Tag Archives: France

“Wild Coast. Travels on South America’s Untamed Edge”, by John Gimlette, Profile Books

Posted on March 1, 2018 by

Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana: raise your hands if you can recite, by heart – and no Googling, I can see you – their capitals. Not a clue? Well, I honestly doubt there’ll be many, amongst the few who’ll stumble across … Continue reading →

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Shanghai stopover.

Posted on November 16, 2017 by

Five hours to kill before boarding for Singapore, one trip into town and the discovery that, out of all my music on the iPad, only one has survived an iOS update, many thanks Tim Cook. Still, it’s from Les Sages … Continue reading →

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And then came the rain: wandering through Hanoi’s Old Quarter.

Posted on January 30, 2016 by

The noise from outside woke me. I sat down on the corner of the bed, rubbing my face and scanning the unfamiliar room as if it was the first time I’d seen it; the bedside table, my paraphernalia dumped on … Continue reading →

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The world from above: Paris, France

Posted on July 31, 2015 by

I fly above Paris at least once a month but I could count on the fingers of a hand the times I actually have been to see the place. Today is one of such days and I couldn’t pass the chance of … Continue reading →

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Marseillais Graffiti – A photo essay (Part II)

Posted on December 17, 2014 by

As promised in the previous instalment, here’s the second part of my photo essay about Marseille’s street art. Graffiti are, without a shadow of a doubt, the main actor on the stage that are the Panier’s walls. But it’d be … Continue reading →

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Travelling through a country’s music – Mali

Posted on December 14, 2014 by

It all started with two groups and neither of them were Malian. Ofo The Black Company was the first and I discovered them in the Botswana special of Top Gear: James May was overtaking, in a old and battered beige … Continue reading →

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Marseillais Graffiti – A photo essay

Posted on December 13, 2014 by

As with many other cities in France, Marseille has a tough stance on graffiti. Fines and prosecution for taggers are serious business and, unlike neighbouring Italy, vandalising public properties is no longer condoned as an unsuppressable physical need felt by … Continue reading →

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“À Marseille, on ne se tracasse pas” – Part II (Le Panier)

Posted on December 10, 2014 by

Stepping into the Panier brings a certain feeling of déjà-vu and it’s easy to identify where I had all seen it before. It’s Napoli. Napoli, like Marseille, was founded by the ancient Greek as bases from which to continue their … Continue reading →

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“À Marseille, on ne se tracasse pas” – Part I

Posted on December 7, 2014 by

That’s what the security guard at the entrance of the Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée told me with a big smile as I was fretting over my backpack’s zippers (you can never find the buggers when … Continue reading →

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