"Si partir vivre ses rêves remplit l'âme, les partager après les avoir réalisés la grandit"
"Qui veut apprendre à se connaître commence par explorer le monde"
Quand je suis tombé sur l'article du Mirror (UK), plus tard repris en France, j'ai d'abord pensé à ces abrutis, ces ''rigolos'' (ils prétendent généralement eux-mêmes faire de l'humour …c'est trop marrant...! non ) qui en Amérique du Nord s'amusent à catapulter des écureuils en l'air avec des dispositifs bricolés plus ou moins sophistiqués
exemples : Squirrel Catapult -
ou encore:
Squirrel Catapult
ou encore : Squirrel launcher
ou encore:
Do things likeThis!
Ou encore : catapulte a écureuil
et je me suis dit que de la pratique de la catapulte au coup de pied il n'y avait peut-être pas un monde que et l'on pouvait passer facilement de l'un à l'autre
mais comme ces pieds nickelés parlent français et puisque les Québecois sont réputés ne pas s'amuser avec les écureuils....
qu'il pourront, peut-être, cependant bientôt manger, dans certains restaurants, comme les Britanniques d'ailleurs...😛
… ils restent des francophones...
encore que...seul le témoignage du vidéaste, dont le rôle n'est pas très clair, soit là pour le dire
quoiqu'il en soit... les Rangers sont sur leur trace... !
Official:Grand Canyon probing squirrel-kicking video
Suite des "Rencontres insolites avec des grizzlys, chercheurs d'or et autres dans l'Ouest Américain" (26 février 2009)
Moi, quand je vois ça, et indépendamment de la réponse à la question de la nationalité des "abrutis" en question, la réflexion en forme d'interrogation qui me vient à l'esprit est celle-ci :
entre celui qui commet ce genre d'action,
celui qui le regarde faire,
celui qui le filme
celui qui diffuse le film et se fait du fric avec ça
celui qui regarde le film
-... et celui qui a regardé le film, et va nous en chercher d'autres pour nous les montrer
Comme tu sais, on trouve beaucoup, beaucoup d'ecureuils en Amerique du Nord. Quelqu'un ici a donne la description suivante aux ecureuils: "rats with good PR" (PR=Public Relations). Des europeens aiment bien nos ecureuils, mais pour nous, on les trouve partout, meme en ville. Pour moi, c'est un animal nuisable. Depuis longtemps, ils mangent mes tomates et figues dans mon jardin. Je dois couvrir mes tomates avec du filet plastique maintenant. Sinon, des ecureuils et des oiseaux vont tout manger.
pour en avoir fait l'expérience lors de mes années dans le Sud Appalachien...
mon (petit) jardin était à la peine , en vérité surtout du fait de ces petits lapins qu'on appelle cottontails....
on en était envahi mais comme je disais :
''rather cottontails in the garden than cottonmouths by the creek''😛
…les écureuils c'était surtout dans la maison ... installations électriques , isolation derrière le plywood
mais aux écureuils...on pardonnait beaucoup... !
j'aime bien l'expression '' rats with good PR''
l'écureuil bénéficie en effet d'un image de sympathie. Ici, depuis 1950, notre Caisse d'Epargne (sorte de savings bank) en a fait son logo
cela tient peut-être en partie au fait, outre que c'est un prévoyant, qu'il se montre facilement familier avec l'homme. Même dans la nature sauvage, comme dans le Nord Canadien, oû il n'y a pas de coexistence habituelle, j'ai souvent remarqué que ces petits rongeurs viennent vous visiter, jusque sous la tente... comme si on se connaissait depuis longtemps...
cela tient aussi à son apparence et ses habitudes :
pourquoi les rats sont-ils généralement détestés et les écureuils généralement pas (sauf bien sûr s'ils bouffent les légumes du jardin 😕)
je pense que c'est largement une question de queue....
l'écureuil à une queue touffue, gonflante adorable, constamment en mouvement et qu'il porte vers le haut , il ''mange des noisettes au milieu des feuilles''. Le rat à une queue lisse, annelée qu'il traine derrière lui comme un gros ver , des yeux perçants et luisants, il vit dans les égoûts et les poubelles se nourrit de détritus, rend la nourriture humaine impropre à la consommation...berk 😕!.
l'écureuil est vif, malicieux, mignon ( vous diriez so cute) il gambade sur l'herbe, joue avec ses congénères à cache-cache autour des arbres comme le font des oursons, le rat lui, vous observe, se déplace comme un sournois en rasant les murs...😛 !
