Archives d’Auteur: bene088

Argentina

Chapitre 15: We wanted to do a lot more in Argentina but this country is huge and you need at least 6 weeks or more to enjoy and see different parts. We didn’t have enough time so we had to focus on one part, the one that attracted to me for a long time: Patagonia. […]

Chile

Chapitre 14: We visited two very different parts of Chili: the desert and the mountains. The first part was in the desert of Atacama for 3 days where we horse ridden the cordillera. The desert is the oldest and the driest in the world. It expands on 1000 km on the pacific coast, located in […]

Bolivia

Chapitre 13: We traveled 10 days around Bolivia and discovered Bolivian culture and landscape which is different to Peru’s, despite both occupied by the Spanish for more than 3 centuries. Today: -10 million inhabitants – 61% speak spanish, 21% speak Quechua (Inca’s language), 16% speak Aymara, 4% other. – People below poverty line: 5.1 million […]

Peru

Chapitre 12: In order to discover more about this country and cover the most amount of ground, we traveled for 3 weeks with an organised tour from Lima to the bolivian capital La Paz. During the 3 weeks, we discovered and admired the Inca culture which was full of mystery. From the nazca lines that […]

Ecuador / Galapagos

Chapitre 11: This page will be dedicated to the Galapagos Island as we spent a week there and only 3 days in Quito while trying to overcome the transport and jet lag (30 hours + 16 hours !) Our trip: We wanted to find a cruise at the last minute, less expensive, to see the […]

Japan

Chapitre 10: After spending a week in Singapore at my sister’s house for my part plus a week end at Elliot’s for Mitch’s part, we arrived in Japan. We had 3 weeks of discovery for this very peculiar country / culture / people. We split our trip into 3 parts: 1 week in Tokyo, 1 […]

Malaysia – Borneo

Chapitre 9: We met Mitch’s brother and sister in Borneo for a week. We change the destination of Myanmar to Malaysia because of safety concerns from local conflict. Climbing mount Kinabalu for a day and a half was as interesting as it was exhausting: Scrambling over rocks and up stairs in the cold rain pin day […]

Nepal

Chapitre 8 : Nepal For our trip in Nepal, we wanted to trek in the mountains. In order to do so, we needed to join a tour as a permit is needed and it was safer to do so. Because of our limited dates, we couldn’t join the everest trek of 17 days but we […]

Turkey

Chapter 7: Turkey Our itinerary: Istanbul for 6 days, Ephese 1 night, Capaddocia 3 nights and buses travel 2 nights. Istanbul was a masterpiece of history, culture, architecture. With its 20 million of inhabitants, the city never sleeps and offer a dyamic panorama for the visitors. More than any other country we have visited, the […]

Grece

Chapitre 6: Greece Territory of antique culture, archeologic proves and welcoming population, Greece is a marvelous country. The country’s history allows us to acknolwedge and understand the Europe’s history since mythologie until now. I – Histoire / History There’s a lot of history BC so hang on ! – 7000BC to 4000BC/ paleolithique period: Presence of […]