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Bonjour, je compte aller en Sardaigne en mais en camping-car, pensez vous qu'il faille réserver en cette saison?? Merci 🙂

Bonjour à tous,

Grace à tous les bon commentaires que j'ai pu lire sur les sacoches ortlieb, j'ai décidé de me lancer (via globetrotter en All. - beaucoup moins cher...).

Néanmoins je m'interroge concernant le volume. Je voudrais uniquement charger l'avant. Or Les FRONT ROLLER font 25 litres, apparemment la paire... ce qui parait peu... Existe-t-il + grand pour l'avant? J'ai cru comprendre que des mini-sacoches peuvent se rajouter au dessus, qq'un en a-t-il?

Merci à tous de vos réponses

bonjour,

je sais que ma question peux paraitre bizard, mais je dois prendre l'avion pour la premiere fois cet été et je flip. j'aurais voulu savoir qu'elles étaient les sensations au décolage et si il existait sur un site web une video d'un décollage vu de l'intérieur de la cabine ( comme si on y était ).

Merci D'avance

Salut à tous,

Plus que 10j avant le départ ! OUFFFFFF.............

J'aimerai savoir si pour recharger la batterie de mon appareil photo il me faut une prise spéciale à l'Inde et où dois je l'acheter ; en Inde je me doute!

merci à tous et A+ !

Dans la serie des croisieres en Argentine, cloturons le debat avec les croisieres vers l Argentine a partir de l Europe ...

Aujourd hui, la saison des croisieres a commencé a Buenos Aires avec l'arrivee des deux premiers paquebots de l été 2005 ( et oui 2005 ici ) : le neerlandais Amsterdam ( de retour d Ushuaia ) et le Saga Pearl (arrivage de Montevideo ). Photos prises hier soir (jeudi 05 nov) dans le port de Buenos Aires 1233 passagers sur l'Amsterdam .

La saison verra aborder 55 paquebots dans le port de Buenos Aires ( dernier prevu le 21 avril 2005, arrivee de l'Astor ) .Le secretariat de la ville de Buenos Aires, se frotte les main, puisque depuis l annee 1996, le trafic transatlantique a augmenté de 116 % ....sommes nous de nouveau revenu au temps du developpement des compagnies transatlantiques des annees 1900-1920 ?

Liste des 14 paquebots a l arrivee a BuenosAires pour les mois de novembre et de decembre 2004

Nº Batiment Entree Heure Provenance Sortie Heure Destination Agence Maritime

1 AMSTERDAM 05/11/04 07:00 USHUAIA 06/11/04 20:00 MONTEVIDEO INCHCAPE

2 SAGA PEARL 05/11/04 08:00 MONTEVIDEO 05/11/04 18:00 USHUAIA INCHCAPE

3 AMSTERDAM 16/11/04 07:00 MONTEVIDEO 17/11/04 20:00 USHUAIA INCHCAPE

4 CRYSTAL SYMPHONY 26/11/04 07:00 MONTEVIDEO 28/11/04 18:00 MONTEVIDEO MULTIMAR

5 EUROPA 04/12/04 08:00 RIO DE JANEIRO 04/12/04 00:00 PUNTA ARENAS ULTRAMAR

6 SILVER WIND 07/12/04 08:00 MONTEVIDEO 07/12/04 18:00 MONTEVIDEO INCHCAPE

7 TSS THE TOPAZ 09/12/04 04:00 RIO DE JANEIRO 10/12/04 20:00 PUNTA ARENAS ULTRAMAR

8 AMSTERDAM 09/12/04 07:00 USHUAIA 10/12/04 20:00 MONTEVIDEO INCHCAPE

9 LE DIAMANT 19-12-04 07:00 MONTEVIDEO 21/12/04 19:00 MONTEVIDEO INCHCAPE

10 AMSTERDAM 20-12-04 06:00 MONTEVIDEO 20/12/04 20:00 USHUAIA INCHCAPE

11 VISTAMAR 20-12-04 08:00 MONTEVIDEO 20/12/04 20:00 MONTEVIDEO TAMIC

12 COSTA TROPICALE 22-12-04 08:00 SANTOS 22/12/04 19:00 PTA.DEL ESTE INCHCAPE

13 DISCOVERY 28-12-04 07:00 MONTEVIDEO 30/12/04 13:00 MALVINAS TAMIC

14 COSTA TROPICALE 30-12-04 08:00 SANTOS 30/12/04 19:00 PTA.DEL ESTE INCHCAPE

4 agences maritimes developpe les liaisons maritimes entre l Europe et l Argentine : Ultramar, Inchcape, Tamic, Multimar.

