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We just arrived in China, after a 10-hour jeep ride through the Torugart Pass. Legendary caravans have been replaced by monstruous chinese trucks full of our so-called needs. As a first stop-over in the Xinjiang region, we discovered Kashgar, a … Continue reading
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Nous quittons un pays, le Tadjikistan, pour en rejoindre un autre, le Kyrgyzstan. Nous laissons derrière nous les sommets blanchis du Pamir, pour découvrir les plaines, les gorges et les lacs bleus d’altitude du pays des chevaux. Les journées de … Continue reading
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Le clavier n’a pas été très actif depuis quelque temps, nos jambes, par contre, oui ! Deux treks de 6 et 7 jours nous ont emmenés sur les traces des bergers pamiris et de Marco Polo. Un ensemble de sommets … Continue reading
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Here are some pictures of Bukhara and Samarkand in Uzbekistan. These cities were an important exchange place during the silk road period (V-XIIc.), when products coming from the West were meeting those coming from China. Uzbekistan is now slowly becoming … Continue reading
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A slide show from our 3 last cities in Iran…enjoy.
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Known for its silks, Yazd lean in the middle of the desert. It’s a conservative town, but also home of Iran’s largest population of Zoroastrians.
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Après la porte d’entrée de l’Iran (Tabriz), les rizières du bord de la mer Caspienne la capital poussiéreuse, mais branchée, Téhéran, nous faisons une halte vers le “joyau” perse, Esfahan, capitale Seljukide (descendant de l’empire Perse) 1000 ans après la naissance du … Continue reading
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A little slideshow of our first steps in Iran. From Tabriz, the second biggest city in Iran, to Massouleh, a small village hung up in the mountains North of Teheran, passing through Ardabil, a city left out of most tourists … Continue reading
Entre ciel et sous-sol Pays des beaux chevaux (traduction de “Cappadoce”), cette région aux milles cheminées, à faire palir Euseigne en Valais, offre une vision époustouflante du paysage anatolien. Vers 1200 avant JC, cette terre fut le berceau de la … Continue reading
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Back to the roots. This large city (4.5 mio inhabitants) not only was a stepping stone on the Silk Road at the time, but it is also home to some of my roots. With Baba (my grand-father) as an invaluable … Continue reading
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See our conservation insights : Namibia : people and… fish ?
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Morocco – october 2008