip...

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7 décembre 2007

It’s shopping again

. We go to the market (again?!?) Lots of nice garments, gifts for friends, dvds and cds fill out our bags and the tuk-tuk. Tip of Day We have lunch at The Shop, #39, street 240. Nice sandwiches, drinks, and bakeries and Patisseria. Tip for shopping: what...

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5 mars 2009

Rita is pregnant

You were certainly wondering... What is happening? This long silence. Well... I guess the photo is self-explanatory... All is well with us. Just quite busy with our jobs, and preparations for the big event. Promised, we'll try to post more regularly from...

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7 avril 2008

Getting there...

. The schedules of the past few days were very full: I was in Amman for a week and came back only yesterday while Jérémie was busy preparing and choosing designs for our house and garden with the different people supposed to carry out the works. We barely...

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20 juin 2008

Hiroshima, heavy with history and tragedy

. A southern city, small by Japanese standards, with around 1 million inhabitants, Hiroshima conveys a unique and tragic memory on the worldwide maps and history books since August 1945. Today, we forget that we are on a fantastic visit to Japan. We go...

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13 juin 2008

Takayama – As cold as it gets

We wake up to a white Takayama. In the room it’s hot like a sauna bath and we could hardly believe when we open the window that it has been snowing all night. It takes enormous will to get out of bed and walk to the morning market at Miya-gawa. The town...

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29 mai 2008

From Tokyo to Takayama, a journey through rural Japan

. Before leaving Tokyo, we check the temperatures for Takayama, which look reasonable. We don’t get to see Mount Fuji today either, but later on, as we are far from cities, the scenery is one of the most beautiful I have seen. Dramatic pine forests, narrow...

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26 mai 2008

Edo Museum

. As usual, we keep the best for our last day. At the Edo museum we are lucky to have a nice lady as a tourist guide, in French. The permanent exhibition is very well thought and depicts historical events as well as daily life and traditions in ancient...

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19 mai 2008

Looking for MtFuji

We may have broken the record of number of transportation means today. We leave the big city behind, looking for green scenery. Here we go to Hakone, the place where a lot of Tokyoites go to unwind during the week-end. We experience once again the fabulous...

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21 novembre 2007

Last temples

. We go for our third and last visit to Angkor Wat and spend the whole morning there enjoying the bas reliefs all around the site. It’s funny to notice that the majority of tourists are in a hurry to get inside and climb the strenuous stairs of the three...

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14 mai 2008

Wandering around

. We wake up rather late today for a non-shopping-mall shopping experience at Ameyoko market, a busy street close to Ueno station. There are some nice clothing items but nothing really great, and a lot of food, dried fish, dried squids, sashimi, seaweed,...

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20 avril 2008

Delicious food

We wake up to the sound of water dripping from the trees. The small garden next to our room is soaked. Rainy day. We take our time, waiting for the rain to stop. Finally we take our umbrellas… Daitokuji temple is almost empty. It’s like a small town of...

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1 octobre 2007

Phnom Bakheng

. Thirteen hundred metres north of the western axial entrance to Angkor Wat and 400 metres south of the southern gate of Angkor Thom, to the west of the road, one can see a wide track in the forest ascending a natural hill of 60 metres in height. This...

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27 septembre 2007

Terrace of Elephants

. The terrace of the Elephants in its present form extends in length for over 300 metres -from the Baphuon to the terrace of the Leper King - though the two extremities remain imprecise in their layout and the terrace itself shows evidence of additions...

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21 février 2008

Snowshoeing at Laqlouq

It is a beautiful Sunday and we decide to head to Jabal en Knisse. Just close to Laqlouq. We are a group of 10. We all start the snowshoe trek under a beautiful sunshine. The views over the frozen lake are spectacular. We try a local speciality: ba'asama....

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5 décembre 2007

Watch out: Shopping begins!!!

. We spend the morning at the swimming pool, then we head to the Russian Market. Looks like we’re gonna open a CD and DVD shop, we buy more than a hundred! We even have to purchase one big bag so that we can transport all those valuable goods! Then plouf...

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3 décembre 2007

Back to Phom Penh

. We take the bus to Phom Penh. Relaxed, but looking for some action after sleepy Sihanoukville. . Tip of the Day Regular buses from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh. The trip takes 4 hours 30 and costs 12,000r (= 4 usd). Expect the usual half hour stop at...

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