Bons reves !

Herge !

Bonjour !

Quelqu'un sait-il si Loy Krathong est également célébré au Laos ? Aux alentours du 25 novembre je serai probablement quelque part au bord du Mékong, probablement à Vientiane, voire Paksé.

Quel est le meilleur endroit pour assister aux festivités ? Merci

Bonjour a tous !

Nous sommes un groupe d'etudiants infirmiers et nous avons organisé un voyage en janvier pour convoyer du matériel medical(40 kgs/pers) aux hopitaux de Maroua et Mokolo au nord du Cameroun.Seulement, à ce stade de la preparation, nous sommes face a un dilemne: prendre un vol Paris-Maroua prendre un vol Lyon-Douala puis ralier le Nord et dans ce cas ma question est : combien de temps et combien peut nous couter la traversee de Douala à Maroua ?

en sachant que nous n'avons qu'1 mois, en gros du 26decembre au 31 janvier .

merci a tous ceux qui pourraient nous apporter de l'aide par leur expérience de ce pays . 😊

Quelq'un aurait il mis les pieds du coté de Srinagar récément et si oui quelle est l'ambiance actuelle ...?

L'aéroport est t'il réouvert ?

Sinon, en revenant de Jaisalmer, est ton obligé de repasser à Dheli si l'on descends dans le Sud ?

et si non...quelle est la meilleure marche à suivre ? (trajet, temps prévu ?)

merci, merci, merci...😏

Bonsoir,

Avec une amie, nous projetons de feter nos anniversaires respectifs dans un restaurant de spécialités étrangères à Nantes. Mais nous ne savons trop où aller. Qui parmis vous, pourrait nous donner de bonnes adresses? J'en connais certains, mais j'aimerais que ce soit l'occasion d'en découvrir de nouveaux.

Merci pour tous les bons lieux que vous pourrez me communiquer. Toutes les destinations sont les bienvenues!

Aidez nous à nous régaler 🙂..

Kénavo

Odonate

2 touaregs libyens (que je connais déjà ), me proposent 140 euros par Jours pour 2 personnes en 4x4 mais çà me semble cher pour trois semaines en 4x4. Est-ce que qqun a des infos là dessus

lut !

voilà ... je vais à Bali et Lombok pendant 3 semaines ... je pars avec mon ami fin aout et on hésite à prendre nos VTT ...

On aimerait beaucoup découvrir l'île de Bali à vélo ... une idée comme une autre quoi !... mais on sait pas trop s'il est préférable d'embarquer nos propres VTT avec les équipements adéquats ou d'en louer sur place ? de tout'facons, il faudra bien prévoir un minimum d'équipement ... parce que j'me vois pas sous 28°C pédaler avec un sac sur le dos, donc faut partir avec des sacoches en baguage, les bidons pour la flote, les rustines ...

et faut-il un casque, anti-vol ?

la qualité des vélos (des VTT j'veux dire) ?

en fait ... si on les loue, pour circuler à vélo, on doit partir comme si on prenait les notres, tout c'qui va avec ?!...

Vous devez vous dire qu'on a l'air désorganisé et pas bien renseigné ... bé, c'est justement, ca nous aiderait si quelqu'un pouvait nous donner des infos à ce sujet ... 2, 3 conseils 😕 ... ca serait cool ...

Ciao

je pars sur MADRAS fin juin destination les iles Andaman .mis a part les vols de madras vers....... je crois qu'il existe des liaisons bateau, selon la saison?

meilleures iles accessibles ? permis d'y entrer ? et si oui où est il plus simple de se le procurer?

connaissant l'administration ''approximative'' sur place je voudrais eviter les delais d'attente dans une grande ville comme Madras !

Sinon depuis des années je ne me préoccupe plus de vaccins SAUF si obligatoires

quand est-il actuellement ?

quelques infos surtout sur les liaisons au depart de Madras ainsi qu'entre les iles me seraient tres utiles

merci à vous

ready to go !

