Pictures From Cameroon

Yeah I told you its all about pictures.

Here are few more




Beautiful view, isnt it? Just so you know that Cameroon is not only about dirty streets but do have some beautiful landscapes too.





But the roads dont always have to be nice, do they?





My bro took the picture with this armed military guy, after what he gave him "his beer" (understand 1000FCFA, 1.5€ roughly) this is how it goes on in Cameroon.

Back From Cameroon

Hi back.

I'm back from Cameroon, where I spent almost 3weeks.
It was part of my "Travel-like-hell-these-holidays" thing.



My digital camera was out of batt and, as the clever guy I am, I managed to forget the charger.

So all the pics have been taken by Christine's camera (The gf of my bro).



I might write a couple of posts on Cameroon and the life over there. But for now, it's all about pictures.




What? One have to put the luggages somewhere right?




My bro and the market in the background

Seriously it looks very much like the Russian Market in Pnom Penh.




Dla streets near the market.

Pictures From Angkor - Part 2

Hi back,
I'm still in Paris. I told you the transition wasn't easy.

I had to get used to the ridiculously expensive prices for pretty much everything.




So I've found a job so that I can afford to spend 450 bahts (10euros) for a not so good meal.




Anyway the topic of the post is "Pictures from Angkor Wat" so here is a sample of the pictures I took during my second trip to Angkor. The whole album is available here

Trip to cambodia 2: Angkor Temples

And for those who just wanna see a sample, check below

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Trip to cambodia 2: Sihanouk Ville - Pictures

Here are some pics o of that part of the trip.








And this is the link to the whole album (there are not that many pics however)

Trip to cambodia 2: Sihanouk Ville

Just click on the last pic to open the album.

Trip to Cambodia: Sihanouk Ville

The first part of our trip started in Cambodia.
Well, actually it started in Bangkok but we quickly left Bkk to go to Phnom Penh.


For several reasons among which was time we took the plane.

The cheapest company to fly from Bangkok to Phnom Penh (PP) is Air Asia, which is incidently the best low-cost company in southeast asia (for the prices I mean).


I have a philippino friend who lives in PP who tipped me on some useful details and send me a driver to pick us at the airport.

There is only one flight a day with Air Asia and it's at 7am so you better up quite early in the morning


Couple of hours later we took the bus to Sihanouk Ville, a city on the gulf of thailand with some beautiful beaches.

Oh btw choose the Mekong Express bus company, it's $2 more expensive for an overall "woopping" $6/person.

This trip is 3hours and for some yet-to-find reasons they have this b****y karaoke which is d**m loud. But if you have some in-ear headphones you will be fine (just like I was).


For the ghesthouses, on the Ocheutal beaches side, count $10-13 for a double room with AC (air conditioning) in a decent ghesthouse.
And do choose Ocheutal beaches, its the best side with a good standing.


If you want pics, its in the next post

Back for real this time

I've been away for quite a while.

I will cut it short. The 2weeks journey in Cambodia and in Laos is over. It was wonderful, I will dig the most interesting point in the coming posts.



I'm back in Paris for a month or so.

There is a topic I didn't think about before coming back on which I think it worth blogging. Its the adaptation needed when you come back to France after a long stay in Thailand.
Note that I say France and Thailand but it can be generalised to West Europe and Southeast Asia.


Thats all for the come-back thing.
Lets move to the most interesting part: the journey. See the next post

Journey in Cambodia (again)

Hi back,

It's been a long time. I didnt have the time to blog before leaving to Cambodia.



This is my second trip to Cambodia but this time it was more interesting since I visited more cities including sihanouk ville and Phnom Penh (see the previous post for the complete plan).


I dont have that much time (yeah I know I keep saying that but its true). I'm just doing a quick pit stop in Bkk before moving forward tomorrow.


This is just to post some photos I've taken during this amazing trip.




The photos are still uploading so I think I will post few of them on the next post.



To access all m pictures, again you have http://picasaweb.google.com/tntresor or my photobucket account http://s179.photobucket.com/albums/w314/tntresor/


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Here are some pictures taken in Angkor. Enjoy!

My Holidays plan in SE Asia

I'm about to get into the Final exams period. It's gonna be A LOT of work.

but after the rain comes the sunshine and in my case the sunshine has the colors of holydays.



I already have a plan for the 3 weeks (roughly) I'm gonna spend in the region.

I have a friend coming from France and we gonna hit the road together.


So, we will start by Cambodia. Direct flight to Pnom Penh (PP) which will be used as our base camp. From there we'll probably visit two or three interesting cities that are not more than 5hours away by bus.

Of course Sihanouk ville is on the radar.

I have a phillipino friend who's living in PP for quite a while so we have shelter and he will tip us on the hot spots.

It's gonna be fun.



Next step is thailand.I havent really visit the country because I didnt have time.

Starting from Bkk we will head North to Chiang Mai and eventually Chiang Rai.

There are a lot of things to see in these two cities so we will probably spend around 4 days in the region.
Sukhotai is in the way so we may make a stop there in our way to Chiang Mai

From Chiang Rai we will either fly or take the bus to Laos.

The first stop will be Louang Phrabang. I have been told that it's a wonderful place, so will check by myself.

Then we will go to Ventiane, the capitale. Plan to stay there a couple of days.


Finally we will make our way back to Thailand.

Udon Thani is the first stop. But we wont stay there for long.

Though the end part of our trip is unclear, I think we will take a flight straight to the South.

And who says South in Thailand says BEAUTIFUL BEATCHES.

I still cannot make up my mind between Ko Lanta (for French people: Yeah the island of the reality TV show "Koh Lanta") and Ko Samui.

If you have any tip please let me know.



Well writing that trip plan cheers me up.

Sounds a lot of fun. Cant wait to be there.



But for now, lets take one thing at a time and start by the exams part.


I will find the time to blog somehow (or not).


Oh btw, if you have any remark, tip or comment on the schedule, please let me know.

Weather in Thailand (BKK) during April

Well I like to blog on the weather here.

Usually I compare it with the weather in Europe and more specifically in France.

Normally I enjoy being there bacause the weather is usually better than in Europe.


But since one week, well lets say that its not so enjoyeable.

It's raining most of the time. Sometimes it's really impressive.

Last time we were going to a italian restaurant 20min far from AIT. Its was raining so hard that we couldnt see a damn thing 3 meters away.

The cab driver was a woman, and she was so worried she was driving incredibly slow.

Not only was that a little bit boring, but it was also dangerous since she was breaking abruptly quite few times.


We also had an incredibly violent. A LOT of trees in the campus did fall. It was impressive to witness it. Trees were cut in half by thunder and stuffs, power was also cut several times.


The good side is the temperatures drop. There are pretty nice, somewhere around 22 to 28 maximum.

Therefore I make less use of AC (air conditioner) which is also good for the environement.



I'm a lil bit worried about the rain because my holydays are coming very fast, and I dont want to backpack under the rain.

Speaking of my holydays I have quite a lovely plan. But lets save it for the coming post, shall we?

Come back again

Hi back!

I've been quite absent for the last two weeks.


But I was so busy with work, couldnt find a single minute to blog.



Things are still going crazy.

I'm sleeping 3-4hours a day and work for 20-24 hours in a row.




However this w-e my body just decided that it couldn't take it anymore, so basicaly I took three days off. Mainly sleeping and chatting, try to keep social network connections lively.


I don't know how I will do that, but I'm planning to blog more, do some translations for Techcrunch FR, and write a lil bit.



Thats all for my coming-back post.

More interesting post are to come.