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When the train is taking you…

4 Feb

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Travelling by train in India is like smoking or drinking alcohol. First you hate it. But there is something unexplainable that makes you taste it again. Finally you like it and you eventually become addict. This is obviously a general trend and I recognize that I identify myself in this tendency. (more…)

If you’re happy, then I’m happy

30 Oct

Voir l’article en français sur le blog Humanityy (Humanitaire, Ecologie et Développement Durable).

Varanasi 2009 (566)

Gopi, the happy mallah (boat driver) in Varanasi

I have always been deeply convinced (and I even had sometimes arguments with some people about this topic) that the less you’re concerned by material needs the more you’re happy. My experience in India is a good demonstration of this unshared opinion. (more…)

Don’t worry, be Hampi

22 Oct

Hampi 2009 (44)

Achyutaraya Temple

I could have chosen another title to sum up our stay in Hampi, quoting for example our travel friend Guillaume who gave one day a simple and accurate description about this magical place where “it seems that the imaginary has been surpassed by the reality“. (more…)