Je pare en Thailande avec un enfant de 2ans, mi mai-juin,

et je cherche une plage sympat et pas touristique, ou posser nos sacs

quelque jours, ou le temps serait clément en ctte saison....

Toute idée est bienvenue....

On aime la paix et la bonne bouffe...

Regarder et découvrire...

Merci d'avance et bon voyage...

Bonjour à tous, 😉

Ma famille et moi nous allons au Bavaro beach resort. J'ai trois enfants de 14, 12 et 9 ans qui en seront à leur premier voyage dans un pareil endroit. Croyez-vous qu'il serait préférable de se faire vacciner? Quels sont les endroits les plus hot à visiter? Et que pensez-vous de notre choix d'hôtel? Nous y allons à Pâques. Merci à l'avance.😎

bonjour à vous !

je dois faire ma résa lundi /09, pour dominicus beach, mais le hic c'est que l'on part par star airlines, en formule galaxie (fortement conseillée), mais on ne connait pas leurs services qu'ils offrent.

Merci d'avance pour vos infos😉

Amicalement à vous

manuellla

Bonjour,

Je ferai un voyage de 3 mois cet automne. Départ prévu 30 août, retour au début décembre.

J'aimerais possiblement débuter mon voyage en faisant les vendanges quelque part en France. J'aimerais obtenir toute information pertinente afin de m'aider dans ce projet. Par exemple, est-ce mieux de trouver un vignoble avant d'arriver? Où chercher? Y a-t-il une bonne demande?

Si je prévois faire les vendanges au début septembre, quelles régions sont recommandées?

Vous avez déjà fait les vendanges : des commentaires, impressions, suggestions?

Merci à l'avance!!!! 🙂

Hi, Our son, currently in Central America, will board a sailboat on 04/16 to cross the Atlantic. He’s expected to arrive around 05/31 in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, and we’d like to welcome him on the day he arrives. I’m looking for accommodation in the area for a few days around that date, from which we can explore the Camargue. We’ll be bringing our e-bikes. Could you tell me which towns to look in and which areas to avoid, please? I think Port-Saint-Louis isn’t a great option if we want to avoid the toll for the ferry every time we leave by car. Thanks for your tips. Claire

PS: Are there a lot of mosquitoes in late May/early June?

Hello! 🙂

January 2026 Here we go again for new adventures and the pleasure of sharing them with you here! First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who helped me with the preparations, even with some last-minute improvisations just days before departure. Thanks to Montagnard74, Jojoone1, Songsam, Attila, Dennis2, NadegerFERM, and the authors whose travel journals about Laos inspired me (Montagnard74, Muriel18, Mavietongs...).

In this story, written by Richard and illustrated by me, we’ll tell you about the journey of four friends: Catherine, Richard, Nathalie, and Bruno. A reinvented but overall successful trip, filled with discoveries and surprises, the scents of spices and frangipani flowers, (too) spicy food, sunsets, and... one big mess.

Spitsbergen, 80° North latitude. A lost archipelago on the edge of the world, northeast of Greenland, the last lands before the pole. I’m aboard the *Grigoriy Mikheev*, a Russian ship from the Murmansk Polar Research Institute. Russian flag, Russian crew. Chartered by OceanWide Expeditions.

Last night, we were stuck in drifting pack ice in the long Hinlopen Strait. This incident led to an unforgettable barbecue and party on the ship’s foredeck, but we had to abandon our plan to head south and circle Spitsbergen. This summer, there’s too much ice in the strait, and it’s too thick. At dawn, the tide turned, allowing us to break free and head north again. The ship is now moving slowly through sea ice density that satellite maps estimate at around five-tenths. Our progress is punctuated by dull thuds: the ship’s bow constantly shoves and fractures enormous ice floes.

At breakfast, Tarik, our expedition leader, informs us that our program will be significantly altered. Since we can’t cross the strait, we’ll turn back and head north. To kick off our Plan B, Tarik plans a landing tonight on the small island of Låg (Lågøya), at 80°10' North. Last summer, he saw a large walrus colony there and hopes we’ll find them again. The weather is perfect—glorious sunshine—and walruses are truly addicted to sunbathing on the beaches.