de plus...
depuis le début des temps le rat est connu pour être porteur et propager les maladies . Pas l'écureuil... même si dans les faits il peut ( comme au fond du Grand Canyon) être vecteur de la peste
même le woodrat dont la queue est aussi (un peu) touffue ne sucite pas le même rejet que le rat
je le sais... je le sais parce que mon épouse qui a toujours eu le rat en abomination n' a pas crié le jour oû un woodrat ou un packrat est entré dans la cuisine du camp en forêt😮
bref...
ce qui choque ici c'est le plaisir malsain que certains prennent à s'amuser avec un animal dans un endroit icônique comme le Grand Canyon... oû l'on va pour admirer la splendeur de la nature, ressentir l'harmonie entre cette nature, la flore et la faune terrestre ou aviaire comme les condors
on n'est pas censé y toucher à la géologie... à plus forte raison aux p'tites bêtes qui l'habitent
si l'on en croit la BBC d'aujourd'hui ainsi que l'édition UK du International Business Times le nouveau propriétaire de Newsweek ….
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)viendrait d'offrir une conséquente récompense (10 000 livres soit plus de 10 000 euros) pour l'identification des coupables
d'ailleurs en France....
il y a quelques mois de çà un tribunal de ma région ( voir NinoSoldado) a condamné à un mois de prison ferme un homme qui s'amusait, en s'esclaffant, à jeter le plus loin possible, en ville, un chaton qui était venu ronronner contre sa jambe
The spinning bird feeder… par contre çà c'est plus drôle, non lethal et certainement aussi dissuasif
amicalement
Suite des "Rencontres insolites avec des grizzlys, chercheurs d'or et autres dans l'Ouest Américain" (26 février 2009)
il y a quelques mois de çà un tribunal de ma région ( voir NinoSoldado) a condamné à un mois de prison ferme un homme qui s'amusait, en
Je suis non violent mais celui-ci si je le croise je lui coupe les ******** et les lui mets dans le *** bien *******. On touche pas les chats, c'est tout!
Indépendament de toute considération sur l'empathie que suscite un animal, même si par son nombre il devient nuisible, ce geste est ignoble, c'est du sadisme d'imbécile.
J'ai horreur des rats, comme beaucoup probablement, et si rats ou souris investissent ma maison, je ferai tout pour les détruire, mais sans rechercher à les faire souffrir.
On se demande jusqu'où ce genre d'individu est capable d'aller pour peu qu'on l'autorise ou le pousse à exprimer ses bas instincts.....😠
Je ne te dirai pas ou , a toi d explorer ta Bretagne ....d autres amusements : Mettre un petard a meche dans la bouche d un poisson non comestible qui vient d etre pecher au bout d un jettee ou a la cote et en faire un poisson volant .....ou encore mettre des bouchons de liege sur chacunes des cornes d un kiarnik ( petit poisson a corne qui vit dans les creux de roches ) le rejetter a l eau vivant pour qu il reste en surface et navigue en flottant attendre que les mouettes voraces viennent s occuper de lui ..... encore un autre truc : pecher le goeland en appat flottant a la cane a peche l hamecon sera une arme imparable causant la mort lente du volatile etc....
( Bien sur tous ces amusements ne sont pas realiser par des pecheurs professionels ceci est clair )
Je ne te dirai pas ou , a toi d explorer ta Bretagne
C'est un jeu de devinette ??? On peut discuter, aussi, sinon ?
Et puis, si c'est "ma" Bretagne dans le sens affectueux où je suis bretonne, il me semble que toi tu ne le dis pas avec une once d'affection...
d autres amusements : Mettre un petard a meche dans la bouche d un poisson non comestible qui vient d etre pecher au bout d un jettee ou a la cote et en faire un poisson volant .....ou encore mettre des bouchons de liege sur chacunes des cornes d un kiarnik ( petit poisson a corne qui vit dans les creux de roches ) le rejetter a l eau vivant pour qu il reste en surface et navigue en flottant attendre que les mouettes voraces viennent s occuper de lui ..... encore un autre truc : pecher le goeland en appat flottant a la cane a peche l hamecon sera une arme imparable causant la mort lente du volatile etc....
et bien... tu m'en apprends, des choses ! Je déplore que des actes de la sorte existent !
Tu en as fait quoi, sur place, de ces observations ?
