tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83979630847247055962012-02-16T17:12:52.434+02:00Years around the world, years seen through the lens.The Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13775666241474279805noreply@blogger.comBlogger2811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397963084724705596.post-45956512893239927702010-05-02T16:13:00.009+02:002010-05-02T16:26:32.648+02:00

Driving around beautiful Lake Neuchâtel on a sunny spring afternoon...The city of Neuchâtel. Colourful, historical, trendy...A couple of things you're not allowed to do in Neuchâtel.Estavayer-le-Lac, a jewel on the southern shore of Lake NeuchâtelFinal stop before heading home: the Mont d'Or, Franche-Comté's highest spot :-)

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L'abus d'alcool est dangereux pour la santé. Consommez avec modération.

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A day out on the winding roads of Franche-Comté.The source of the Lison riverThe valley of Salins-Les-Bains, a famous thermal resort in the middle of nowhereGorgeous "montbéliarde" cowsLe Sapin Président, the region's tallest fir tree

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Mountain-biking on a sunny Saturday...Mountain-biking on a sunny Saturday...

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Quoi de plus normal que d'aller visiter une citadelle de Vauban et y trouver des tigres, des lions et des kangourous...Le lac Saint Point, presque entièrement gelé, se transforme en paradis du patinage...Et forcément, tout plongeon y est peu recommandé.Au pied du Mont d'Or, la blanche couche enveloppe les collines sous un soleil timide.Le soleil brille sur les Ménuires, petit bijou de Savoie...

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Lyon is a special place. Big city, old town, two rivers... Sometimes you feel like you're in London, at other moments it looks like a smaller version of Paris. It's a fantastic place, made up of nice and easy-going people. You may come across them at l'Epicerie - Le Bistrot à Tartines... You will also find them at the Nombril Du Monde, probably the best "café-théâtre" you will ever see. And you

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Besançon by night et sans trépied...

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Welcome to a land of stormy seas...

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All pictures taken in and around Besançon (Doubs and Jura regions).

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An impressive rainbow, seen from my lounge:Today, the sun is shining in Besançon:

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Demain, le Tour de France passe en bas de chez moi (étape Colmar - Besançon). C'est l'occasion d'aller dénicher des infos passionnantes à son sujet. En ce qui concerne la couverture télé et journalistique, voici le 'package' pour une ville d'arrivée (infos empruntées au site www.besancon.fr): - 28 minutes d'apparition cumulée du nom de la ville arrivée par diffuseur (pour chacune des étapes)- 5

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Composée de 117000 habitants et proclamée première ville verte de France (1), mon nom originel est Vesontio. Chez moi, il pleut presqu'autant qu'à Brest, mais je jouis d'un nombre de jours d'ensoleillement supérieur à celui de Paris.Accueillant depuis peu un anglo-bretonno-nanto-angevin égaré, je suis... ?(1): Source= Wikipedia

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Un premier aperçu du paysage bisontin...

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Non, je n'ai pas abandonné mon blog. Il tourne au ralenti, voilà tout. "C'est la crise".Du Maine-et-Loire à l'Indre-et-Loire, mon appareil handicapé et néanmoins efficace m'emmène à la rencontre de paysages sublimes et de prouesses architecturales tantôt médiévales, tantôt post-modernes...Ci-dessous, mes clichés vous murmurent un soupçon de Chinon, de Montsoreau, de Candes-Saint Martin, de la

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Petit mélange, de Liverpool à Londres, en passant par Manchester...

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On nous parle de crise économique, de crise financière, de pouvoir (ou d'impuissance?) d'achat... Ce que je vois, c'est qu'entre les nuages et les averses, le soleil aime toujours étaler ses plus beaux rayons pour parer le paysage de couleurs magiques...Voici des clichés dans le désordre... Ordre, désordre... Des mots bien vides!Le chien noir et le piquet, dans le bleu du ciel.Courbes métalliques

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A l'occasion du lancement du maxi trimaran de course transocéanique skippé par Pascal Bidégorry à Nantes, la Loire était à la fête avec la venue de 5 des 6 bateaux Pen Duick.Pen Duick, premier du nom. A mon avis le plus beau de tous.Au premier plan, de gauche à droite, Pen Duick III, Pen Duick II, Pen Duick et Pen Duick V (coque grise). Au fond à droite, au second plan, Pen Duick VI.Le superbe

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A few pictures, taken 3 years ago in and around London.The River Thames at Barnes, a quiet little town in leafy London.

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Des clichés variés de notre belle région...

