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begins Or comfort? What is the art of living?
When it comes to washing for example. We know the debate that opposes the centenary of the fiercest defenders in the bathroom no less lyrical supporters of the shower.
can be more careful and ask the bubble bath, different streams of multi-function shower head, soap or gel. And everyone will certainly
his very personal version of the perfect bath. These small mania who enjoy the subtlety of our thought, matured over many years by the advice, experiences and discoveries that have loose our lives.


However, when you discover the simple majesty of the place or the people of Poblaki bathe every day, one wonders what is really the ultimate in luxury and pleasure.


course j'éluderai cons here, but would that make you enjoy quite the joy I felt to play in my bath again, after more than a dozen years of bath anesthetized by daily. Lambda showers, with no more interest than the day before.

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To all a Happy New Year 2008.
May God be with you.
What the stars you are in favor of good and rat (not?) Sign. Whether you
men fill their love and ravish your senses Earth.
2008 is a leap year, which makes it a little more special than others, and incidentally, the year's European Championship football in Switzerland and Austria.
All my wishes of love and happiness.

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Moving to Bangalore has

Preamble: This section does that focuses on the case Bangalore. Overall it's a bit the same in all major cities but the ricks are still far more honest in Mumbai as they systematically refuse the meter in Chennai.

The Bus:

many lines, but also deprived public, tour the city and the bus is the best way to get around if you know where you are going. In fact, except the line number it is all written in Kannada and it is therefore ask the driver the route. There is no plan and no lines in the street does not know the network mapping. Also be aware that buses spend only in large arteries so it is with experience that one learns to master the means of locomotion. Their frequency, however, is very good (one every two minutes for someone who spends all from my house) but they are still bungs between 18 and 21H. When I say packed I'm not just talking to people close, it's downright human grapes hanging outside the bus.

Stops are quite distant from each other but we can raise and lower when you want because the doors are always open. Warning this does not mean that the driver will stop. When there is little traffic or an intersection is quite simple but I routinely see guys jumping a bus running more than 20km / h. I've already done the thing in reverse too: a huge sprint followed by a good jump millimeter (and a prayer that the bus does not slow down with a snap) all without putting your hands on the floor al'atterrissage in the corridor to preserve the white shirt.

As Bangalore is a city in perpetual modernization new buses made their appearances. They are similar to those found in Paris (the large air conditioning and more) but the price is simply twice. Exit the ride uncomfortable and the crowd (yeah the price is prohibitive for many) and hello comfortable seats. As we approach the subject it is nice to see that the controllers (one for each bus at all times, he comes to sell you the ticket) do not pay people who do not have much money and disabled or blind. Transport is thus implicitly free the poor.

Advantages:

+ Very cheap

+ Frequency passages

+ Fast ultimately

disadvan tages e :

- need to know where we are going and which bus you must take

- Uncomfortable because of suspensions nonexistent seats spartan and the crowd (after 18h)

Rate: is based on distance and decreasing. Count 2 / 3 rupees (5 cents) for a trip during less than 5 km and the maximum is 12 roupies (20 centimes) pour parfois 25 km.

Le Rickshaw (aka auto rickshaw, aka rick, aka tempo, aka tuk-tuk):

Le confort des bus n’a jamais été un problème pour moi mais il reste que les rickshaws sont pratiques. Ils connaissent la route pour vous et il y en a absolument partout. C’est donc le moyen de transport parfait pour se déplacer quand il faut faire trop de changements de bus, que l’on est pressé ou qu’il est tard.

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In a perfect world there would be no problems and everyone would follow the law:

Rs 6 per km day and 9 night (22h-6h30 approx)

Theoretically therefore there is no negotiation possible, but good theory in India ...

Often it is necessary to negotiate prices and many parameters come into play

Advantages:

+ is the mode of transport easier

+ No need to know the city

+ The vehicle is very manoeuvrable and sneaks not too bad in traffic

+ can go to 3 in (4 squeezing) which allows to share costs with his friends.

disadvan tages e :

- It's not expensive but far from being free either.

