Je cherche une idée d'objet souvenir que l'on serait sûr de trouver dans tous les pays de la planète, qui ne soit pas trop gros, pas trop cher, mais surtout, spécifique de chaque pays, et que l'on collectionnerait en nous souvenant dans quel pays on l'a acheté.
Pas de petites cuillères dont le blason n'est pas assez parlant, pas de chapeau (dommage) car une fois fait le Mexique, on ne peut plus rentrer dans le cc, pas de sable pour la même raison que les cuillères. Bref, quelque chose de vraiment spécifique, pas lourd, et impossible à ne pas trouver partout dans le monde. 😉
une bouteille de coca cola, ecrite en langue locale ! ;-)
"Lorsque quelqu’un te blesse, tu devrais l’écrire sur le sable afin que le vent l’efface de ta mémoire mais lorsque quelqu’un fait quelque chose de bon pour toi, tu dois l’écrire sur la pierre afin que le vent ne l’efface jamais."
Proverbe Touareg
Génial, en plus on peut la boire, ça me fait penser que je collectionne les cannettes 25 cl de bière dont je donne une note après les avoir bues. J'en ai des cartons, au grand désespoir de madame.
dis moi, il y en a vraiment partout dans le monde, écrit dans la langue locale ?
j'ai vu des bouteilles coca cola en thai, arabe, kannada...donc je pense que chaque pays traduit le "coca cola" dans sa langue
Et comme tu dis, d'une bouteille deux coups. Tu peux comparer le gout, te desalterer et enrichir ta collection.
Et le jour ou tu en as marre, tu ramenes le tout a la consigne et tu te fais un beau jackpot pour payer ton prochain voyage (0.15 euros par bouteille en Allemagne) ;-))
"Lorsque quelqu’un te blesse, tu devrais l’écrire sur le sable afin que le vent l’efface de ta mémoire mais lorsque quelqu’un fait quelque chose de bon pour toi, tu dois l’écrire sur la pierre afin que le vent ne l’efface jamais."
Proverbe Touareg
C'est petit, gratuit, différent dans chaque pays....
C'est petit et différent dans chaque pays. Certes. Mais c'est rarement gratuit, et parfois, ça coût carrément les yeux de la tête. Par contre, on l'a, qu'on le recherche ou pas!
Sinon, je pensais à la bière, mais je vois que ça a déjà été abordé. Tant que c'est abordé, et pas débordé... Ou bien juste les étiquettes de bière, comme ça, ça prend moins de place. Je le fais de plus en plus.
Coca ou Pepsi n'ont pas besoin de notre argent pour faire leurs exactions:
Pour le coca, les bretons ont aussi leur propre marque de Coca et les corses aussi je crois...
" Dans un grain de sable voir un Monde et dans chaque fleur des champs le Paradis. Faire tenir l'Infini dans la paume de la main et l'Eternité dans une heure..."
W. Blake
pas mal du tout tes idées, je confirme que même ici, à Mayotte, ils ont "leur" propre coca
la monnaie, bien, peut-être un peu courant, mais bien
les cartes téléphoniques, mieux, mais je crains qu'elles soient trop "sponsorisées", et que l'on retrouve un peu les mêmes acteurs d'un pays à l'autre.
Pour les cartes téléphoniques, tu jetteras un coup d'oeil, tu risques d'être très étonné dans certains pays...
Des idées en vrac un CD de musique locale de chaque pays un bouquin de cuisine locale ( ou des recettes persos que tu fais écrire par des locaux, tu te constitues ton propre livre de cuisine ) des écussons ( c'est kitsch ok, mais ça peut toujours servir ! ) des drapeaux une peinture ou une sculpture d'un artiste local
Alors heureux ?😉
" Dans un grain de sable voir un Monde et dans chaque fleur des champs le Paradis. Faire tenir l'Infini dans la paume de la main et l'Eternité dans une heure..."
W. Blake
et si ton souvenir c'était juste une odeur..un parfum que tu gardes bien au chaud au fond de toi et que tu ressorts à volonté juste en fermant les yeux......je dis ça parceque moi j'adore les odeurs et qu'il me suffit parfois juste de l'imaginer pour l'avoir presque au bout de mon nez.............🙂
Nos dirigeants n'ont que le pouvoir que nous leurs accordons. Ils ne peuvent exercer leurs tyrannie que dans la mesure ou nous l'acceptons.
Ma patrie, c'est le monde, ma famille c'est l'humanité!
Et pourquoi pas des timbres... Quand on se rend dans une poste, on a généralement la possibilité d'acheter des timbres de collections spéciales qui ont souvent une illustration avec un monument du pays ou un personnage historique.
Mes souvenirs à moi ne se résument pas à une liste d'objets comme ceux que j'ai cités ( quoique...pour la peinture et la scupture, j'ai un faible😊 )
Ils se résument surtout à des personnes, à une musique ou à un son, à un parfum, à des petits rien qui composent le présent....