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Découverte de la capitale du Nord.Mais si vous vous attendez à visiter Lille grâce aux photos qui suivent, vous risquez d'être déçu. J'étais plus inspiré par des petits détails...

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On July 20th, 2007, I left France and landed in Montreal, Canada, 7 hours and 40 minutes later. I was starting my round-the-world trip.Here's an easier way for you to navigate through the hundreds of photos that I published during my travels.Remember: the most recent article appears on top the page, the oldest at the bottom.Canada:July 07August 07China:First impressionsSeptember 07Australia:First

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Un titre intentionnellement provocateur pour décrire une journée passée à Clisson, au sud-est de Nantes.Dans ce joyau architectural posé de part et d'autre de la Sèvre Nantaise, le débat sur l'appartenance de la région nantaise à la Bretagne n'a pas lieu d'être. Clisson se situe indéniablement au coeur de l'histoire bretonne. Elle fut le berceau d'Olivier de Clisson, Connétable de France,

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En ce weekend aoutien, voici un petit mélange de photos prises lors de mes ballades récentes.Une vieille tour d'observation à côté du phare du Cap Fréhel. Le Cap Fréhel, c'est un peu comme le Cap Horn sauf que c'est plus petit, moins venteux et cela se situe en Côtes d'Armor, entre Saint Brieuc et Saint Malo.La plage de Sables-d'Or-les-Pins. Je ne suis pas sûr qu'il y ait autant de tirets.La baie

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The kea is the only mountain parrot in the world and can only be found in the New Zealand Alps. After scrambling on a steep trail near Arthur's Pass, I was greeted by the funny animal on Avalanche Peak.

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First encounter with Uluru (or Ayers Rock). I was speechless. It's massive, it's mysterious, it's beautiful. The giant monolith sits in the middle of Australia, also called the "Red Centre", and you have to stand in front of it to realise how incredibly huge it is.

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I filmed the following video in the Desert Venturer, an unstoppable bus which drove me through the Australian outback, from Cairns to Alice Springs, in November 2007 (click here to jump back in time and see the photos of my fantastic journey from the Pacific Ocean to the Red Centre).The song you hear is Waltzing Matilda, the unofficial anthem of Australia. For more details on the origins of

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Le coefficient des marées est un élément qui participe à la beauté de la Bretagne. Plus ce chiffre est élevé, plus l'amplitude entre la marée basse et la marée haute est élevée. Et lorsque la mer se retire si loin que l'on se demande si un jour elle daignera remonter, le sol d'ordinaire sous-marin se révèle aux yeux des terriens. De somptueux jeux de reflets s'offrent alors aux regards curieux et

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The show is set on the Li River, in Yangshuo (Guangxi province, China) and directed by Zhang Yimou, the famous film director and designer of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing.600 people, one river, karst peaks in the backdrop...This is the most impressive and the most beautiful show I have ever seen. Here's an extract of its description, taken from

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Suite et fin.Comme bouquet final, voici encore et toujours les belles couleurs de l'été dans l'archipel chausiais.

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Avant-dernier épisode de la série sur Chausey.Ce soir, comme bien souvent sur ce blog, je vous fais découvrir un énième coucher de soleil. Les rayons orangés se perdent dans les mâts et haubans des voiliers qui s'endorment.

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Toujours à Chausey... Cette fois-ci nous allons à terre, regarder de plus près les casiers à homards et le soleil qui se couche sur la Normandie.

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Un court séjour dans les Îles Chausey, le plus grand archipel d'Europe, au large de Granville, et me revoilà avec de coquettes prises de vue marines.Des bouts et des noeuds, du vent et des voiles. Le reste, ça se fait "au feeling" ;-)Le goëland et son ventilateur improvisé...Sauve qui peut!

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If you have read Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, you'll surely remember the beautiful story of a seagull who wanted to fly away to freedom... I met one of his friends two days ago in the Chausey Islands, off the northern coast of Brittany.

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It was one of those moments when I wished I could understand what ducks were saying. One thing's for sure, they knew who had their food.Yangshuo, Guangxi province, China.

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This is not any wall, this is The Great Wall. It's roughly 6,400 to 6,700 km long and made of various fortifications built between the 6th century BC and the 16th century AD.I hiked for 10 kilometres on the Great Wall, between Jinshanling and Simatai, under ruthless sunshine and scorching heat.Truly exhilarating.I went to the Great Wall of China twice last year. To see the pictures, click on the

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Quelques photos prises lors d'une régate récente en Bretagne Nord, quand le vent fait gonfler le beau spi.

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Here's what you can find in the Australian outback: emptiness, rocks and a few wandering tourists...