We’ve now exited the strait and are sailing far from the coast. In case the walrus colony is there, we don’t want the ship’s approach to scare them into the water before we even see them. So, we scan the shore methodically with binoculars. We pass several bays, round a cape, and examine several shorelines littered with driftwood, but no walruses in sight. Several times, clusters of large rounded rocks trigger false alarms… but no, they’re just rocks…

Suddenly, Tarik spots them through his binoculars! On an isolated peninsula, our expedition leader’s highly trained eye has picked out, among those brown masses, the shape and white color of the enormous tusks of what he calls "the heavyweights of the Arctic!" Now, fifteen or twenty pairs of binoculars are pointed in the indicated direction… Sure enough, I see them now! They’re there, huge, sprawled in the sun on the beach. Without Tarik’s sharp eye, we might have missed them. They’re so tightly packed together that they really look like a mass of brown rocks. Only the white, saber-shaped tusks and the occasional furtive movements hint that they’re animals.

It’s 11 PM, and on the deck of the *Grigoriy Mikheev*, as you can imagine, excitement has ramped up several notches. Several of us have already rushed to our cabins to gear up, pulling on boots and life jackets in anticipation of a landing that promises to be absolutely amazing. Tarik reins in our enthusiasm a bit: Okay, so we were lucky to find them, but now we need to think about how to approach them. Not that they’re dangerous—at least not on land… Their enormous bulk and their pseudo-feet (flippers) only allow for very limited mobility. But when they feel threatened, their first instinct is to head for the water, where their perfect ease keeps them safe. So, the challenge will be not to scare them off, to avoid them bolting into the water in the first few seconds! That’s exactly what would happen if we arrived by Zodiac right in front of them.

So, Tarik decides we’ll make a wide detour to land on the other side of the peninsula where they are. From there, we’ll leave the Zodiacs on the beach and cross the peninsula on foot, about a kilometer and a half. That way, we’ll approach the herd from behind. This approach will also keep us downwind of them. There you go—with a few precautions, they shouldn’t hear us coming or catch our scent.

Everyone is geared up now and practically bursting with impatience… While the Zodiacs are being lowered into the water, Tarik and Delphine recap the approach rules: absolute silence, communication only by signs, no dragging feet on the rocks, watch your step, and strict coordination with slow movements.

Here we go… we’re off now! Spray flying from the Zodiac’s bow, icy air whipping our faces, gloves gripping the side ropes, freezing splashes, pure emotion… Ahh, I love this! We describe a wide curve offshore to round the peninsula. Ahead of us, the magnificent landscape of this intensely blue sea unfolds, with the hills of Lågøya and, in the distance, the ice-covered mountains of Nordaustlandet under the sun. It’s midnight now. In July, at 80 degrees North, the sun is just like midday.

This navigation takes us far from the walruses, on the other side of the cape. Easy landing on a shoreline of large pebbles covered in giant seaweed brought in by the currents. They look like long strips of plastic—sometimes translucent, sometimes white, beige, or orange. In places, there are huge tangled layers of it. Our boots sink into this material, which gives off a strong iodine smell. Unfortunately, there’s also some plastic waste—fishing floats and net debris. Seeing this here is crazy… A little farther on, in a cove, tides and storms have piled up numerous tree trunks from Siberia.

We begin crossing the peninsula on foot, staying close together. We’re walking on a nearly deserted polar tundra. We’re only ten degrees of latitude from the North Pole here. The violent winds and extreme temperatures that dominate this island for nine months of the year allow only a few rare plants to grow, close to the ground, between the rocks. In places, rocks are covered with large patches of black lichen.

Gérard, rifle slung over his shoulder, constantly scans the terrain. Tarik and Delphine are also very vigilant. We know no one ever lands here, and although this environment isn’t ideal for bears, you never know—better to be cautious. The terrain is mostly flat, but whenever a small rise blocks our view, Gérard moves ahead and only signals us to proceed when he’s sure there’s no "big man in fur" (tradition dictates we don’t name the polar bear).