Espérons qu'on les coince et qu'on leur passe au minimum un bon savon. Ils méritent d'avoir le fond du slip tout jaune 😠, eux qui osent montrer leur force face à un écureuil ... 😕
Autant au début j'ai pensé à un fake, d'où ma question, mais maintenant cela semble bien réel malheureusement. On verra bien la suite mais une chose est sûre sur internet on ne reste jamais longtemps anonyme quand il y a une enquête en cours et qu'en plus on a été filmé. Sans parler des 10 000£ qui peuvent attirer les convoitises et faire délier les langues.
"Si partir vivre ses rêves remplit l'âme, les partager après les avoir réalisés la grandit"
"Qui veut apprendre à se connaître commence par explorer le monde"
Si on part de ce raisonnement-là, on peut justifier toutes les turpitudes et les abjections du monde par l'existence d'autres turpitudes ou abjections au moins aussi dégueulasses !
Si on part de ce raisonnement-là, on peut justifier toutes les turpitudes et les abjections du monde par l'existence d'autres turpitudes ou abjections au moins aussi dégueulasses !
"Si partir vivre ses rêves remplit l'âme, les partager après les avoir réalisés la grandit"
"Qui veut apprendre à se connaître commence par explorer le monde"
Et dans bien des endroits du monde les enfants (ou, là pire, adultes) passent leur temps parfois avec des jeux cruels sur les animaux. Rien de nouveau sous le soleil. 🤪
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Many of us have noticed that bugs have been making it difficult to navigate the forum lately.
I’ll let Kate and Ticapi explain the issue:
I went to your profile to check out the Thailand travel journal, and when I clicked on it, it brought me back here again. All week, I’ve been dealing with bugs like this—it’s really discouraging from continuing on VF.🙁
I had the same thing happen, and multiple times. For me, it was Montagnard’s latest journal that kept coming up no matter which discussion I clicked on.
Hi everyone, fellow travelers!
I’m looking for anyone who’s in Kyoto or planning to visit Nishiki Market! Here’s the thing: during our trip there in April, we discovered a jewelry artisan (highly recommended!) on the left when exiting through the west exit of Nishiki Market (which is a long covered east-west street). I bought a piece of jewelry for my daughter there, but she lost it. I’d love to buy her another one! In the photo, it’s the shop with the yellow awning to the right of the restaurant with the blue awning, "Sushi Sakai." Would any kind soul be willing to get the shop’s name, email, or phone number for me? Despite my Google/AI searches, it’s nowhere to be found. A thousand thanks to whoever can help me out! Wishing you all great vacations!
Sabrina
Hello everyone! 🙂🙂,
A BIG thank you to all the travelers who sent us postcards this year—my students are becoming real geography whizzes!!!!!!!! I’m renewing my call for your kindness this year! We’re also working on food, so if your postcards can make our mouths water with local dishes, traditional meals, or typical recipes, that’d be amazing!!
Here’s a quick recap of the project:
I’m reaching out to all travelers and globetrotters on this forum. I’m a teacher in Creuse, working in a ULIS program (which welcomes children aged 6 to 12 with disabilities into a mainstream school). This year, I’m starting a school journal project that will involve the kids in many different topics. A big part of the journal will focus on opening up to the world, diversity, travel, countries, culture...
I’m launching a call to invite as many of you as possible to send us a little postcard (from France or anywhere in the world!) to take us on a journey and help us discover new places, countries, and horizons—much more fun and exciting than a regular geography textbook! One section of our journal could be called "We received mail from " and would be an opportunity to research that location and share what we learn with our readers (a super enriching activity in class).
The project starts in September 2025 but has no real end date, as this journal and world discovery initiative will span several school years (the kids stay in my ULIS program for multiple years). Postcards can be sent anytime—throughout the year, across seasons, even during holidays! (The kids will find them when they return.)
I hope this idea appeals to as many of you as possible and that you’ll spread the word to your fellow traveler friends. Make us dream, take us on a journey!!!
For those who’d like to write to us in a language other than French, no problem—quite the opposite!!
Thank you in advance for your participation(s)! Below is our address. Feel free to leave your own address on a corner of the postcard if you’d like us to write back! 😊
The ULIS program students
Bonnat Elementary School
12 rue Georges Sand
23220 BONNAT
Thank you, and see you soon, I hope! 😁
Julien
Regarding the amount of tobacco you can buy during a trip in the European Union and bring back to France, we can't really talk about a "duty-free allowance," because the rules around how much tobacco you can bring back to France aren't straightforward at all under French law.