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Arriver à un sommet ou à un col, à quelque altitude que ce soit, m'emplit toujours d'un bonheur à la fois simple et intense. Un peu de lyrisme dans ce monde où la science veut tout expliquer avec des chiffres... Mais comment décrire cette sensation totale, cette passagère plénitude lorsqu'à mi-chemin, je vois derrière moi ces heures d'ascension, je vois devant moi ces heures qu'il me reste à

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Quelle folie!On trouve ces beaux ailés, qui de leur bruit assourdissant nous paraissent bien zélés, sur l'Île Bonaventure, en face de Percé, en Gaspésie (Province du Québec, Canada).

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Dans le Parc National de Forillon, à l'extrémité orientale de la Gaspésie.Une superbe randonnée où la chaîne montagneuse des Appalaches termine sa route dans le Golfe du Saint Laurent.

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I shall now begin a new series about my round-the-world trip. You've seen all of the pictures...But you haven't watched the films yet.Today, an avalanche in the Plain of Six Glaciers, near Lake Louise, Canada.

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This is a quiz for those of you who need a break from their current task/assignment/homework... Anything keeping you busy...Please locate the following buildings:

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On July 20th, 2007, I left France and landed in Montreal, Canada, 7 hours and 40 minutes later. I was starting my round-the-world trip. A year has passed since...To celebrate such a simple anniversary, here's an easier way for you to navigate through the hundreds of photos that I published during my travels.Remember: the most recent article appears on top the page, the oldest at the bottom.How to

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Today, I'm taking you to Saint Malo, so you can have a look around, through the lens of my physically-challenged camera.This year, we are celebrating, in France and in Canada, the 400th anniversary of the creation of Québec. And Jacques Cartier left France from Saint Malo to go on his epic journey to an unknown land across the ocean in 1534. Hence the large number of Québécois flags in the

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En ce jour de Fête Nationale, on reste sur la Promenade du Clair de Lune pour poser un regard sur les petites embarcations qui ont élu domicile dans la baie du Prieuré.

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A few pictures taken in Dinard, on the northern coast of Brittany, near the famous town of Saint Malo.The Tour de France, 2nd day.The cyclists are only a few seconds away now...Saint Malo, pirate city, in the background.Small boat and moon reflected in the evening sea.Last ray of light before the night in Saint Malo's windows.National Day celebration ahead of schedule.In France, small towns

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Sur les bords de Loire, à quelques minutes du centre-ville de Nantes...

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C'est l'histoire d'un héron et d'une jupe rosePlante psychédéliqueLe pouvoir des fleursEt vous, souhaiteriez-vous être un bateau?Comme un âne, qu'une anesse allaite, qu'une Annette délaisse, qui une année s'entête, avec ou sans tête. Ce qui revient à parler de l'an tété. Sans transition, voici L'Entêté:

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Le 15 juillet 2007, j'écrivis ici-même un article et publiai des photos sous le titre "le tour du monde commence à Pont-Scorff". Et samedi dernier, le 6 juin 2008, j'y suis retourné, afin de voir comment se portait ma "terre natale", une expression bien lyrique pour une réalité qui se rappelle à moi chaque fois que je m'y promène.La journée débuta avec une randonnée ô combien sportive le long de

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Voyez donc les endroits que j'ai visités depuis que je suis.Create your own travel map or travel blogVisit TripAdvisor.com

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I only stayed one day in Lesotho but it truly was an interesting experience: meeting the locals, taking pictures of kids playing football while the girls were enjoying a game of netball, tasting the local beer, trying to understand what the healer was telling us and discovering San paintings.Lesotho is the highest country in the world with its lowest point being at 1100 metres of altitude or so.

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...still in the Drakensberg. Another glorious morning with colours you can only find in Africa.

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This was the last adventurous part of my round-the-world trip. A week in various locations of the Drakensberg mountains, on the eastern border of Lesotho. It was incredibly beautiful ... and a memorable way to finish such a fantastic trip.The following pictures aren't in the right order...But then, what is a "right order"? I ask you... Before hearing your answer, I let you look at the

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The Transkei is one of the provinces of South Africa. It means "the land beyond the river". We drove through it on our way to Durban.Nelson Mandela's house, in the middle of nowhere.The Baz Bus rules!

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Welcome to the mountains. Hogsback sits up there, 1300 metres above sea-level and a beautiful part of the South African countryside. I was going to stay there for 3 days but actually left 5 days later...The three hogs.Ellen, doing some exercise.Franza and Ellen, literally going downhill.Madonna and Child Falls.