After a few hundred meters, we find an enormous whale vertebra. Judging by the state of the bone, it’s likely a relic from the whaling era that ravaged this area in the 17th century and all over northern Spitsbergen. A little farther on, the remains of a grave catch our attention. The only human trace on this remote island, this burial is surely very old, also likely dating from the whalers’ time. But this whaler’s final resting place didn’t shelter him for long—there’s not much left, just a piece of skull and a few broken bones. Due to the permafrost, the body could only be buried a few dozen centimeters deep, between some planks held in place by large stones. This makeshift grave was probably ravaged by a bear shortly after the burial. Several stone blocks are overturned, the planks are broken open. We only linger for a minute to pay our respects to this whaler, whose poor remains now merge with the mineral landscape.

A slight rise bulges in the center of the peninsula, and here we are at the highest point. If our orientation is correct, we’re heading straight for the walrus colony. A moment of emotion… my heart’s pounding. Yes, they’re there, about three hundred meters ahead of us! They haven’t moved since we spotted them from the *Grigoriy Mikheev*’s deck. They’re sprawled in a heap, packed tightly together in the sun, on the shingle beach. The light breeze blowing in our faces confirms we’re on the right track—not to be sniffed out from afar by the big beasts.

By signs, Tarik tells us we’ll approach slowly, in stages, moving about thirty meters at a time, making as little noise as possible with our boots, then freezing completely for a minute or two, crouching down to let them forget us. This strategy proves excellent. We’re now less than a hundred meters away, and it doesn’t seem like our presence is perceived as a threat by the "heavyweights of the Arctic." At this distance, let’s not kid ourselves: we’re certainly spotted, but our way of approaching must seem reassuring—or at least manageable—since they’re only a few meters from the water and know they could dash into it in seconds if they felt the need.

We now advance in shorter stages—twenty meters at a time, then just ten, crouching, then freezing like statues, our breathing nearly held from emotion and concentration. We’re now thirty meters from the mastodons. Our presence must be starting to stress them because they’re moving more. While still sprawled against each other, some suddenly rear up on their flipper-feet, grunting and snorting like monstrous pigs. Their head shakes make their two enormous ivory sabers sway. They jab them into the fat of their neighbors, who in turn stir and emit irritated snorts.

At Tarik’s signal, we move a few more meters, "on velvet paws"… We’re right there now. I hold my breath, throat tight… Intense emotion, a fantastic spectacle—these enormous Arctic animals sprawled in the sun, with the magnificent backdrop of snow-covered mountains across the sound. I think to myself: *I’m here… this can’t be real!* It’s nearly 2 AM now, the air is crystal clear, and the Arctic sun bathes this scene in what might be the most beautiful light I’ve ever seen. We’re about fifteen meters away now. Tarik signals that we won’t go any closer. The walruses are still lying down, but occasionally, our close presence and the clicking of cameras trigger bouts of agitation that ripple through the herd, causing some jostling. They’re so tightly packed and tangled that it’s a bit hard to count them. In the end, we tally sixteen, plus one "little one," half-crushed in the general mass.

Seen from here, they’re truly impressive! The "sumo wrestlers of the Arctic!" According to Tarik, they must weigh about a ton—slightly more for the males than the females—and the "little one" must already be around 200 kg. When the weather’s nice like today, they love sprawling on the beaches to soak up the sun.

Walruses are marvels of Arctic adaptation. They can modify their blood circulation depending on thermal conditions. They withstand extreme cold by directing most of their circulation to vital organs (heart, lungs) and minimizing peripheral blood flow (skin and limbs) to prevent heat loss. Conversely, when they sunbathe, they direct most of their blood flow to the skin, turning themselves into true solar collectors.

At this latitude, there’s practically no difference in sunlight between day and night. Noon or midnight, the sun’s angle barely changes. Walruses make the most of these fair-weather phases by sprawling in the sun 23 hours out of 24… Enough to make siesta lovers dream, right? Twenty-three hours of lounging… and the twenty-fourth for eating!

And when we say "eating," what a feast! The proverb *"Who sleeps dines"* is fully justified here: when a walrus decides to feed, it gulps down between 50 and 60 kg of shellfish in an hour! Its food consists of large bivalve mollusks, which it tears from the seabed with its tusks and sucks up nonstop! A 50 kg meal certainly justifies a 23-hour nap for digestion, right? And speaking of digestion—it’s what the "big guys" in front of us are doing right now! You might wonder how we know this… Well, I’ll tell you: if you were here, downwind (or should I say *down the winds!*) of these marine giants, you’d have no doubt! Pfft… what flatulence! I can confirm that today’s scent is called *"Morsanus, from the North"* (*"Because I’m worth it!"*). Mmm, yeah… Tarik, you had a great idea putting us upwind… at least *they* can’t smell us, but we sure can!

