Le Sri Lanka en famille

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Je voudrais tout d’abord remercier ma mère et ma grande sœur Claire pour ces beaux jours passés ensemble sur cette superbe île qu’est le Sri Lanka, c’était vraiment magique de pouvoir partager un bout de mon chemin avec vous et ça m’a redonner pleins d’énergie pour la suite de mon aventure autour de l’Asie. Claire ça m’a fait vraiment plaisir de pouvoir passer des moments avec toi, ça faisais vraiment longtemps qu’on ne s’était pas retrouve comme cela, j’ai vraiment aimé danser, boire des coups et discuter avec toi, j’ai l’intime conviction que ça nous a rapprocher tout les deux. J’espère France que tu pourras également venir me voir et pourquoi pas avec Papa ça serait vraiment génial !!! Merci encore pour tout, vous me manquez tous terriblement, je vous aime très fort !

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I also want to say thank you to Felicia and Anton (one of the best travel mates I ever met during my travel, I will never forget you guys) for all you did and for all the good time passed together. I will see you when you see me ! Tchai Tchai Tchai Tchai !!!!

Oui j’ai rédige cet article en français car j’aimerais en dire beaucoup plus que les autres et aussi parce que je suis un peu fatigué par mon anglais et par mon manque de vocabulaire Clignement d'œil

Je suis donc arrivé de bon matin a l’aéroport de Colombo où ma mère et ma sœur Claire m’attendaient sagement devant un écran de télévision entourées par des dizaines de Sri-Lankais. Ce fut court mais très intense, j’en avais presque les larmes aux yeux et Maman était elle aussi a deux doigts de pleurer. Apres les retrouvailles nous sommes allez en direction de Colombo ou Maman nous avais booker un Hôtel vraiment très chic avec piscine sur le toit, baignoire et des lits vraiment trop confortable (ça change des planches en bois et des hôtels miteux). Le soir nous sommes allez dîner dans le restaurant d’un Hôtel encore très très chic avec un buffet qui n’en finissait plus … Super soirée, merci Maman !

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Notre première destination fut Mirissa sur la cote au sud de l’ile, une petite station balnéaire pleine de touristes et de restaurants sur la plage. Comparer a l’Inde, le Sri Lanka est vraiment très chère et ce n’est pas vraiment une destination faite pour les Backpakers mais c’est une des destinations préféré des surfers. Nous avons ce soir la ouvert la bouteille de Saint-Émilion et le camembert “le petit” qu’elles m’avaient rapportées de France, je peux vous dire qu’après 18h dans l’avion et 5h dans le bus le caltos était fait archi fait !! J’en ai encore le goût dans la bouche. Et super surprise, Felicia et Anton nous ont rejoins a la fin de l’apéro et nous sommes tous allez dîner au bord de l’eau, je ne m’attendais pas du tout a les voir aussi rapidement.

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Le lendemain je me suis essayé au Surf, après une petite leçon de théorie et de pratique sur le sable avec mon prof je me suis jeté à l’eau et sans être prétentieux je me suis levé sur la planche a ma toute première vague, BG Edouard !!! C’était une petite vague je vous l’accorde mais tout de même il faut souligner la performance Sourire

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Apres deux jours passés au bord de l’eau nous avons Maman, Claire, Felicia, Anton et moi loué une voiture avec chauffeur pour nous diriger dans les montagnes vers une charmante petite ville du nom d’Ella. De la nous avons empruntés la petite voie de chemin de fer et son train qui longue toutes les plantations de thés, nous avons croisés des paysages magnifique, à couper le souffle: c’est l’une des voies de chemin de fer les plus belle au monde selon le guide du routard. Nous sommes arrivé en fin de journée en bas du pic d’Adam (Adam’s Peak) après 2h passées debout dans un bus infernal. Le lendemain, nous sommes partit a l’ascension de ce pic vers 2h du matin afin d’arriver au sommet pour le levé du soleil, 5000 marches environs et même après un mois de trek au Népal et le Yoga en Inde j’ai eu mal aux mollets pendant les jours suivants, bon peut être pas autant que Maman et Claire mais quand même Sourire

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Nous avons rejoins la ville de Kandy ou nous avons prit une route différente d’Anton et Félicia car nous voulions allez dans le Nord afin de monter le rocher de Segiriya. Nous nous sommes donc retrouver tout les trois en famille et même si pour moi le lieux n’était pas vraiment magique, les moments passées avec Claire et ma mère l’ont étés. Nous avons décidés de repartir sur la cote pour passer les derniers jours, ça m’a permis de pouvoir refaire du Surf, de revoir une dernière fois Feli et Anton et aussi de passer des super moments avec Claire, a boire des coups et a danser jusqu’au bout de la nuit.

