We were in Cusco on a Monday morning...and ready to re-settle in our flat on Monday night. Than Tuesday morning, I left for 2 weeks to Africa...via Sao Paolo and Johannesburg...direction Kinshasa. Everything should have gone smoothly, but it simply didn't. Congo, aka DRC is seemed to be ranked 192nd for "ease of doing business" by the UN...out of 192 countries....yes, doing business or simply travelling here is actually more complicated than trying to reach places like Afghanistan or Iraq....even if most of Congo is actually way safer. There is no Embassy of DRC anywhere close to where I live...so forget about applying directly for a visa. The solution is actually pretty simple...you've got the right paperwork and "they" apply for you for a "visa on arrival", valid 7 days once you enter the country...visa that ... read more

Short flight from Lima and here we are in Cusco. This is only my third visit here, first one in 2002, second one in 2006. The past two times it was Cusco and Matchu Pichu for me, but this time it would be way more. My only real issue was to find out how Tiffany and Leslie would react to an altitude of 3400 meters. Altitude sickness is not something to take lightly in Cusco. At the same time, Tiffany and Leslie have both skied well above the 3000 meters mark without any issues. My last two visits in Cusco, we never splurged on accommodation…and I wasn’t going to splurge on the Monestario this time either. I found a nice deal at the Novotel…reading the reviews I was expecting a small room and average stay…how wrong ... read more

Leslie and Tiffany have joined me in Lima since the 5th of February...and I can tell you...it's been a lot of fun the last few days. The school summer holidays are soon over in Buenos Aires. Time to go back to a "normal" life...school and re-settling in our flat for the next four months, and the first part of a new school year. But before that, we still have two weeks of fun in Peru...and this is the first entry of a serie of four of them. We first spent few days in Lima...but as we did two short stays in Lima...that entry will come second. It must have been close to my twentieth visit to Peru....but this one is the one, as it is a first for Leslie and Tiffany! We spent our week-end, aka ... read more

Here we are....the last entry of our little North America excursion...don't worry too much....school is only due to start end of February for Leslie and Tiffany. Another iconic place for our last entry, and actually...more than a place, another iconic drive, this time to the Southern Point of the United States. I had the chance to drive to Key West some years ago with the godfather of Leslie...and that drive was something...I had to do it with Leslie and Tiffany. As we have been driving few miles since the begining of December 2012...few more miles were not really an issue...and the Mustang is the only choice to drive the Keys (with few bags in the trunk!). We could have stay in Key West, but this is high season....and I had no plan to party hard once ... read more

This entry is all and about the joy of two children enjoying...being children! And with that, you can top it up with a verry happy Dad! It was back more than 2 years ago...one day, Leslie was looking at National Geographic...and they had that show about those huge cruiseships....he came to me...Papa can we do one of those one day. Well, I'm not at all into big cruise ships...really not my thing. So if I had to do it, better do it right, better do it for them. At the time, Tiffany was not yet living with us. It didn't took long for Leslie to convince his sister about it...and when she heard Mickey had a boat..actually more than one! Trust me Tiffany became pretty excited too! If there is a cruise you should go with ... read more