bonjour, j'ai lu qu'il y avait une epidemie de chikungunia et une proliferation de moustiques repandant la dengue en INDE du sud pour le moment malgre que la mousson soit finie. qui a des infos? qqu'un connait il un site web specialisé ds les maladie tropicale pour voir exactement ce qu'il se passe la bas? quels etats sont reelement touchés? etc...??
merci d'avance
jermo
Je constate que mon pseudo pose question ? Eh bien lorsque vous passerez par Paris la prochaine fois, prenez la ligne n°2 du métro et arrêtez-vous à la station Stalingrad. Promenez-vous au bord du canal, et à la rotonde sous le métro aérien, vous verrez la place "de la bataille de Stalingrad".
Si vous passez par là, faites moi signe. Je n'habite pas très loin.
Quant aux "milieux non autorisés" ce sont quelques commentateurs de radios FM encore libre à Paris.
Bonjour ça fait une semaine que je suis revenu d'Inde après 2 mois de voyage et je ne suis pas mort.....(enfin pas encore !!!!) et pourtant les moustiques m'adorent.
heu ... au fait je me suis rendu compte que ma discussion a ete deplacé dans un repertoire mieux approprié, du coup je me suis rendu compte aussi qu'il y avait deja une discussion de ce genre en cours...
ici
http://voyageforum.com/v.f?post=808382;
donc je propose de fermer mon topic qui devient alors inutile.
L'actuel chief minister du Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi, a un fils cadet qui fut maire de Madras/Chennai, dont il a fait son successeur déclaré, et qui s'appelle... K. Stalin !
Bientôt, l'un des plus riches Etats indiens risque donc d'être gouverné par l'un de ces pittoresques Stalin!
Sur la photo ci-dessous, les lunettes noires c'est Papa Karunanidhi, et le moustachu qui semble sortir de son poitrail, c'est fiston Stalin 😏
Si tu ouvres tes yeux d'enfant, le voyage commence au seuil de ta maison
Oui, bien vu, je n'avais pas pensé à celui-là! Karunanidhi a vraiment l'air mignon sur cette affiche. Il a recemment changé de lunette de soleil, 😎, on aperçoit presque ses yeux, maintenant!
Il faut bien se protéger du soleil dravidien! Je veux dire, celui du D.M.K., Dravidian Munnetra Kazhagam (c'est son parti politique pour ceux qui ne le savent pas). Quand on voyage dans le Tamil Nadu, on a forcément aperçu ces drapeaux noirs et rouges ainsi que les peintures faites sur les maisons sur le bord de la route ou dans les villages qui représentent un soleil rouge rayonnant derrière une montagne noire (c'est l'emblème du DMK). Ses lunettes de soleil lui ont aussi permis de se protéger et de s'éloigner un peu du soleil de son petit-neveu, Dayanidhi Maran. Dayanidhi est le fondateur et le directeur du très puissant Sun Network, qui possède une quinzaine de chaînes de télévision en Inde du Sud (en 4 langues, dont 4 chaînes en tamoul), des radios et des journaux. Il y a quelques années on avait reproché à Karunanidhi la main mise de son parti sur ces media...
Karunanidhi a aussi un autre petit-neveu très célèbre: c'est Kalanidhi Maran, l'actuel Ministre des Communications et des technologies de l'Information du Gouvernement Indien (à New Delhi). Mais le brave Karunanidhi n'a pas que des amis en Inde.
Son pire ennemi, c'est Jayalalithaa, à qui il a succédé à la tête du Gouvernement de Madras. Ils ont pourtant beaucoup de points communs: ils sont tous les deux issus de l'industrie du cinéma: Karunanidhi était scénariste, je crois, et Jayalalithaa était actrice -une actrice très célèbre- Le parti de Jayalalithaa, le AIADMK, possède lui aussi une chaîne de télévision: Jaya TV (dont la rédaction des infos est au service de Jaya pendant les élections); un autre point commun: Karunanidhi a été 5 fois Chief Minister, Jaya, elle, 3 fois...
Jayalalithaa est née pas très loin de chez moi, à Mysore (Karnataka) et elle était plutôt mignonne, mais l'oncle de ma femme est un élu DMK, alors, y'a pas match! Et puis entre nous, K tv (anciennement Sun movies) et Sun tv c'est quand même beaucoup mieux que Jaya tv!!!!
Adorable cette photo du couple impossible, Jayalalithaa et Karunanidhi, sur la même image que tu as mise en guise de nouvelle icône. 😏
Un couple explosif: les deux pires ennemis de la politique tamoule des 25 dernières années!
Il y a quelques années Jayalalithaa faisait coffrer Karunanidhi qui lui rendit la monnaie quand il revint au pouvoir, avec 7 procès pour corruption, dont elle se tira tout de même. A peine un mois après avoir gagné les dernières législatives du Tamil Nadu (juin 2006), Mister K. a de nouveau assigné Madam J. en justice.