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Je suis maintenant dans ma chambre d’Hôtel pas très loin de l’aéroport, ma mère et ma sœur ce sont envolées ce matin pour Paris, mon avion pour les Philippine est dans 8h et je me devais de finir cet article avant de partir. Je vais essayer de compléter cet article une fois arrivé aux Philippine car en me relisant j’ai l’impression d’avoir résumer très voir trop rapidement ces 10 jours magique passés en famille.

Varkala, my last days in India

Now I need to see the sea and chill out on the beach after those five weeks in Mysore, I feel really tired so Varkala will be my last destination in India before seeing my mum and sister Claire in Sri Lanka.

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After finding my bungalow I found a yoga school which was doing Ashtanga Vignasa Yoga (Mysore style), perfect to keep stretched and also to have an additional activity over there. The courses start at 10am, it’s a bit too late for me: it’s already really hot with a lot of humidity. I’m definitely not used to do yoga in those conditions, I’m sweeting too much and it’s make my exercises really difficult.

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Oh yes I met Felicia, Aren and Anton in this Yoga school and during all this week we did a lot of things together around Varkala. We went to see the beach’s around, we did fire and some music on the beach. One night we decided at the last minute to take scooters and go to the south south of India (Kanyakumari) to see the sunrise (150km from Varkala, one way) and come back. We left Varkala at 09:00pm and arrived at 01:00am, set our basecamp near the sea and sleep four hours, wake up for the sunrise and take back the road. We had really good time all together and finally, Anton and Felicia toke a last minute flight ticket to Sri Lanka to do some surf, maybe I will see them over there.

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Varkala is tourist city without any interest, even the beach down the hill is not really nice. For me it’s not India, it’s like Disney land, a small rock road surrounded by guesthouses and Tibetan restaurants. I will definitely not come again here, it was just nice to rest here after my yoga training.

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I slept in Trivandrum for my last day because I’v got a morning flight and I don’t want to be in an hurry so I found a guesthouse well a bit expensive for India but really nice. I had an house just for me with kitchen, salon, Wi-Fi, television and breakfast … !!! Sourire

Graceful Homestay, Philip’s Hill, PHRA 20, Pothujanam Road, opposite A.J Hall, Kumarapuram, Trivandrum. (+91) 471-2444358, info@gracefulhomestay.com

 

Arambol city, Welcome in Goa

After few days in Calangute we decided to moved in the North of Goa, first we stopped in a place call Morjim (little Moscow), full of Russian peoples and really expensive, after some hours spend to find a descent accommodation, we decided to take back a cab and try an other city. After few hours of road we find a really nice place call Arambol. Here compare to the other place there is more foreigners than Indian and most of the people who work in guesthouses and restaurants are mostly from Nepal.

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After all those places we visited, I was quite tired so I just toke the first available room I saw. I’m in OM Star Guesthouse, owned by Nepalese’s guy, a bit noisy and the bed is really hard but the staff are nice and the food not so bad. It’s seem to be an Israelite place here. I steel have this computer to repair and steel thinking to buy a new Iphone after lost my last one in Nepal. I don’t feel really good here with all those stuff in my mind, I need to resolved them as soon as possible.

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So the first thing I did was to find a place were I can repair my Laptop and change my battery, after few visits in the Samsung customer center in Panjim and one week of waiting I finally repair it !!! I feel much beter without this Laptop problem, now I can enjoy my days here with a working computer and a good battery.

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Goa … Here we are Tire la langue, you can cross lot of Hippies peoples and groups doing yoga or meditation on the beach. Every days during the sunset there is a drum session in the middle of the beach with lot of people dancing and having fun. Arambol is a chill out place, if you need to rest after a really long trip around Asia and particularly in India come in there you will find all the peace and the rest you need.

