La Rue Vibre !

Back in France the Chinese restaurants have a poor reputation and are often the cheapest. They serve always the same […]

What a monumental place holds Beijing in our collective imaginary! It promises millenarian culture, imperial refinement and exotic languages. Of […]

A Catholic church, a Protestant church, Gothic architecture here and there, shops with German signs, a street named “Guantao Strasse”… […]

On seaside, to warn of waves “Be careful, the waves surged” When you are an independant traveler in China the […]

Shanghai and Beijing are bitter enemies. It is a bit like Paris and Marseilles in France. We tried both, and […]

After 12 days trekking around Annapurnas we finally arrived in Pokhara (2nd city of Nepal) like children entering Walt Disney […]

Thorung Phedi village is the last stop before the dreadful Thorung La pass, the highest pass in the world (+5415 […]

After Chame we enter in the conifer realm, mountains are even more step, night are cold and I have to […]

After some express shopping in Kathmandu, we started the famous trek around Annapurnas. It is the most popular trek in […]

French breakfast in the Indian way Delhi is the overcrowded capital of an overcrowded country. Huge, dirty and noisy, it […]

Let’s dive for a while in the epic past of the 18en century in India. India was then Indias, a […]

It is maybe the most recognizable monument in the world. If you try to draw it on a sheet of […]

The highway which goes to Jaipur is tared, but you can’t help swallow a lot of dust. Our nose is […]

Even in Rajahstan, the most touristic state of India, it is easy to get out of the beaten path and […]

Close your eyes and imagine… Sun is setting on the Pichola artificial lake of Udaipur. Udaipur, what a magic name, […]

We arrived in Ahmedabad by bus, and not by train (see our first experience with trains in India). Ahmedabad is […]

Arriving in India is often tough because of the great contrast. We were particularly unlucky for our first 24 hours […]

The lights of the landing plan pierce the night at Mumbai (Bombay) airport. India receive us for a few weeks. […]

[Extrait Audio/Audio Clip] Long and dusty is the railway travel from Chumphon (South ) to Bangkok. 3rd class wooden seats, […]

Separating Laos, Cambodia and Thailand is the tranquil and large Mekong. We invite you t discover the Mekong trough a […]

After all those visits of temples we wanted to change a bit and take some fresh air. Thus we decided […]

After our visit of Ayutthaya we were not already bored by temples and Buddhas. Thus we decided to continue our […]

But what is a monkey town ? For me, a town where the real inhabitants are the monkeys. Small, agile, […]

[Extrait Audio/Audio Clip] Between the 14th and the 18th centuries Ayutthaya, also known as Siam, was a very powerful kingdom. […]

Most people will say we have been in holidays for 7 months and we won’t contradict them. After all we […]

If you go to Koh Tao island you will probably go through Chumphon. However few travelers spend some time in […]

The flying time between Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Phuket in Thailand is only 45 minutes. Plus several hours between […]

By taking the train to go to Dabong, you leave behind the very urban Malaysia. Our train was 15 years […]

We stopped for few days in Kota Bharu, newt to the Thai border, in the north of Malaysia. Here also […]

We decided to go to Georgetown, Penang Island, because of the very nice booklet of the tourist office. It was […]

How comical is the history of Tanah Rata! Brits living in Malaysia were suffering from the hot and the humidity. […]

The shadow of the Petronas Towers hang over Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia. And this shadow certainly does help with […]

2 hours in the over-air-conditioned ferry is a got appetizer for Tioman Island, in Malaysia. The bordreing China Sea with […]

Singapore is often described as a mix between Asia and Occident (see our article about the city). But Singapore is […]

The plan is slowly turning down toward the Singapore airport, and I start wondering what I should expect of this […]

Maybe you heard the sad news about Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand? Don’t think this is about bad luck, as […]

After 3 weeks into the tranquil New Zealand, a lot of walks (see our map, second page of markers ), […]

New-Zealand is quite famous for its fabulous landscapes and luxuriant forests. However marine life is also fabulous! The Marine Reserve […]

Truly our travel to Latin America finished very well, with the mighty Rio Carnaval. This conclude the first half of […]

Rio! Isn’t it a dreaming word! We suddenly think about beach, carnival (see our article)… We did not think we […]

Brazil ! this is an awe inspiring name. It makes you thing to Carnaval, footbal, girls on the beachs of […]

Iguazu falls, a strange name for such a nature marvel! The site is incredible : millions of litres each seconds […]

What to do with so many water in the region of Missions? Paraguay and Brazil found the answer : build […]

Remember the movie The Mission, Robert de Niro, the majestic music of Ennio Morricone and the wonderful landscapes of the […]

Few kilometers from the Paraguay-Argentina border is the most populated city of Paraguay: Asunción, the capital. There are about 500.000 […]

We leave the good vibes of Buenos Aires for the North of Argentina : Resistencia here we are! It is […]

Buenos Aires! This city will inevitably remember good thinks to travellers and expatriates! Buenos Aires is an extremely pleasant city, […]

