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Happy New Year 2010 from the Great Ocean Road! Christmas in Laos


Happy new year from the Great Ocean Road !

Back in Laos, our journey does not end there. We still have a few days camping to share with our friends Alex and Alan in the Victoria region of Melbourne.
Back from Laos, Our Journey Does not Stop There. WE STILL HAVE A FEW days of camping to enjoy with our friends Alex and Alan in Victoria The Region of Melbourne.

With Alex and Alan ... stronger than the flies!

Alexia, The best nanny ever, with Ephrem 18 months or 10 days ... memories ...

We first sail on Mornington Peninsula, looking for a vineyard where we hope to taste some divine nectar. We shall never find him, but still take advantage of a walk under a blazing sun in the Point Nepean National Park. We then cross the bay by ferry and embark on the Great Ocean Road, beautiful journey along the coastal sandstone cliffs and through forests of eucalyptus. The scorching heat quickly gives way to rain but it does not undermine the morale of troops in the evening of 31 December when we assemble the tents before the storm.

Point Nepean

hot!

We first head Towards Mornington Peninsula, looking for a vineyard to taste Where we hope a couple of divine nectar. We'll we'll never find it to enjoy a walk in Point Nepean National Park, Under a suffocating heat. Then We Cross the bay and ferry in start our way on the Great Ocean Road, a superb coastal tour going along sandstone cliffs and through eucalyptus forests. The heat quickly turns into rain but that does not affect the moral of our team even on New Year's Eve when we have to put the tents up with a storm groaning above us.

The 12 Apostles

The Great Arch

Ephrem découvre les cymbales


Au dodo !

Notre dernière escale sera Ballarat, l'une des principales cités de la ruée vers l'or des années 1850, which turns out to have a nice "collection" of old Victorian buildings. A city of history and architecture, in other words a rarity in Australia.

Ballarat, City of the Gold Rush

Our last stop Will Be Ballarat, One Of The Main Cities of the Gold Rush Of The 1850s, Which tests have To Have a Beautiful "collection" of old buildings From The Victorian Era. A city of history and architecture, Something That We scarcely ever Meet in Australia.

After these great vacation, new adventures await us now to 2010, particularly with the arrival of a new or small (e) Combescure in our family expected around early April.

After thesis awesome holidays, we are now looking forward to new adventures for 2010, particularly With The Birth of a New Little Combescure Expected early April.

We wish you a very happy new year! We wish you a very happy new year!

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Once is not custom, we celebrated Christmas in Laos with our friends Martin and Sandra. Funny destination for Christmas, but nothing more exotic! We knew nothing of the Southeast Asia and so everything was for us to field discovery and enchantment. We usually like to prepare our travels as much as possible by reading guides or novels, but this time, due to lack of time or energy, we started shrinking violet this December 22, 2009, to reach Vientiane after a short stop Bangkok in the hotel from the airport. Night hotel option easily, very nice after 9 hours on a plane.

the Great Stupa of Vientiane

Ephrem doing the Zouave the amusement (or not) Sandrine

We spent too little time Vientiane, but enough to enjoy the tranquility of this city that looks like a village, whose airport is 3 minutes by tuk-tuk from downtown and where one never feels weighed down like that Sometimes in some countries where we offer you every two minutes to buy a breast or take a taxi when you want to walk quietly. Ephrem was happy in his stroller, he opened his eyes wide, watching carefully what is happening around him, will naturally meet the children laos or tourists. The Laos love kids, and our little boy 18 months and the huge belly of Dominica, the day we receive all smiles kindly.

Little Buddhas

(Note that young children do not laos layers but effective bottom pants without underwear.)

Two Buddhas Australians

Lucky also able to spend Christmas with friends! On the menu, duck foie gras from Normandy, Tilapia sin in the local pond, sticky rice Lao style served in a small wicker basket, fricassee of mushrooms and tomatoes Provencal, dragon fruit (a kind of large fruit with bark red and white flesh to the consistency of the kiwi), all washed down with a little Chardonnay Australian Mornington Peninsula. Then shoot at the foot of our Christmas palm, opening Christmas presents wrapped in leaves of the chained duck, thyme and tea Hop in bed.

Merry Christmas!

Fishermen casting their nets

The next start for the eco village of Nam Lik. At the foot of the mountains, this small village for "Falang" (Western or tourist) is nestled in the forest, so it is an ideal base for lovers of natural science in which our host Richard, a man of many talents. Program, meet with the spider bull, giving mice to pythons to mealtimes, canoeing with Ephrem on the Nam San river, taste the fish pie crust and boar house, lounging in the hammock, walk in the nearby village to watch the traditional wooden houses on stilts and admire the art of the weavers laos.