But… heepp! Delphine discreetly signals to get our attention—she’s just spotted something: in the smooth water of the bay, a small V-shaped ripple runs along the beach, then turns toward the shore… So the colony wasn’t complete on the beach… Here’s an 800 kg bather stepping ashore now, right before our astonished eyes! She lifts her head and stays like that for a long moment, her enormous tusks half out of the water. She looks exhausted, resting a bit before coming out. Or more likely, she’s hesitating to climb onto the beach because she’s seen us… The shapeless head stays still for a moment, then violently snorts like a clogged drain! A misshapen head where you can’t make out anything that usually makes a head! No eyes, no ears, no mouth… A sort of monstrous cabbage! But the temptation to join the warmth of the "sunbathers" is too strong! Here’s our pachyderm bather climbing the few meters of the shore and sprawling right in the middle of her companions, who greet her with jostling, grunts, and tusk jabs! Then everything settles back into order—800 kg of fat and flesh added to the fifteen or so tons of local biomass. Welcome to the club!

It seems the walruses have gotten a bit used to us now. They’re moving and grunting much less. I realize it wasn’t obvious to approach them like this without scaring them into the water… It’s thanks to Tarik and Delphine’s advice that we managed it. It’s also, let’s be honest, because we’re all passionate here, and there’s been total discipline and cohesion from the start of this approach.

It’s past 2 AM now—time to head back… We’ll leave them to their wild world, to their life at the beginning of the world. We’re happy to have disturbed them as little as possible and not to have disrupted their nap too much. We leave stealthily, first backing up a few meters, then turning around and crossing the peninsula again, walking slowly, avoiding making noise with our boots as long as we’re still close.

We find the Zodiacs on the shoreline with the giant kelp. The sea is like a lake—easy boarding. We make another wide loop to round the cape, passing offshore. The sharp cold stings my cheeks and ears again—I put my hat back on. The cold—I hadn’t thought about it at all during our encounter with the walruses. In the Zodiac, with the engine noise, no one speaks. The faces and smiles are those of men and women who’ve just crossed an inner frontier—the one that separates dream from reality. But tonight, that frontier was porous, and the dream entered reality.

We return to the *Grigoriy Mikheev*, waiting at anchor. It’s past 3 AM, but I don’t feel any fatigue. A few minutes later, I’m in my bunk, rocked by a gentle swell and the hum of the engines. In the soft warmth of the blanket, a strange sleep overtakes me… A sleep filled with luminous, icy landscapes, with large beasts bearing saber-like tusks. Large beasts that sleep, snore, snort, grunt, and jostle in their sleep… in *my* sleep. An unforgettable memory. It was July 2004, in Spitsbergen.

Chris51.

Hi there, I’m right in the middle of planning a trip to the American West—23 days from 07/30 to 08/23. Departure from Orly to Los Angeles with a layover in San Francisco, and return from Los Angeles to Orly. Day 1: Orly - San Francisco (1 night) Day 2 & 3: Los Angeles (2 nights) Day 4, 5 & 6: San Francisco (3 nights) Day 7: Lake Tahoe (1 night) Day 8 & 9: Portland (2 nights) Day 10, 11 & 12: Seattle (3 nights) Day 13 & 14: Yellowstone (2 nights) Day 15 & 16: Salt Lake City (2 nights) Day 17 & 18: Las Vegas (2 nights) Day 19 & 20: Grand Canyon (2 nights) Day 21 & 22: Los Angeles (2 nights) Day 23: Return flight (1 night in the air)

The flight’s already booked: 2250 € for 3 people. Car’s reserved—just finalized the last booking today: a Rav4 for 23 days from Sixt in Santa Monica, 715 € (all insurance included). Hotels are booked with free cancellation since I keep finding better options, and the itinerary isn’t 100% set yet.

Hi there, Is the road connecting Imi n’Ifri (near Demnate) to Agouti (Aït Bougmez) paved and therefore in good enough condition for a rental car? Thanks!

Same question for the road descending the Tessaout Valley from Amezri. Thanks!

Hello everyone!