BOLIVIA: THE COUNTRY ON THE BRINK (What's Really Happening)
A dramatic saga is unfolding before our eyes in the Andes. Between suffocating blockades, clashes, an international airlift, and historic political decisions, Bolivia has just experienced 48 hours of rare intensity.
Here’s the full breakdown (economic, social, and political) of the last 48 hours:
For travelers and tourists: the article also includes an important note about the upcoming publication (starting tomorrow) of the precise status of roadblocks, route by route.
I’ll post the full update here on Voyage Forum!
Don’t miss this in-depth analysis. History is being written before our eyes! https://www.petitherge.com/bolivie-paralysie-et-ultimatum
I just discovered a great show on Arte.
It's called "7 en route": seven young European journalists travel around Europe in a fully converted bus, making reports on every city they visit. It's amazing! 🙂
Yesterday, for example, they were in Rome, Italy, and the reports included things like the world's smallest restaurant—a super romantic spot for two. There was also a report on the king of paparazzi in Italy.
They have to pick topics that let us discover the little quirks of each country. And at the end of each episode, we get to see the finished report.
It's such a great show, mixing journalism, travel, and discovery—basically, a must-watch!
It airs in the evening starting at 6:50 PM (I think), and it started this past Monday, July 14th.
If you watch it, let me know—we can chat about it!
I left my heart’s country eight days ago and returned to my adopted one—or was it the other way around? Scotland-Morvan, Morvan-Scotland, I’m not quite sure anymore.
After a quarter without dragging my slippers around here, even though I’d loudly declared I had no interest left in this site, here I am again!
My imagination never stays fallow for long. Just enough time for my inner land to rest. It gets overgrown with fresh nettles, the kind you can pick without getting stung. Then, it’s time to till the fragrant earth and let the story grow.
I hesitated over where to set this story.
Maybe the Highlands, maybe the Hebrides, maybe the Orkney Islands, maybe the Shetland Islands. All of Scotland is myth—easy to embroider.
But in the end, no. I’d almost be too afraid to bare my soul.
The story will take place at home. Simple, practical.
1)
This morning, I was up well before dawn, feeling a bit grumpy, but nothing a bowl of coffee won’t fix. I love my bowl, and no one dares take it. It’s porcelain, edged with intertwined blue flowers. On the bottom, it says "Revol." The factory has existed long before the Revolution. It was my great-grandmother’s bowl. She drank roasted barley from it during the war, then her Leroux chicory.
Last year, a little guy dropped it. My bowl broke into three pieces. A black anger vibrated deep inside me. The little boy was so upset, on the verge of tears. How could I scold him!
I picked up the three pieces and took Little Boy in my arms. His hair smelled of the light, sweet sweat of toddlers. A gentle hug that healed—his budding sorrow and my anger—everything vanished, and time carried on.
Today, my bowl is even prettier. Man fixed it using the traditional kintsugi technique, except he didn’t use gold powder or lacquer but superglue, and he delicately painted the cracks with woad blue. And my bowl is even more beautiful now.
I’m lingering, I can tell—it’s just that a story wraps itself in life, and life can’t be told in the snap of a finger. Life is long. Like in architecture, you start with a rough sketch, called a "sous-cul" (the initial pencil drawing), then you make a tracing, which is the work itself, the one you later carefully roll up in a wooden tube.
Life is like that: you erase, you start over, you use the nub of the pencil until it’s tiny, but you keep going—dreaming, loving.
"Living is a full-time occupation, a unique adventure. Always a surprise and a wonder, which sometimes turns into astonishment. And, from time to time, happiness."*
Alright, enough digressing—this introduction is definitely too long.
Tomorrow, I’ll get to the heart of the matter.
(I hate that expression; it feels like I’m cutting into someone’s skin.)
I’m Yann, a 28-year-old TikToker who loves traveling!
Since I’ve been to several destinations, I’d love to get a flag from each one as a sort of trophy. But from what I’ve seen online, a lot of sites sell them with what looks like really poor quality...
So I’m reaching out to you all to share a site you usually use—help me start my collection! :)
hi there
I’d love to get some opinions—I’ve never used Airbnb before.
They’re offering a key handover via lockbox.
Any tips or advice?
Is it reliable?
Best,
Hi there, I’m Laura, and I’m looking for a few people to answer some questions so I can understand your travel wishes and challenges. It won’t take long—I can chat here, by email, or by phone. Don’t worry, I’m not selling anything! 😊
On this forum, we talk a lot about trekking in the Himalayas, but I’d love to share another side of Nepal: its spiritual, cultural, and religious atmosphere, especially in Kathmandu.
