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Road Trip - Tana to Ankify
A 3-days road trip from Tananarive is planned to go to Nosy Be (2 Days by car, 1 morning by boat – 930 kilometers)! Thankfully, a well-organized expedition has been booked by Xavier’s parents. It is not that easy to plan a trip while you are not yet in...
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Road trip - Tana to Tamatave
And it is time again to be on the road; a half day trip for this time! Soon the roads in Madagascar won’t have any more secrets for us… A very early departure, a nice 4X4 and I don’t need anything else to start a half day long nap… I can’t help myself…...
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Reserve The Palmarium - Part 2
The best part of this reserve is the amazing unique flora and fauna found in the area. Starting with a spice and plants tour, we learned from our guide that majority of this plants were actually medical plants. Babies are always so cute… I would like...
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The CNY break in Chiang Mai - Thailand
Located in northern Thailand, Chiang Mai means “New city” and was the former capital of the kingdom of Lanna. Mainly developed through tourism, this city can’t be missed during a trip to Thailand and becomes one of Asia’s most attractive tourist destinations....
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Sunday's Night Market - Chiang Mai
From food to Thai handicrafts, shoes, toys or jewelry, you will find everything in Chiang Mai’s night market! It is also a very crowded place as bunch of tourists are going there as well, however this is part of the fun too! For the first time in our...
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The place to have a massage in Chiang Mai
Because there is massages offered everywhere in Chiang Mai… because some of them looks scary while lots of them looks good and you don’t know which one to choose, here is the solution to your problem! Book a nice treatment at the Tamarind Village. The...
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Thai cooking class - Part 1
If you know me already, you know that holiday is not a real holiday without a cooking lesson! In Chiang Mai, you have plenty of schools to choose from which makes it difficult when you are a tourist… We were not able to ask to our friends as not a lot...
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Thai cooking class - Part 2
Back to Wawah house, we choose 4 Thai dishes each that we want to learn today. I went for : Chicken cashew nuts, Pad Thai, green curry and mango sticky rice while Xavier decided to try: Chicken cashew nuts, Pad Thai, Massaman curry and fresh rolls. The...
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Cramped HK apartments by SoCO
These photos were taken by the Society for Community Organization (soCO) in Sham Shui Po, Yau Tsim Mong and Kowloon City, to show the living conditions of poor people in Hong Kong, which is consider as one of Asia’s richest cities. According to this organization,...
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Time to shower - Chiang Mai
Bathing is the best part of the day! You have seen the leaflet with people having so much fun in the River that you can’t wait for your turn… Bathing and washing the elephants is a unique experience, however the river where you are going to take them...
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The new budget 2013-2014 in HK
The new budget for 2013-2014 has been presented on the 27th of February by the finance minister J. Tsang Chun-Wah. Based on a 1.5 % to 3.5 % economic GDP growth and an annual inflation around 4.2%, the total government expenses budgeted is 440 billion...
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First time we managed it!
If you are living in HK for a while, you might have realized that many local stores offer promotional “Stamp collection” offer. One of them looks like this (Welcome shops). So the principle is very simple. Every time you purchase things for a certain...
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What is really going on here?
Still havent turn the big 30 yet... but I am wondering if I am not getting old since I am in Hong Kong... or could this stressful city be the reason I am becoming so fragile? After a blocked lower back the first year, followed by a broken foot the second...
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Blueberry Tart
Tarte aux myrtilles Inspired by the Larousse Cuisine It is the blueberries season in Hong Kong. Every time I passed through the fruit stall I was telling myself I should buy some and bake something as there are too many of them! So here you go with a...
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HK Trail - Stages 1&2
Starting to complete my first challenge for this year (hey, remember I spoke about it here), I enrolled friends to hike with us along the well-known Hong Kong Trail. Divided into 8 stages, this trail is 50 km long through country parks on Hong Kong Island....
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The Pound Cake
Quatre-Quarts The pound cake is a very traditional French cake from the region of Brittany. The same quantity of the 4 ingredients is used for this recipe. This cake was part of my childhood whenever my brothers, sister and I were getting back home after...
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Baoan Temple - Taipei
Baoan Temple is a small Taoist temple situated in front of the Confucius Temple. Built in 1830, this old temple is known for its beautiful mural paintings and sculptures. On the paintings, the colors are still vibrant and the stone carvings are impressive....
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Confucius Temple - Taipei
It seems you can find a Confucius Temple in most of the Asian cities… and Taipei is not an exception to this rule! It has been built in 1879, promotes education and honors Confucius, one of the greatest Chinese philosopher and teacher of all time. Compared...
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Longshan temple - Taipei
The busiest place I have seen in Taipei so far was this temple – the Longshan Temple. It is also the oldest temple in Taipei. Plenty of people were praying, seeking benediction from the monks for the Qing Ming festival again I guess and consulting the...
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Taipei 101
This tower – named Taipei 101 (because of its 101 floors above the ground) is a compulsory stop if you are in town. Of course it is better to choose a clear and cloudy-free day if you are planning to take beautiful pictures of Taipei’s view. Currently...
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Rainy day in Taipei = Brunch time
After few days of visiting Taipei under the rain, we decided to do what we are best at… testing one of Taipei’s brunch! There is nothing like food and wine to beat out the blues from the bad weather ;) We did a quick research on internet and ended up...
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Cultural stops in Taipei
Few bank holidays in Hong Kong at the beginning of April; no need to say more… we took the decision to visit Taipei in Taiwan. Even if it is only 1.5 hours away by plane, neither Xavier nor I have been there yet! This long week end was not the perfect...
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Networking...
Networking is the most important activity for me right now in Hong Kong as I am still looking for a job. A majority of the available positions are never advertised and you have to find the entrance to this hidden job market. Networking is better known...
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Cheung Chau
Cheung Chau is a small island located southwest of HK Island. It looks really tiny on a map but this island deserves a stop! HK island is just 30 minutes away by ferry. Cars can not access some part of the island so most of the residents are using bicycle....
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Ocean Park - Part 2
While you are visiting Ocean Park, we decided to go to the Giant Panda Habitat as I never saw in my life pandas. It could seem crazy but as far as I can remember, I was never in front of one of them in real life! It is a highly endangered animal as there...
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