Il y a davantage de sport qu'entre Sarko & Ségo 😏
Le DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Parti du Développement Dravidien) et l'AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Parti Panindien et Annadurien du Développement Dravidien, dissident du DMK) se fauchent le pouvoir en alternance depuis une trentaine d'années. Karunanidhi a la coenne dure: octognénaire, il trouve encore le moyen de régner. Aux dernières municipales tamoules, ses gros bras ont investi 166 bureaux de vote, ont éjecté les observateurs multipartites et les assesseurs officiels, pour bourrer les urnes de bulletins de leur maître. Dans certains bureaux de vote, on dénombra 120% de participation! 😏 Ils ont prétexté que Jayalalithaa avait fait la même chose il y a 15 ans. Les résultats de ces 166 bureaux ont été heureusement annulés.
Jayalalithaa est un personnage: star de Kollywood, elle fut la partenaire, puis la maîtresse de l'acteur vedette MGR, qui fonda l'AIADMK, et devint ensuite Chief Minister du Tamil Nadu. A la mort de ce dernier, elle parvint à se rendre maître du parti, et à succéder à son amant à la tête du Pays Tamoul, au grand dam de l'épouse légitime d'MGR.
Ci-jointe, une photo de Jayalalithaa et d'MGR à l'époque où ils ne régnaient que sur le grand écran.
J'ai regardé Jaya TV, c'est assez rigolo: on entend le mot Jayalalithaa toutes les 20 secondes.
J'ai vu la maison de Jayalithaa dans le quartier de Poes Garden (le Beverly Hills tamoul) à Madras: un vrai bunker fortifié avec une belle brochette de factionnaires qui dévisagent tous les passants.
Il est vrai que depuis que Jayalalithaa a fait la chasse aux Tigres Tamouls srilankais sur le territoire du Tamil Nadu, ces derniers l'ont plusieurs fois menacée de mort. Quand elle est au pouvoir, lors de ses déplacements, elle fait fermer toutes les routes que son cortège va emprunter, deux heures avant son passage!
Mais tout cela, ce sont des péripéties inséparables du pouvoir en maints endroits de l'Inde.
On peut mettre cependant au crédit de Jayalalithaa un certain nombre de choses très concrètes comme sa lutte pour la condition féminine, en particulier son combat contre l'infanticide des petites filles.
Si tu ouvres tes yeux d'enfant, le voyage commence au seuil de ta maison
Je n'avais pas vu les photos que tu avais attachées!
C'est trop drôle: aux côtés de Karunanidhi, à table, coiffé d'une toque blanche et avec lunettes noires lui aussi, c'est son ennemi juré, feu MGR (M.G. Ramachandran), ex star de cinéma, ex trésorier du DMK, dissident fondateur de l'AIADMK et rival politique à perpétuité.
Encore quelques photos: la rocade de Vellore pavoisée aux couleurs du DMK la veille de la visite de Karunanidhi une autre affiche de Mister K., et Stalin, avec le fameux soleil levant dans une localité tamoule, près de de la statue d'Indira Gandhi, la rimbambelle de drapeaux des partis existant dans le village une fresque murale rurale à la gloire de Jayalalithaa et de l'AIADMK
- quelques images sexys sur Jaya TV
Si tu ouvres tes yeux d'enfant, le voyage commence au seuil de ta maison
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Hello,
We’re planning to spend 3 months in Madagascar starting in mid-February.
Areas: Mahajanga, Tulear, Diego Suarez, and Sainte Marie—the order isn’t set yet. We’ll either drive for part of the trip or take flights.
We’ve heard all sorts of things about required vaccines and medications (is anti-malarial mandatory?). What’s the exact situation for travelers?
I’ll come back to you for other topics (like finding a reliable driver, among others).
Thank you.
Best wishes to you all,
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I'd love to hear from people who've been on organized trips to this destination and could share their experience. We were thinking of taking Malarone around 7:30 PM, assuming dinner would be closer to 7 PM than 6 PM. Also, if the meal ends up being earlier or later than when we take the pill, would a cookie or a piece of bread be enough to take with Malarone?
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I’m on medication (paroxetine 20 mg/day) and was hoping to bring enough for the entire trip so I wouldn’t have to find a doctor on the spot, deal with a molecule that might be slightly different from what’s available in France, or wonder if that’s even a possibility. Basically, it seemed simpler on paper...
But after looking into the regulations for each country, it’s suddenly way less simple . Many seem to only allow the amount corresponding to the length of your "stay" in the country... Which is a problem if I arrive in Korea with 4.5 months’ worth of medication, for example.
After all that, and even though I’ll obviously contact the relevant authorities in each country (fingers crossed for a response 😛), here’s my question:
Has anyone here had any experience with this? (Even if it’s a different medication or different countries, any input would be helpful!)
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For several years now, increased aggression has been observed in Cape fur seals.
At least 70 unprovoked attacks on humans.
It was recently confirmed that this is due to rabies.
The suspected origin is contamination in Namibia by jackals.
The contagion seems to be spreading.
Preventive vaccination (of the animals) is being considered.
Just a reminder:
Rabies affects all mammals.
Once symptoms appear—sometimes weeks or even months later—death is inevitable.
It’s the bite that transmits the disease.
There are so-called "furious" forms with aggression, but also forms without aggression.
In case of a bite, in addition to standard wound care, tetanus prevention… rabies prevention is essential.
Stay careful out there…
Seeing seals from a boat along the coast isn’t rare in these parts…
I need 2 dental implants and I'd like to get them done abroad (it's a question of price).
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