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Welcome to Lebanon

This is a cake. Visitors to Lebanon should know that a cake is an essential item for any social event in Lebanon. No party, celebration, dinner, family lunch, religious celebration, you name it, can take place without a cake. A cake-free party is almost...

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13 septembre 2007

Angkor

. The Angkorian period spans more than 600 years from AD 802 to 1432, during which the temples of Angkor were built and the Khmer empire consolidated its position as one of the great powers of Southeast Asia. This era encompasses periods of decline and...

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17 décembre 2007

Mick Jagger in Congo

There's a concert tonight at Nono's. A band playing some classic congolese tunes. Nono joked several times that Jeremie should go on stage and sing. After some insistence, Jeremie whispers at the guitarist ears, and here we go for some classic Rock 'n...

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13 décembre 2007

Kayak

Hey, today let's enjoy the lake! A kayak fanatic (yes, he comes from Scandinavia...) lends us his superb toy. The lake is quiet today, just perfect for a ride along the coast. Needless to say Congolese children are stunned with the scenery and encourage...

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15 septembre 2007

Banteay Srei

The miniature temple of Banteay Srei is located twenty kilometres north-east of the Bayon. Situated in the middle of the forest, small in scale and in a region lacking in archaeological remains, one can understand why it escaped general attention for...

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7 septembre 2007

Back to Phnom Penh

. We wake up at 5h10 to be able to catch the bus. Too bad, the driver does not show up on time and we have to catch up an emergency moto ride, only to know that the bus was delayed and that we could have slept a bit more. It’s a long ride to Phom Penh...

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6 octobre 2007

Bas Relief at Angkor Wat

. The bas-reliefs cover the back wall of the gallery of the third enclosure for two metres in height and a total area of more than 1,000 square metres - excluding the two corner pavilions. Limited to the zone that would have been accessible to the public,...

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29 septembre 2007

Bantey Kdai

. At the temple’s western entrance, one finds another example of the spirit of confusion, although less so than at Ta Prohm and Prah Khan, that is characteristic of the monuments built, transformed or completed by Jayavarman VII - and of the crowding...

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28 septembre 2007

Ta Prohm

. Even though the relentless force of the vegetation is the cause of so much damage, the École Française d’Extrême-Orient felt obliged to leave at least one temple in Angkor as an example of the “natural state” that so marvelled the early explorers, while...

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26 septembre 2007

Leper King Terrace

. The terrace of the Leper King lies just to the north of the Terrace of the Elephants, aligned with it but standing separate. As a mound of masonry about 25 metres across by 6 high, it forms a redented bastion with sides that are lined in sandstone and...

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24 septembre 2007

Bayon

. Separated by less than a century, the Bayon is the antithesis of Angkor Wat. While this latter sits at ease in its successive enclosure walls, realising according to a spacious plan a vast architectural composition through the harmonious equilibrium...

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22 septembre 2007

Ta Som

. From the eastern Mebon, Ta Som appears on the right, a little after the 13th kilometre marker stone, as a tower with four faces of Lokesvara entwined within the roots of a giant Ficus tree that crowns it perfectly. Several of the roots have pierced...

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21 septembre 2007

Neak Pean

. Just beyond Krol Ko, the 300 metre route leads to the small island of Neak Pean. This is the “Mebon” of the Prah Khan baray (the “Jayatataka” of the inscription) measuring 3,500 metres by 900 - the two monuments being aligned on the same axis. The island,...

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20 septembre 2007

Prah Kan

The large ensemble of Prah Khan, forming a rectangle of 700 metres by 800 surrounded by moats, covers an area of 56 hectares. It is, like Ta Prohm with which it has many analogies, an example typical of the formula adopted by Jayavarman VII: - all the...

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19 septembre 2007

Pre Rup

. An impressive work of impeccable proportions, constructed almost entirely of warm coloured materials (laterite and brick) at a time when sandstone was only used sparingly, Pre Rup needs to be visited either early in the morning or at sunset. Its relatively...

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18 septembre 2007

East Mebon

. Measuring two kilometres north-south by seven kilometres east-west, East Mebon is enclosed by an earth embankment and marked at each of its four corners with a stele set in a shelter. Identified as the “ Eastern Lake” it was realised during the reign...

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17 septembre 2007

Banteay Samre

. The Samres are an indigenous people of uncertain origin - they populated the region at the foot of the Kulen hills, and the inhabitants of Pradak are considered as their descendants. The monument itself has its own story, related with particular relish...

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8 septembre 2007

The Floating village in Kompong Luong

. On our journey to Battambang, we stop almost halfway at the floating village of Kompong Luong: it’s an untouristed area with a hidden charm. This wooden " Venice" is a step back in time. Houses are everywhere on the water and small pirogues are the...

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6 juillet 2007

Baby Gorilla

A few weeks ago, Rubiga - an adult female gorilla of the Kabirizi family - was killed in the Virunga National park. The reason of the killing is still not known. As you can imagine, we were disturbed and shocked with this news. This is Ndakasi. The gorilla...

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14 août 2007

Museum of the Dead - part 2

You certainly remember the Museum of the Dead. We head there once again, so that our friends have a better understanding of the kind of research centres there used to be in colonial Congo. There are still some staff taking care of the place. But with...

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3 septembre 2007

Ratanakiri

. Ethnic minorities, elephants, waterfalls, jungle make Ratanakiri province, on the north east of Cambodia a great destination to visit. Many of the inhabitants come from minority groups known as Khmer Leu (Upper Khmer), including Kreung, Tompuon and...

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6 août 2007

Heavy Load

This may be one of the many shocking things one can see in Congo. With very few cars, buses, trucks, or any other way of moving goods around, people have to carry their goods to/from the market on their back. Did I say people? I should have said women....

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28 août 2007

Tuol Sleng

. In 1975, Tuol Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot’s security forces and turned into a prison known as Security prison 21 (S-21). This secret prison soon became the largest centre of detention and torture in the country. Between 1975 and...

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8 août 2007

Pedro

Let me introduce you Pedro. I know, quite a weird name for a chimp in Congo. They usually are given the name of the place where they've been found. But Pedro is a special case. Carmen - the caretaker of our chimpanzee sanctuary - is Spanish. And Pedro...

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27 juin 2007

Iglesia de la Tercera

. The church of the "The Third one " is one of the most beautiful jewels of the colonial religious architecture of Bogota. Its name itself due to that said church was built by initiative and to expenses of the members of the Third Franciscan Order or...

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