Lao weaver

Martin and Dom in the pampas

Habitat traditional wooden

last leg of our journey, sublime and shining: Luang Prabang The city of thousand temples. But to get there, I subscribe first Vang Vieng, a sort of cocoon for backpackers in search of series American TV and hallucinogenic mushrooms. Soon we'll go our way and jump in a minivan who joined Luang Prabang in 6-hour drive through rugged mountain landscapes in silhouette, covered in mandarin.

artificial lake of Nam San River

golden Buddha, frangipani and palm

Luang Prabang is in line with our expectations. World Heritage of Humanity, Luang Prabang in Laos is that Kyoto is Japan, a jewel of culture and history, which contrasts sharply with the Australian cultural vacuum. The city abounds in temples and Buddhist monks, the city is dominated by green vegetation and abundant orange robes of monks. We enjoy fried seaweed and covered with sesame seeds, then the sausage Luang Prabang, we take our last meal on the banks of the Mekong River, majestic. That's it, our journey is over, too short, as unreal as a dream, we find ourselves in the bustling Thai capital in less time than it takes to tell. We do enjoy only half of this stopover of several hours in the kingdom of Siam, we welcome quickly stole the Emerald Buddha in Laos by the Siamese armies, take a picture cable-stayed bridge Rama VIII, and now, back in the Southern Hemisphere!

mythical Mekong!

the temple "red"

Ephrem future Buddhist monk?

Kopjay lai lai (thank you) to Sandy Martin for allowing us to discover this beautiful country!

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climbing in Blackheath

The past weekend, we are went to the Blue Mountains, Blackheath has, for a small climbing session on the initiative of Dominique colleagues. After waking up freezing (it was 20 degrees colder than Sydney) and a hearty breakfast, we followed our guide Gianluigi to attack the steep descent leading us to the foot of the cliff.

Last weekend, We Went to the Blue Mountains, in Blackheath, for a little climbing Session Organized by Dominique work mates. After a wake-up freezing (It Was Less than 20 degrees in Sydney) and a hearty meal, WE Followed o Guide to Start the Gianluigi steep walk downhill to the bottom of Leading the cliff.

look-out

We had not increased by long ropes and harnesses! However, Stephen has managed to climb on top of each lane attempted, even though each was a challenge in itself.

It Was A Long Time Since We climbed ropes and harnesses With! Anyhow, Stephen managed to make a success EACH Attempt, Even if Every New climb Was a challenge.

The so-called flake

Etienne IS sweating out

We had a fine team! Two South Africans, two Swiss-German, one Italian, french and three and a half! The French were in majority, therefore, thanks to the family that grows that grows Combescure.

We Had Such A terrific team! Two South African-, Two Germantown Swiss, one Italian and French Three and a half! Were in French majorité Then, thanks to The Combescure family Which is Growing and Growing.

Dom's belly grows rounder: it's for April!
Dominique's Belly is Growing: This is due in April!

Ephrem playing with ropes and carabiners, at the height of rapture

After the effort, the consolation in the back of Mom

Apart from that, it's the season Jacaranda! For Dummies in botany, the Jacaranda is a tree with very few leaves, but which blooms in spring in a multitude of purple bells which gives streets of Sydney a particular color. It only lasts a month, and then the bells and Jacaranda fall back to its usual dull color.

Apart From That, This Is The Jacaranda's season! For the dummies in botany, The Jacaranda Is A Tree With only few "leaves it to blossom in Spring With hips of purple bell-shape flowers That Give to Sydney Such extraordinary year color. It Lasts only one month, Then The Jacaranda Comes back to icts sad color.

Jacaranda

Ephrem playing with water

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Tram on Bernard Street

The endless work going on Bernard Street can sometimes surprise us. This week, workers were busy removing pieces of steel they were cut with a torch. It is indeed old streetcar tracks using public once the lines 96 and 97 and between DuParc Avenue Outremont. Line 96 ends at Craig Terminus (where is located the Palais des Congres de Montreal) and line 97 branched off westward to Atwater.

Here is an excerpt from an article on page STM-INFO entitled "The service in Outremont," published in the newspaper Metro in 2003:
"A true service lives so the day in 1905, but for a surprising reason, having been requested by the rich burghers of Sherbrooke Street and Old Montreal ... to go golfing! The Montreal Street Railway therefore created a course, the famous "29 - Outremont, since the Rue de la Commune, to the intersection Côte-Sainte-Catherine - Bellingham, at the entrance of the first golf course in urban areas at the time, eliminating and all the disadvantages mentioned above.

The development of the city to North imposed the addition of a second term in 1916. Originally christened "Outremont North", he became the "96 - Van Horne - Champ de Mars" in 1921, since the latter place until the intersection of Van Horne and Hartland, borrowing the streets Bernard, Outremont Van Horne, with an additional stop at Sainte-Madeleine on Sunday for a congregation.