We're off! After exploring the north, the four friends have now discovered the south. We’re excited to share this new travel journal, dedicated to our little group and our strong friendship, written by Richard and illustrated with Kate’s photos. I’ll chime in from time to time with practical tips.

First of all, a big thank you to everyone on VoyageForum who helped us plan this trip. It would’ve been quite different if we’d just relied on guidebooks.

The itinerary lasted just over 3 weeks: Mahabalipuram, Pondicherry, Thanjavur, the Chettinad region, Madurai, Munnar, Munroe Island, Cochin, and Chennai. We traveled by train, taxi, and private car with a driver, took a domestic flight, and stayed in guesthouses, Airbnb apartments, and hotels. For each of us, including flights, the total budget barely reached 2000 €, and we didn’t hold back—knowing we avoid resorts and love street food and small Indian restaurants.

J en ai connus qui ne supporteraient pas, ou plus, de prendre des vacances ou de voyager hors de leur pays, en Belgique en Suisse ou en France. Ou en Europe. je ne suis pas de ceux là. Il me faut un cadre qui m eloigne de tout ce que je connais visuellement parlant. Des paysages radicalement differents, une tout autre restauration, des visages et un langage qui appartiennent a un "ailleurs". D autres coutumes une autre monnaie une autre musique. Sinon mon esprit ne ressent pas l apaisement la distraction et je ne sens pas les bienfaits de ce repos 1 fois dans une annee. Oh on arrive a s en passer mais il manque quelque chose. Les bienfaits de l exotisme, des alizees, des tropiques, un autre gout de vin ou de whisky. nous voila drogués du voyage et en ce moment a la fois libres et en prison.

quelqu un a t il prevu de faire la croisière jazz en mer du 28/09 au 12/10 2020 ?

Bonjour, je recherche des conseils sur un point de chute dans les Landes (ou GIronde) cet été.

Idéalement un endroit plutôt dans les terres, qui nous permette de rayonner en voiture pour différentes activités (selon ce qu'il sera possible de faire en août avec la CoVid... 🙁) avec notre enfant qui aura 3 ans et demi : surtout de petites balades en forêt, peut-être une location de vélo avec carriole s'il y a des pistes cyclables ?, visite de jolis villages, bien sûr aller voir la mer mais plutôt des baignades en lac, etc. Et le moins il y aura de monde, le mieux ce sera. 😛

Quel coin conseilleriez-vous ? Merci aux habitués de cette région.

Bonjour à tous,

L'essentiel de mon interrogation est contenue dans le titre de ce fil : est-il plus aisé de conduire son propre véhicule en Irlande et en Grande-Bretagne ou vaut-il mieux en louer un une fois sur place ? Je pensais que circuler avec ma voiture serait plus commode mais je lis par-ci par-là qu'il est bien plus confortable (même pour nous) d'être au volant d'un véhicule adapté à la conduite à gauche et qu'on s'y habitue très vite. Par ailleurs, quid de la conduite à gauche ? Je suis preneuse de retours d'expériences, merci. 🙂

Bonjour, nous avons annulé notre voyage aux Seychelles prévu en août et hésitons à reprendre des billets pour octobre. Je sais que personne n'est devin mais qu'en pensez vous ?

Salut a tout les confines, Au Botswana nous le sommes aussi a partir de demain minuit. Faisant partie du personnel de sante, je ne le suis pas. Peut etre, pour sortir de cette morbide atmosphere, pourrait on se raconter nos galeres en voyage, parce malgre les merveilleux carnets de voyage, tout ne se passe pas comme attendu..

Le gouvernement Américain vient d'adopter un plan de soutien à l'économie de 3000 milliards de dollars. Ce plan ne profitera pas aux compagnies de croisière, qui, bien que considérées comme Américaines (Carnival, RCL, Norwegian), ont basé leurs sièges dans des paradis fiscaux. On estime à 420 000 le nombre d'emplois sur le territoire américain créés par l'industrie des croisières et gravement menacés actuellement. Saisi de la question, D.Trump a simplement répondu qu'il voulait que ces compagnies aient leur siège aux USA et paient leurs impôts aux USA. Cela ne va pas arranger RCL, Norwegian et Carnival, dont les cours de bourse ont perdu plus de 70% depuis le début de la crise.