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I still don't know whether it's called Cintsa or Chintsa and I haven't got a clue how it should be pronounced. However, I am sure of one thing: it's incredibly beautiful and very secluded. Buccaneers Backpackers, the only hostel around, probably is the best hostel in South Africa, as far the location is concerned...Enjoy the view from the balcony.

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No trip to Africa is complete without a safari... So I went to two different places, Addo Elephant Park and Schotia Game Reserve and was lucky enough to come across various wild animals.Here's a tiny sample of what I saw. Bear in mind that the light was very low, the weather was bad and when we finally found the lions, it was getting dark. Hence the strange colours on most pictures. That said, I

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Time has come to do a little flashback and show you how beautiful and diverse the South African landscape is. Let us start where we left off, i.e. Plettenberg Bay.I couldn't believe the size of those waves... Probably 3 or 4 metres, at least.This is a picture taken from Robberg Peninsula. Try and guess what animals are playing in the water... Yep, right, seals.Une mer complètement

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I sincerely apologise to all those people to whom I've shamelessly been lying for months. I landed in Paris this Friday and am now sitting comfortably at home in Nantes. But don't worry, I'll soon upload a selection of South African photos...Home sweet home :-)

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I truly and deeply feel guilty of not putting any pictures on my blog for such a long time. The good news is, I've finally found a good computer in Johannesburg and I'm now able to show you what South Africa looks like, east of Mossel Bay. The bad news is, I've taken hundreds of photos for the past 4 weeks so I can only show you a tiny and rather random selection of pictures. I'll do my homework

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This is tragic. So many days gone past and still not a single photo on my blog. Hopefully, one day in 2008, I will find a decent computer in this place... Meanwhile, everything's ok here and the camera, surprisingly, is still doing a great job. A bientot.

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Hello!This is just another short and unexciting message to say that I haven't seen a computer with a USB port for more than a week now... Hence the absence of photos on my blog.But the trip is still fantastic and so is the landscape :-)

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Des poussieres sur le capteur de mon Lumix, a la rigueur, on fait avec.Un objectif Nikkor 18-135mm dont le diaphragme est casse, ca, en revanche, on peut toujours essayer de faire avec, on ira pas bien loin, sauf de nuit, peut-etre.J'ai, par consequent, le regret de vous annoncer la fin de mes prouesses photographiques (ca fait du bien de se jeter des fleurs, ca et la) jusqu'a mon retour en terre

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This is a town which couldn't be better named. It's set in the trees, between the mountain and the sea, and it's simply beautiful. Actually, what made me like Wilderness was the place where I slept. It's called Fairy Knowe Hotel and Backpackers and it's fantastic! Thanks to Chris, Monica and the rest of the staff for such a warm welcome.The photo below shows the view from my bedroom window...

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I've chosen the English spelling, although here it's officially known as Mosselbaai. But Afrikaans isn't exactly sexy, in my opinion.So Mossel Bay it is. Another little resort on the coast, with nice houses, crazy surfers and beautiful waves. It is also the start of the Oystercatcher trail, a rocky hiking trail that goes along the cliff for 30km.No more words, just pictures.

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Hermanus is a tiny seaside town not far from Cape Town. It is a famous whale-watching location. However, in April, you're more likely to see pigeons and flies. You can also go cage-diving with sharks, the sharks being outside the cage, just in case you had any doubts. I thought one ought to leave those wild animals alone after all. So I decided against cage-diving, despite its being a popular

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I really wish I could upload pictures more often but it's hard to find cheap and fast internet in those small, and yet terrific, hostels. So I'll do my best to show you what Hermanus, Mossel Bay, Wilderness and other places look like, in the next few days. A bientot and bon vent!

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Just so you know what I look like.

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Cape Town's Table Mountain is a fantastic place to go hiking on a sunny day. With Narmin and Anesh, two fellow backpackers from my hostel, I went to Kirstenbosch Gardens, where one of the many trails starts. My little Lumix, despite its technical problems, did a relatively good job in capturing this beautiful day.Kirstenbosch Gardens are renowned around the world for their impressive botanical

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A quick look at Singapore, before the thunder and the pouring rain... And for those who didn't get the title, look for "rhyming slang" in Google :o).A good lesson of advertising...

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A few pictures just to say goodbye, again, to a wonderful place they call Australia.Damian and Karen - I'll miss you dear Anglo-Aussie friends! See you in Paris ;-)Jacindie and Christophe (French spelling sorry), my Katoomba friends. On this picture, Jacindie is giving water to the chickens in her garden - just in case you're wondering what she's doing with a hose.Sunset on the Blue Mountains -

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It's a bit frustrating to be in a place where I'm afraid to pull out my camera in the streets... So at the moment, I have no pictures but I will make an effort soon. Be patient my friends.However, I do have some photos of the Airbus A380 - they'll be there soon :-)That was a rather pointless message, wasn't it?