Nepal, much like Tibet and Bhutan, is deeply connected to the Himalayas—the ultimate sacred mountain range. This small country exudes a calming vibe, shaped by a strong spiritual dimension. What I loved most was the unique sensory experience you get there. Walking around temples and tantric monasteries, a distinct scent fills the air—aromatic plants used for ritual fumigation. Locals mainly burn Himalayan juniper, cedar, sandalwood, and other local essences. This fragrant smoke is a way to purify the space and reach the deities, and you’re constantly enveloped in these aromas.
Another striking aspect is the sound. As soon as you step outside, you hear bells ringing in front of temples. People ring them three times before praying to announce their presence to the deities. Nepal is also the birthplace of singing bowls and sound meditation practices. In Kathmandu, you can easily find meditation sessions or "sound baths."
The spiritual dimension is everywhere: a Hindu sadhu practicing asceticism, a lama in deep red robes with his mala, turning a prayer wheel while murmuring "Om mani padme hum." Newar Buddhism, Tantrism, and Hinduism coexist harmoniously in daily life.
For those who love exploring a destination through its culture and spirituality, Nepal is an unforgettable place. What was your spiritual experience in Nepal like?
Hi,
I’m landing in Quebec and then heading to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. I’d like to rent a pick-up. My question is: does this vehicle come with a cover and is it secure enough to store luggage in? I’ve heard two conflicting opinions. Thanks
I just installed the Maps.Me app on my phone. I only recently found out about this app. I’m traveling in 2 weeks and a few days, and I’m a bit stuck on how to use it.
I’m from the Montreal (Quebec) area, and I’d love to know if there’s a kind soul out there who could help me get started and use the app at least minimally.
If there are private lessons available, I’d be interested in those too.
Like many others, I’m overjoyed to hear that VoyageForum is reopening! I’ve been waiting hopefully for this, and it’s wonderful that it’s finally happening!
I just couldn’t bring myself to actively participate in other French-language travel forums—their format and way of doing things never appealed to me as much. I really hope that VF’s structure, categories, and interface won’t change too much despite the handover, because I’m very attached to them. Through thick and thin, the site has held strong—it’s amazing!
In a previous message, François mentioned that there were positions to fill ahead of the reopening, including moderators...
I’ve been eagerly waiting for this and hoping to send in my CV.
Now, after reading the latest message, it seems like the team is already fully formed. But are there still a few spots left to fill?
I’ve been a VF member for 20 years (since 2004). I’d love to contribute to this wonderful adventure as a moderator if VF would trust me with the role. If the team is open to reviewing it, I’m ready to send my CV. Could you let me know the next steps?
I’m planning a 3-week trip to Japan in May with Voyage Privé. The package includes a 5 GB eSIM, but my phone isn’t new enough to support it. VP told me I could buy a SIM card when I arrive at the airport.
Sure enough, I’ve seen online that this is possible with different providers.
I only need it for checking routes, looking up addresses, train schedules, etc.—basically using Google Maps, TripAdvisor, and similar apps. No heavy downloads or major internet use. All hotels should provide free Wi-Fi for that, right?
Has anyone got any tips for me on this? What have you tried, and how much did it cost?
Thanks for your help!
I’d like to know if you can buy reef-safe sunscreen sprays at 7-Eleven. If so, how much do they cost? We’re traveling with backpacks, so we’ll either buy 100ml here or in Thailand.
I wanted to share a really unpleasant experience from our last trip booked with Promoséjours and organized by FTI.
We booked an 8-day/7-night stay in Egypt, from June 8 to 15.
The flight initially scheduled was changed a week before departure to take off at 10 PM from Paris CDG.
In the end, it took off with a 1-hour delay and included an unmentioned stopover in Marsa Alam.
We landed in Hurghada at 4 AM and arrived at the hotel at 6 AM.
So, we spent our first night on the plane.
For the return trip, surprise—the flight was moved up. We left the hotel at 10:30 PM on Friday the 14th to take off at 2 AM and land at 7 AM at Paris CDG.
So, we spent our last night on the plane too.
After sending a complaint letter to Promoséjours / FTI, they replied that the first and last days can be dedicated to transport (which I already knew) and that no matter how many nights you book, you’re not guaranteed to spend them in the hotel—it could just as well be on the plane.
I’m really questioning this.
Isn’t there a law that protects customers in cases like this?
Because when I do the math, the first and part of the second day were spent on transport, same for the second-to-last and last day. And I paid for 7 nights for a stay that only lasted 5.