After four months travelling in Central and South America we finally arrived in the wine and beef meat country! Surrounded […]

Today a subject slightly different from music, as this is your chance to learn more about railways in South America […]

What does look a so contrasted city as Santiago ? Curiously enough, we could think it is a European town! […]

Sand and rocks, both burned by a fierce sun, blue sky without a cloud, but something unique, here in the […]

Welcome to Iquique, a coastal city of Chile, caught between the fishy ocean and a big and rich desert. The […]

After one month in Peru, we left this country with a think for Rosa and her family whom made us […]

At an altitude of 2,300m, Arequipa is the second largest city of Peru. Less known than Cuzco, it is really […]

In Central and South America most people are driving very very fast, often preferring the left way to the right one. But how do they do? […]

Of course everybody wonder about the Incas walls construction. How do they do to build them without cement and wheel ? […]

If you go to Peru you cannot avoid the visit to one of the 7 world’s marvels : Machu Pichu […]

After being disappointed by Nazca we went directly to Cuzco with a night bus. The trip was terrible. Because of […]

Nazca is a little city of the peruvian coast, lost in the desert. Its name comes from the civilisation that […]

We spent a week in Lima with the family of Raul and Rosa, and their children Raul and Daniela. We […]

Welcome to Piura, Perú (don’t try to say it fast!). Piura is the first big city on the way from […]

After our exhausting trek on the Inca trail we found a rest in the beautiful colonial city of Cuenca. Its […]

Incas, native of Peru, invaded Ecuador less than one hundred years before the Spanish. The fall in love with this […]

Here we are in another capital of South America. The meaning of Quito is “world’s center” (Qui for center and […]

(Français) Otavalo est une petite ville du Nord de l’Equateur particulièrement connue pour son marché qui est considéré comme le plus grand d’Amérique du Sud […]

We finally left Bogota for more quite lands. Let’s go to the south! After 19 hours of bus (because of […]

One of the most touristy place in Colombia is the Salt Cathedral built in a salt mine. The site, at […]

After one night of bus we finally enter in Bogota, under a rain so heavy it sets off the car […]

Dear reader, reassure yourself, you won’t read another closed room mystery here. Here is the story of the travel-loving purse. […]

After 10 hours of bus from Turbo we finaly arrived in Medellin. From several weeks Colombia have faced terrible floodings. […]

Today “la rue vibre” will enable you to sparkle in society. You will be able to explain that the border […]

After this few days in Bocas del Toro, we changed dramatically of place. Going across the famous trans-oceanique canal of […]

Going from Costa Rica to Panama wasn’t fun at all (not even the bridge we had to go through, see […]

As we arrived, Puerto Viejo, a tranquil Caraiban city welcomes us… with a heavy rain. The sea breeze and the […]

You would have serious doubt about it, exiting an AC bus in the very occidental city of San José. Streets […]

(Français) C’est au terme d’un voyage épique de Granada, Nicaragua, que nous arrivons à Liberia, Costa Rica.
Épique car le Costa Rica est le pays le plus riche d’Amérique Centrale

Granada is our next stop, in Nicaragua. This city as a particular charm as it has been for a while […]

The cathedrale, the biggest in Central America [Extrait Audio/Audio Clip] We spent our first night in Nicaragua in Leon, the […]

Waves …. [Extrait Audio/Audio Clip] After one hour with the ferry we arrived on Utila island. Indeed Utila is a […]

It took one day and an half to go from the Pacific coast to the other side: the Caribbean sea. […]

We spent 3 days in El Salvador. We arrived at night in the capital : San Salvador. There we found […]

After a demanding bus journey (the drive is so harsh that you have to hold tight with your both hands […]

Charmed by the volcanos beauty who border the Atitlan lake we decided to climb up one.We used a public boat […]

Adios Mexico. A sad thought after all the good moments we had in Mexico. We crossed the border at Cuhautemoc. […]

We left San Cristobal and its babas to join the Comitan city where the life is peacer. We did not […]

We put down our backpack in the city of San Cristobal for a few days. San Cristobal is in the […]

We are now in Oaxaca (pronounce Oaraca !) in South Mexico. This city is really special. First it is the […]

We went to Puebla for one day. Puebla is a city at about 2 hours of Mexico. The colonial center […]

We spent two days in the city of Veracruz. Guided by the famous travel book “Le routard”, we found a […]

Mexico is a city where it’s really easy to get out. We enjoyed it with our friends Jovani and Delphine. […]

We are in Mexico for a few days. We were only able to visit a few area from this city, […]

Welcome in Mexico ! [Extrait Audio/Audio Clip] After an exhausting travel by plane we arrived in the big city of […]

We mad a few days stop in Montréal, Canada. Guided by Raphaelle, Romane sister, we discovered this country which seems […]

Sunday the 3th of October we went in the the canadian countryside. Raphaelle (Romane’s sister) brought us to the Mont […]