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Bridget Jaune's diary
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9 mai 2008

Home sweet home

Home sweet home
First days home were tough though... I felt I needed to hide myself from friends and acquaintances, by avoiding the strategic Eurocrats hubs and by using my hijab every now and then, when risks were too high to bump into someone I know. Nothing has changed,...
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29 février 2008

La femme a barbe et l'homme invisible

La femme a barbe et l'homme invisible
Although I'd missed the election of Mister Moustache of the Desert in Jasailmer... I found instead much better: Madame Moustache of Jodhpur 2008. No comment. (Et sans trucage). Et l'homme invisible, c'est moi. Il fut une epoque ou en Birmanie, je n'arretais...
9 avril 2008

Lettres persanes

Lettres persanes
L'arrivee en Iran s'est faite le 30 mars, sur les chapeaux de roues! A peine l'avion au sol, ma voisine de siege me beugle un tonitruant "welcome to Iran" dans l'oreille droite. Accueil hautement personnalise, sans aucun doute. Inoubliable, c est certain....
20 février 2008

The Sound of Silence

The Sound of Silence
Le chameau, ca fait mal au cul... et bouffer du sable pendant 3 jours, ca a ce cote abrasif qu on n oublie pas! ;) Ca, c est donc fait... le tour dans le desert du Rajasthan, pas la plus incroyable experience de ma vie, surtout quand on traverse les villages...
19 mars 2008

Homo Erectus

Homo Erectus
Kajuharo, Utta Pradesh. Les avis a son sujet divergent. Et dix verges, c est bien connu, c est enorme. On dit de cet endroit que c'est architouristique. On raconte que les indiens ici sont particulieres tenaces et desagreables, a vouloir a tout prix vous...
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18 février 2008

Tas de rats tentes

Tas de rats tentes
Bikaner, Rajasthan. 40 km from there, there is a holy temple, better known as the Rat Temple. Hundreds of rats are free-running inside the temple, and are considered as sacred. Brrrrr. I have slept with some in Burma, but seeing them running freely and...
2 février 2008

The Beach

The Beach
4 jours de trek, 3 jours au Lac Inle a se refaire une sante apres le trek, a tenter de passer outre des check-points de militaires et de s'aventurer sur des chemins interdits, a se gaver de gnocchis, a se fracasser la tete au Mojito... n'en ayant pas...
17 mars 2008

Laisser de marbre

Laisser de marbre
Once upon a time, an emperor, desperate by the death of his beloved wife decided to build up a big white marble monument in her memory. It stands today as one of the most famous symbol of India, the Taj Mahal. Later on, he planned to build up a black...
12 avril 2008

Per Se

Per Se
8 days in magnificient Yazd, where the word laziness is given its full meaning... people landing at the Silk Road hotel come and go, as everywhere else, some stay for longer, some others have no time and leave after a couple of days, on their way to Pakistan...
31 mars 2008

India House

India House
Last post on India, after two fascinating, not always restful, months traveling into the North. A lot of colors, various strong smells, rickshaws and horns, noise, touts, curry and masala, met on my way... for better or for worse. At the end of the day,...
27 mars 2008

Tout un cinema...

Tout un cinema...
Who knows me, knows that i am not a big movies fan... I'd rather stay home reading a good book (or alternatively go for a beer...) than paying 8 euros for a crap blockbuster. Twice a year maximum, mainly due to peer pressure, I would accept to enter a...
16 mai 2008

Apostrophes

Apostrophes
Petit moment détente apres tous ces mois de voyage... un livre incontournable, si vrai, tellement vrai que parfois le rouge me monte aux joues, morte de honte, a force de m'y reconnaitre ou d'y reconnaitre certaines personnes! Quelques extraits (vraiment,...
8 mai 2008

Belgian Fries

Belgian Fries
So guess where I am now? Unexpectingly, I came back to Brussels a few days ago, incognito, it is bizarre not being a backpacker any longer (I cannot help myself but staring at backpackers here in Brussels and try to make the first eye contact, as it used...
1 mars 2008

Bride and Prejudice

Bride and Prejudice
Perhaps I should give a try to arranged marriages... It seems to work*. Yet, it is true that the second day of the wedding, during the second function, where the groom finally met the bride, no look had been given, no smile, they remain as marble stones....
30 avril 2008

Surprise!

