So where are you spending your next 9 days break? My brother asked over the phone expecting as usual I would go for yet another exotic remote place, well not this time! Canada??!! What!!?? Aren’t you going to get bored? Well, I am glad to say it was everything but boring: fantastic time with my dear friend Ivette, open air concerts, adrenaline rush in the wilds, beautiful city & landscapes & the food…simply mouth watering! Asking for more! Chill out time Well not so chilled actually as the very reason I decided to go to Montreal was to catch up with Ivette, a very close friend from Shanghai who spend every summer in Canada and that I hadn’t seen for 6 months! So the moment I got to her house, it was champagne, laugh, dancing, midnight ... read more

Nearly 9 months living & working in Pyongyang, North Korea so guess it was about time to make a little excursion to the Pyongyang zoo! Weather is now fantastic and the sunny Sundays are a great occasion to discover some of the sites which might not have been as pleasant during the winter when the thermometer was closer to the minus 20 degrees! The Pyongyang zoo is located on the North East outskirt of the city surrounded by hills covered with forest and fields. The road leading to it, a massive 8 lines highway is absolutely empty…not much surprise here, as although the number of vehicles have increased in Pyongyang, most of them are not allowed to drive on Sunday so we had the road for ourselves (on both way!). Didn’t really know what to expect ... read more

Nepal…an other place that had been on the wish list for quite a while but this time the least I could say is that I was absolutely not expecting to land on the very first day the Maoist declared a national strike, also called “Bandh” … This trip was mostly about experiencing some of the best white water rafting in the world with a five days descent/ camping planned while enjoying the legendary Nepalese hospitality & amazing vista ...mmm…Got a lot of the last two but didn’t see a paddle! Kathmandu, midnight, landing on the first day of the National Strike… Long flight….North Korea Pyongyang - Beijing - Kunming - Kathmandu...pfff finally on for a nice long week of compensation leave! Well…the moment we exit from the airport, my flatmate Anne Catherine and I started to ... read more

The word “muck diving” might not say much to most people but once you have tried it you never turn back! It is a little bit like opening a diving book that shows hundreds of weird critters, all with funny colors and shape except that you experience the real thing… Lembeh Strait to that extend is THE place to discover species that you have never seen before, so camera gears all set, ready for some national geographic type of experience! About two hours from Manado, driving trough North Sulawasie, and then taking a short 15mn boat ride lies the island of Lembeh. Its strait separating it from the mainland is covered with healthy coral reef and the notorious black sandy volcano bottom which with a lot of patience and the macro mode on reveals its secrets ... read more

Visiting lots of new places lately but felt like Annecy truly deserve a blog so here it is! Annecy, famous for its stunning lake set on a mountain background and charming village, has somehow managed to get the best out of its Geneva heritage and French location. Located only 35 km south of Geneva, it is the perfect week end destination for nature & sport lover! This week end was full of laugh and emotions as it was the occasion to catch up with my cousin Marlene who lives in Albertville and meet with her lovely family. Another traveler in the family so not easy to end up in the same place in the same time but when we do we make the best out of it! Chilled out Saturday with lots to catch up and ... read more