Anyway, I just want to say thanks to them—thanks to their two sleepless nights in transit, I’m coming back even more exhausted from a trip that was supposed to be restful!
I also want to warn anyone booking through this agency about visas for Egypt.
At booking, they told me the visa was included in the price, then they sent me an email saying I’d have to pay for it on-site at 25 €.
Once there, we were directed to a special line for FTI customers, and guess what? They charged us 30 €!
Basically, they’re great at making sure you *enjoy* your vacation—mostly by enjoying your wallet!
If anyone has dealt with this kind of situation and won their case, I’m all ears.
Hi there!
I’m heading to Thailand for two months.
So I thought I’d get a Thai SIM card to use Google Maps for getting around cities, mostly.
Here’s my question: will this SIM affect my apps? Or will they work the same as with my Orange SIM?
Is there any setup I need to do, or can I just pop in the Thai SIM?
I’d also like to switch back to my Orange SIM now and then while I’m in Thailand—on the same phone. Will I need to reset the phone, or will it reconnect without any issues?
Thanks in advance for your tips!
Best,
Huiclos
Hi, I’d like to know where we can buy beer or wine in Chefchaouen and around Merzouga. We’ll be doing a circuit and staying at the Parador Hotel in Chefchaouen and in a bivouac in Merzouga.
Thanks for any info you can share!
Hello everyone,
I’m reaching out to all travelers and globe-trotters on this forum. I’m a teacher in Creuse working in a ULIS program (which welcomes children aged 6 to 12 with disabilities into a mainstream school). This year, I’m launching a school journal project that will involve the kids in many different topics. A big part of this journal will focus on opening up to the world, embracing differences, travel, global cultures, and more.
I’m putting out a call to invite as many of you as possible to send us a postcard (from France or anywhere in the world)! The goal is to help us "travel" and discover new places, countries, and horizons in a way that’s much more fun and exciting than a geography textbook. One section of our journal could be called "We received a letter from ," where we’d research the location and share what we learn with our readers—a really enriching activity for the classroom.
The project starts in September 2025 but doesn’t have a strict end date, since this journal and world-discovery initiative will span several school years (the kids stay in the ULIS program for multiple years). Postcards can be sent anytime—throughout the year, across seasons, even during holidays! The kids will find them when they return.
I hope this idea appeals to as many of you as possible, and that you’ll spread the word to your fellow travelers. Help us dream and explore!
For those who’d like to write to us in a language other than French, no problem—quite the opposite!
Thank you in advance for your participation! Below is our address. If you’d like us to write back, feel free to leave your address on a corner of the postcard! 😊
ULIS program students
Bonnat Elementary School
12 rue Georges Sand
23220 BONNAT
Thank you, and I hope to hear from you soon! 😊
Julien
🙂
Hi there! I have to leave Ivato/Antananarivo on December 16th. I have a lot of ariary that I’d like to exchange for euros since I might not be coming back to Madagascar (after this 21st trip). I think the exchange office at Ivato also buys ariary back. If any of you have seen the rate for this buyback in advance, thanks a million!
Hi everyone,
I’m looking for a website that would let me plot my travel route in advance so I can print it out. The idea is to create a map with a little “me” on a bike that my parents can move along as I progress, since I’m planning to cycle all the way to Nepal.
If any of you have done something similar or know of a good tool, I’d love to hear your tips!
Thanks in advance! 😊
I'm looking to buy an ultra-lightweight 50/55L travel backpack with a suitcase or front opening.
Does anyone have any brand and/or model recommendations?
Thanks,
Emma
Hello. We’re a retired couple heading to Sri Lanka from January to March. After the November floods, I’d like to know if we can offer hands-on help to the locals, maybe pack some clothes or other items people might need in our luggage, and who we could give them to. Thanks for any info from those on the ground.
Hi everyone, fellow travelers!
I’m looking for anyone who’s in Kyoto or planning to visit Nishiki Market! Here’s the thing: during our trip there in April, we discovered a jewelry artisan (highly recommended!) on the left when exiting through the west exit of Nishiki Market (which is a long covered east-west street). I bought a piece of jewelry for my daughter there, but she lost it. I’d love to buy her another one! In the photo, it’s the shop with the yellow awning to the right of the restaurant with the blue awning, "Sushi Sakai." Would any kind soul be willing to get the shop’s name, email, or phone number for me? Despite my Google/AI searches, it’s nowhere to be found. A thousand thanks to whoever can help me out! Wishing you all great vacations!
Sabrina