Surprise!
Eh oui, ca y ressemble, maıs cela n'est pas! On diraıt une eglise armenıenne, en fait, c'est une eglise armenienne, et pourtant, le drapeau l'atteste, nous sommes bel et bien en Turquie! Mon choix a donc ete celui de poursuivre un peu la route avec Matthıeu...
29 avril 2008

Caucasus

Caucasus
Tabriz is not very well reputed, people living here are Azeri and Persians disregard Azeri, thinking they are just idiots. Well, we can confirm that some acted in a very bızarre way indeed... Anyway, Tabriz constitutes a very good base to explore the...
23 avril 2008

In a nut-Shell

In a nut-Shell
Quelques nouvelles breves de mes derniers jours en Iran, passe a Teheran, avant de me remettre sur la route vers... benh oui tiens, vers ou justement? Teheran, d autant plus en tant que capitale, n a pas forcement la reputation d etre une ville tres attrayante....
30 avril 2008

Remember last winter...

Remember last winter...
5 mois, 150 jours, 7 pays, 1000 visites sur le blog, pour quelques dizaines de milliers de kilometres au total... tout cela ne meriterait-il pas un break, quelque part, loin du blog, pour quelques jours? Pour mieux repartir peut etre, et rebondir de tous...
26 février 2008

Preliminaire nuptial

Preliminaire nuptial
First day of the wedding, the daughters of the family are praying Ganesh to protect the union. To the groom is associated the first son-born of his sister. Since only children are pure, his nephew will be considered as for the rest of the wedding as the...
13 février 2008

100 % Cachemire

100 % Cachemire
4 days in Kashmir, for a unique sightseeing on the Dal Lake, surrounded by the Himalayan chain (well, I think... anyway, big moutains, you know what I mean... with a hell lot of snow...). A little bit of Pakistan as I would imagine it... yet, it is not...
25 mars 2008

Iranian diplomacy - A Fine (Indian) Balance

Iranian diplomacy - A Fine (Indian) Balance
Varanasi, Utta Pradesh, India Iranian consulate in Delhi or how to get your nerves tested by Iranian officials... It could have been a very simple and quick procedure... but it turned out to be a long 6 hours of waiting for almost nothing. The authorisation...
14 mars 2008

Holy days

Holy days
Vanarasi or Benares. A city name full of meanings and dreams. The holy city where the Ganges encompasses both life and death. From the 80 ghats, Indians people take their bath, pray, burn their dead relatives, do their laundry, swim, play cricket, etc....
10 mars 2008

La vache qui rit...

La vache qui rit...
Et moi, je ris toujours aussi jaune... 10 fois par jour (oui, ca a augmente depuis la Birmanie...), l'eternelle remarque: - "You, Korea?" Je sais, mes yeux brides portent a confusion, mais tout de meme, c'est tres frustrant. Du coup, j'ai adopte une nouvelle...
9 mars 2008

Road Trippin'

Road Trippin'
Petit silence radio pendant une semaine sur le blog... benh quoi? On se prend les vacances qu'on peut en vacances...! ;) Aux nouvelles, decouverte de Bundi (coup de coeur), un havre de paix, loin du circuit touristique, ou les "Namaste" veulent vraiment...
7 décembre 2007

Beijing 2008

Beijing 2008
When talking about pictures, photographers and tourists, the Yapenese band style would pop up immediately. Masses of Japenese tourists standing in front of the tiny Manneken Pis gives a pretty good image of their artistic skills... Well, but have you...
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