The challenge of the week : Mine. I'm a traveller, I can't live without my backpack. This backpack is MINE and none other's : I've spent hours sewing the different countries patches on it (countries I visited during my world trip in 2010) so I can always find it in a pile of bags or [...]
Photo of the Month : on Mexicans and their Hammocks
(vean al pie de página para la versión en español - scroll down for the english version) Le Mexique est le paradis du hamac. Vous en trouverez ici de toutes les couleurs, de toutes fibres. Faits main, bien sûr. À tous les prix, bien entendu, surtout si vous n'avez pas l'air mexicain! 😉 Quelque soit [...]
Golden Blog Awards – Paris 2012 : Vote for this Blog!
(scroll down for the english version - vean al pie de página para la versión en español) Il y a quelques jours, ma tante m'a suggéré de m'inscrire à un concours mené à Paris, France, pour la troisième année consécutive. Ce concours regroupe tout un tas de blogs, écrits en français, classés en plusieurs catégories, [...]
Weekly Photo Challenge : Solitary
This week challenge : Solitary. A beautiful challenge... Immediately came to mind this picture : taken in Cambodia in September 2010, this woman sat her back to one of the most fabulous temple of the world, Angkor Wat (she must have known it in its most intricate detail), lost in her thoughts, while hundreds of [...]
El Grito de la Independencia
September in Mexico is a month of patriotic celebrations. Every sunday or so, processions are to be seen in the streets of little villages; the cities cover up in national colors, red/white/green, with flags and/or lights on various buildings as the night settles in. Street vendors specialized in patriotic colourful objects and clothes get to be on every street corner for those who might lack a last-minute patriotic little something. In the supermarkets as well, you'll find costumes and dresses for kids or adults.