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OK so this is my third message in one day. I can't help it. With free Internet at both Sydney and Singapore airports, it's too tempting. And I've got plenty of spare time before I board my second plane. I can tell you about my afternoon in Singapore, if you don't mind. The A380, flight SQ220, lands at about 2:20pm this afternoon. I get off, after spending 8 hours glued to the screen and to the

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What a nice surprise it was to check in at Singapore Airlines' desk in Sydney then walk to the gate and discover that the plane waiting there for me (and other passengers apparently) was a brand new and shiny Airbus A380. Rock on! And so I flew on the world's largest passenger plane. It's big, it's tall. I never thought any plane, apart from the Beluga (go, Airbus, go), could ever dwarf a B747

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Time has come to bid farewell to Australia. Here I am, sitting in front of a computer screen at Sydney airport, waiting for my flight to Singapore. It's hard to believe I've just spent 6 months in Australia and New Zealand, hard to realise it's already over. You won't be surprised if I tell you it was absolutely fantastic. A beautiful country, an interesting and fascinating one too. I'll miss

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Katoomba... Toujours la... A 2 heures de Sydney, dans les Blue Mountains, la vie poursuit son cours, paisiblement. Le soir, je nettoie la cuisine, ce qui me permet de rester a l'auberge gratuitement. Mes ecouteurs plantes dans les oreilles (ou les ecouteurs plantes dans mes oreilles), je frotte, astique, balaye, gratte avec motivation et dedication comme on dit dans la langue de cheque-s-pire.

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Yep, still in Katoomba, still taking pictures... Today, like every other day, it's all about the YHA hostel, the Blue Mountains and some red parrots I'm desperately trying to photograph.The YHA hostel in Katoomba used to be a cabaret, set in a beautiful art-deco building. I'll add more pictures of it in the next few days.Another section of the Blue Mountains, near Cliff Drive. The rock has

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Yes, there is autumn in Australia. At first I thought they only had summer for 12 months but apparently this is not true. Easter weekend in Katoomba was rainy, cold and foggy... And now that most tourists have left, the sun is out again, ha ha ha.The over-crowded Echo Point, stuck in fog.Can't you see the Three Sisters?The famous Kookaburra, aka the laughing bird.In the Devil's Hole, a nice

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Nothing too exceptional.. Just the simple beauty of Katoomba...

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Again, no need for my comments. I'll let you meditate on the majestic beauty of the Blue Moutains and the Jamison Valley.

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Comments are quite unnecessary here.

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Leichhardt, despite its not-so-Italian name, is the Italian district of Sydney. Very nice vibe, great food, nice buildings and a few Ferraris roaring in the streets... I'm happy I wasn't there during the summer of 2006 - ie when they stole our FIFA World Cup trophy.

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Dans le port de Sydney, un vieux greement, le Svanen, cree d'interessantes perspectives avec l'Opera.Cordes et Harbour Bridge...My favourite street in Sydney. I went there so many times, especially in the last few days... It's a very special place...At the Rocks, the oldest district in Sydney.Opera House and palm tree...Le grand classique, Opera House and Harbour Bridge. I just can't get enough

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Salut la compagnie,Un petit mot pour vous dire que le soleil brille en Nouvelles Galles du Sud. Apres un long weekend a Sydney, je retourne a Katoomba pour deux semaines avant de m'envoler, je l'espere, pour Cape Town en Afrique du Sud. C'est plus tot que prevu, mais il y a tellement a voir la-bas qu'il me faut au moins 3 mois pour en faire le tour. Et mon billet Tour Du Monde expirant le 19

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A little note to my dear readers to say that I'm spending some time in New South Wales, probably 4 weeks, until I fly to South Africa. So the blog will be rather quiet. But I will make an effort (et quel effort...) to show some nice pictures of Katoomba and Sydney...A bientot!

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En Francais cette fois-ci car Akaroa, c'est la French touch au pays des kiwis et des moutons.Nous avons decide de passer nos derniers jours en Nouvelle-Zelande dans la region de Christchurch. 2 nuits a Akaroa et 3 a Christchurch, tel est le programme.Ce jeudi je pars a Dunedin et vendredi je prends l'avion direction Sydney en Australie. Apres cela, gros point d'interrogation...Akaroa, c'est

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