J'aime bien cette citation d'Éco qui dit : " l'important n'est pas tellement d'avoir des souvenirs mais de régler ses comptes avec eux...".
" Dans un grain de sable voir un Monde et dans chaque fleur des champs le Paradis. Faire tenir l'Infini dans la paume de la main et l'Eternité dans une heure..."
W. Blake
Salut
Prends une photo de chaque endroit que tu visites, et mets là sur le net, pour faire profiter un maximum de gens. De nos jours, grâce à la toile, les collections se partagent.
cordialement
dexxa
On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux. Saint Exupéry
Ben moi j'adore les tissus en général.
Résultats je me fais des écharpes de chaque pays. C'est utile, joli et chaque jour j'amène un petit bout de mes voyages avec moi. Ma collection commence à prendre une taille alarmante (L'Inde m'a été fatale!!!) mais je sais exactement d'où vient chacune d'elle. Des beaux tissus typiques yen a partout. Et puis c'est pas cher et ça pèse pas lourd.
Et si t'aimes pas les foulards tu peux en faire plein d'autres choses! Coussins, Déco, ...
Prochain objectif: Le Japon et ses beaux tissus fleuris😏
je ressorts un "vieux" fil enterré injustement 😠 car je le trouvais intéressant.
après moultes réflexions, je proposerais l'argent, billets et pièces de chaque pays visité, je ferai une inclusion en résine d'un échantillonage de chaque pays avec l'indication d'où ça vient.
qu'en pensez-vous ? d'autres idées sont les bienvenues
Heu ... des cartes postales kitch de la plage du coin ? 😉
moi, comme souvenir, j'aime bien écrire des histoires de petites choses, parfois très simples, de rencontres, qui m'ont marquées à un moment donné. Je raconte moi-même mes plus beaux souvenirs en faite!
C'est plus personnalisé qu'une collection de timbres ou de petites cuillères, et puis c'est super sympa à partager!
Ou alors un petit objet que tu vas trouver, à chaque fois différent, mais qui te rappelera plus surement que tout l'endroit d'où il vient. Il y a moyen de faire une belle collection hétéroclite et originale!
Guillaume
" Entre ton rêve et toi, il n'y a que toi ! " (Proverbe Touareg)
Ou alors un petit objet que tu vas trouver, à chaque fois différent, mais qui te rappelera plus surement que tout l'endroit d'où il vient.
ben non, justement, le but est d'avoir toujours le même objet pour comparer, à objet identique, les différences de vue des pays, par ex les chapeaux, mais c'est trop volumineux et prend la poussière, c'est là que réside la difficulté, trouver un objet universel, mais différent à chaque pays
René
😉
Ah je vois que tu t'es décidé pour la monnaie locale....😉
J'ai pensé à autre chose : un journal local ou national, ça pèse pas lourd dans les bagages...
A+
" Dans un grain de sable voir un Monde et dans chaque fleur des champs le Paradis. Faire tenir l'Infini dans la paume de la main et l'Eternité dans une heure..."
W. Blake
moi je suis très vêtements...rien n'est plus génial que d'avoir un haut népalais, une écharpe tibétaine, un sweat japonais et un sac marocain...tu les portes et ton voyage est encore "sur" toi.
"le temps d'apprendre à vivre il est déjà trop tard" Aragon
Je pense à un voyageur rencontré à Lahore, il faisait des photos numériques de toutes les boites d'allumettes qu'il voyait!
Perso j'essaie d'avoir au moins un objet de chaque pays visité, ainsi je décore mon chez moi 🙂
Fainéanter dans un monde neuf est la plus absorbante des occupations... (N.Bouvier)
Un peu plus audacieux?... Faire signer le maire et celui qui le représente dans chaque ville ou village que tu traverses 😎 Pas cher, gratuit et unique!
Moi j'aime bien garder certains prospectus publicitaires trouvés dans des journaux du coin ou bien simplement dans la rue. Certains sont très jolis, parfois drôles, d'autres kitch à mourir. En plus, ce n'est pas embarrassant (tous rentre dans une pochette!) et on en trouve quasiment partout.
Et ça vaut pas un sous!
Et pourquoi pas le billet d'entrée (tamponné si possible) d'un temple ou monument que tu vas voir. ou alors la carte de visite d'une personne rencontrée du pays avec sa signature au verso que tu pourras coupler à une photo.
Pourquoi pas le dessin d'un enfant signé de sa main avec sa photo et de l'endroit où il vit.
Une idée amène une autre idée... tu n'as plus qu'à faire ploum ploum !
Bonne collection.
(Perso moi c'est les tortues miniatures en objet, bois, pierre, plastique, dessins peut importe chancun son truc)
Se donner les moyens de réussir son rêve... " Où que tu ailles, vas-y avec tout ton coeur". CONFUCIUS
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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.
Be careful when sailing between Somalia and northern Madagascar.
It appears to be Somali pirates who have widened their search in the Mozambique Channel, far from their usual attack zone, since, to my knowledge, there are no Malagasy pirates.
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
