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| Blue footed booby / Espanola Island, Galapagos |
25 septembre 2011
Ecuador
Excuses excuses excuses. I am full of them but now with the end of September approaching fast (and I had given myself the end of August as a deadline!) I cannot keep making excuses.
I shall therefore say very little and leave you with a mere taste of my recent holiday : the wonder and beauty of the Galapagos.
3 juin 2011
Peace
Today is Friday and as yesterday was a holiday in France, je fais le pont (or I am "making the bridge" to the weekend) and have taken the day off. It has been all in all quite an enjoyable day not counting my trip to renew my identity card which was not possible due to lack of staff. It will take a month to print a new plastic card (no comments on French administration for that one) once I actually do go but as I would need to take half a day off of work, it will have to stay in its expired state for quite a while.
After a trip to the cinema, some shopping, I am now in a local café people watching. I have moved from coffee to beer (as for those who know me, yes I drink BEER now!) and am enjoying the early evening.
In my final post of Laos, I thought I would leave you with images of peace, serenity and calm.
After a trip to the cinema, some shopping, I am now in a local café people watching. I have moved from coffee to beer (as for those who know me, yes I drink BEER now!) and am enjoying the early evening.
In my final post of Laos, I thought I would leave you with images of peace, serenity and calm.
23 mai 2011
22 mai 2011
The weather in Paris has been beautiful for over and month and I realised that I have been dragging my feet placing the Laos photos on my blog. Perhaps it is because I have been spending more time out in the sun rather than sitting in front of my computer or maybe I have been trying to hold on to the holiday and a less stressful way of life. However, now that I am organising this year's holiday to South America, I need to make room for new fingerprints. Here are some of the children that inspired me during my trip.
27 février 2011
Colours
With Springtime not quite around the corner (the sun made a fleeting appearance in Paris this morning only to disappear to a dreary grey), I have decided to dedicate this current entry to the colours of Laos.
Perhaps it is me but even my habitual café seemed a bit lacklustre this morning. No music played in the background and people huddled over their coffee, must less animated than usual. In Laos, colour is abound mostly due to the saffron robes of the monks but also in the detail of nature. Here are some photos to brighten up your day (and as I write this, the sun as reappeared !)
Perhaps it is me but even my habitual café seemed a bit lacklustre this morning. No music played in the background and people huddled over their coffee, must less animated than usual. In Laos, colour is abound mostly due to the saffron robes of the monks but also in the detail of nature. Here are some photos to brighten up your day (and as I write this, the sun as reappeared !)
20 février 2011
Le retour
Starting from scratch...well almost.
If you ask me what happened since August, I can sum it up in one word and four letters W-O-R-K
Blog intentions were good but alas, work got the better of me. That is now (hopefully) in the past and I am ready to leave my fingerprints with you again.
Despite the lack of blog time, I did not fortunately compromise my traveling during the year. These breaks were more than necessary and, as always, glorious. One of my closest friends (and the ultimate traveling partner) and I had organised to go to Myanmar but due to the elections and the incertitude of the country at the time, we changed our itinerary in the end (which is never too difficult as we tend to plan our trip en route). With one and half hours sleep and a somewhat untouched guide book, we boarded the plane and headed to our destination.... LAOS (with a pit stop in Bangkok to catch the train).
I am sharing in this first segment (because, oh yes, I have I hopes that there will be MULTIPLE SEGEMENTS and on a REGULAR BASIS) a quick overview of some of the sights; a quick memory flash for me of the people we met and the scenes were presented to us on a daily basis.
If you ask me what happened since August, I can sum it up in one word and four letters W-O-R-K
Blog intentions were good but alas, work got the better of me. That is now (hopefully) in the past and I am ready to leave my fingerprints with you again.
Despite the lack of blog time, I did not fortunately compromise my traveling during the year. These breaks were more than necessary and, as always, glorious. One of my closest friends (and the ultimate traveling partner) and I had organised to go to Myanmar but due to the elections and the incertitude of the country at the time, we changed our itinerary in the end (which is never too difficult as we tend to plan our trip en route). With one and half hours sleep and a somewhat untouched guide book, we boarded the plane and headed to our destination.... LAOS (with a pit stop in Bangkok to catch the train).
I am sharing in this first segment (because, oh yes, I have I hopes that there will be MULTIPLE SEGEMENTS and on a REGULAR BASIS) a quick overview of some of the sights; a quick memory flash for me of the people we met and the scenes were presented to us on a daily basis.
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