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Moso and I did a Yoga course during one week at the Ayanga Yoga Hymalaya center, a bit quiet and slow compare to the Yoga I learned in Vietnam with Fredo (Ashtanga) but really good for the mind, this session help me to rest myself and forget all the little problems I have in my mind. Before starting the Yoga course I changed guesthouse and go to the Laughing Buda Guesthouse, I had a really good Hut with a beautiful view of the sea and a sunny balcony between 4 and 5pm, ideal to finish a hard lazy day on the beach Clignement d'œil. The food here is really nice and cheap also so all of our lunch and dinner was taken here. After few days every guest was speaking to each other, playing chest, guitar, it was like home. I meet an Indian couple, Ravi and Sri, I want to thanks them for all they did, I spend really nice moments with them, I will never forget !

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In total we spend three weeks in Goa, it’s time to move on and see more about India. Here I meet lot of people and everybody gonna take different ways after Goa. Also Moso was not really ready to move and a bit disturb by a Polish girl so I decide to move on without him and take back the road on my own, well not really because as I meet a group of Israel, we decide with Tom to move to Hampi together.

Bye bye Moso, the two past months was crazy, I loved traveling throw Nepal and India with you, have a good trip and I wish you lot of good things for your next months of travel, maybe we will see us again, we never know … it’s a small world Clignement d'œil.

Kaoh Russei ( Bamboo island ) : the come back !!

Well after Phnom Penh and the Angkor Temples i was missing too much the peaceful atmosphere who reign in Koh Ru island so instead going to the North of Cambodia i decide to came back there.
When i arrived there Mo So was still there and some of the people’s i meet in Cambodia during my travel were here also because of me 🙂
I really enjoy to spend the rest of my Cambodia visa (two weeks) here fishing, doing Yoga and playing guitar with Pedro.
I learn how to fish squid with a line and a fake fish, i spend also 14h in a fishing boat during the night to catch squid and big fish, a really good experience to know better the fisher man’s work, i will never forget this.
The staff and the local people’s in Koh Ru island are really nice especially if it’s your second time and if you spend more than one week over there.
My original plan was to go to Laos after Cambodia but after meeting many traveler and heard many story i decided to follow Mo So and go to Nepal and India after here. The first time i meet him i didn’t change my plans but after few days of reflexion i changed my mind 🙂
Voila two weeks of relaxation in paradise before going to Bangkok for two weeks and go to Nepal on the 27th of November.
I want to make a special dedicate for all the people i meet over there, you all gonna miss me !!
Pedro, Mo So, Oren, Matias, Sabina, Rebeca, Guevo and Guevo, Sarah, Vida, Sophia, Ramone, Prawn, Sun, Nimo, Yot, Fabian, Valeria, Black Mamba, …. Thanks you all, it was a really good time and i had a lot of fun !

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Halloween party ….  crazy night !!!!

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Otres Beach, last beach days

After Bamboo island it was really difficult for us to be back to the reality so before heading to phnom penh we chose to stay one more day and night in a little beach call Otres Beach near Sihanoukville. 20121023-084403.jpg20121023-084410.jpg20121023-084416.jpg
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We find a really good place to sleep and they made terrible dishes here !

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Kaoh Russei, Bamboo island

The French couple i meet in Rabbit island said me to go to this place, they said me that it was amazing 🙂

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So i toke a boat early on the morning.
I meet on the boat two nice guy from Argentina and also them friend, a group of nine Argentine, Brazil and Spanish girls. We arrived in a zen place, a perfect one, beach with white sand, a clear light blue sea, littles bungalows just in front of the sea.

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I spend 3 nights here :D, it’s one of my really good moments during my travel. I meet many nice people there and i also did my first Yoga course.
If you want to relax yourself in an natural place far from the tourists you need to go there 🙂
During the night after the power cut we did big fires and enjoy it with my guitar. We remix the song of Jean Jacques Goldman « Bonne idée » by « Holidays »
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Today it was really difficult to leave this place but i need to move on and i have a lot to see in Cambodia. I’m back to Sihanoukville for few days with my two Argentine friends.

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