- It is therefore better able to negotiate

Rate: Ultimately we must therefore take about Rs.30 (50 cents) for a short ride and 150 (2.6 e) for long.

The Taxi

In addition there are real rickshaw taxis in India. The problem is there are no taxi written on it, then how will recognize? A color that is invariably white of course! Okay this does not help much as intelligence, the real hallmark is the backplate which is yellow. This is not necessarily convenient to recognize but anyway taxis are used only in certain cases. Indeed they are 2 more expensive than rickshaws and there is less limiting their use. However you can book a to advance to take you at the airport at 3am (which I'll do shortly) and how they work for companies they are for Most lot more honest than the rickshaw. In addition, some are small van that can accommodate 6 people and a lot of baggage that can make them even more interesting if you are numerous and charges.

Advantages:

+ Reliable and honest

+ Ability to book

+ Not so expensive if there is more than 5

+ can go to 3 in (4 squeezing) which allows to share the cost with friends.

disadvan tages e :

- Dear

- Harder to find but there are still many

Rate: At least Rs.12, 20 cents per km. Between Business Objects and the central station (one km 20aine) I know it takes is Rs.300 5 ^e .

The bus company:

To overcome the problems of transport and reduce traffic jams almost all large firms in Bangalore have a network of buses for their employees. At Business Objects there are 11 lines that crisscross the city by getting employees home before the morning and evening redepositing them. At 8 and 17H The city is the scene of a ballet bus placards bearing Intel, Infosys, IBM and Accenture. Through this service the transportation problem is limited to evenings and weekends.

Only 300 employees currently at BOBJ India and so there is a daily bus pass. We can not choose the times when you go to work. Nothing dramatic, since we can always take the Rickshaw and that companies that have large numbers such as SAP, HP, Siemens, HSBC ... offer several crossings a day.

Advantages:

+ No need to worry about are commuting

+ Punctual

+ Fast + Cheap

+ The friendly atmosphere on the bus since we know more and more people with time

disadvantages e deny s:

- need to work in a large company

- One pass per day if it does not work in a very large company

Rate: Next the company. Rs.970 (17 e) for Business Objects. I think it's free at Siemens.

Metro: No there is no metro in Bangalore, at least not yet since it is planned for 2011 but I still wanted to mention it. However there are only two lines expected at first contrast with the huge network of Delhi. More info here.

Rent a car: I did not test e but it is possible to rent a bike for 4 th day. I have no more information for those who want to rent a car.

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Indochina 4 (05-09/12)

Nearly 2 months after my return to Mae Sot I take two days off work to go back to Laos, the last country that I had to return to visit in my mind of Indochina's French colonial times.

Ten o'clock bus to cross from west to east Thailand Udon Thani up, the regional capital has a hundred across the border, and another hour until Nong Khai and the Friendship Bridge which joins the two countries above the Mekong.

half way to Luang Prabang in fact, that I conclude that after a night in Vientiane.

two hours spent to complete the formalities of customs, and I finally crowd Lao soil. A multitude of rabateurs rushed upon me, but I expect other tourists turn up to share a taxi to the center. A Thai backpacker than thirty years leading his nose, and go. For 100 Baht (2 Euro) each of an old mercedes 60 years will lead us to safe harbor.

We decide to have breakfast and both do the same after a visit together.


His name is Guss (everyone has a "nick name" in Thailand), and sells hospital equipment in Bangkok. Towards

13h Guss leaves me to take a bus to Vang Vieng, where he will spend the night before joining Luang Prabang. Hello, we cross again definitely there.

Vientiane city has a certain charm, the buildings stand a man's height and despite the austerity of some official buildings, the general architecture is pleasant.


It feels like a familiar, and the smell of fresh bread help, we represent a nostalgic time forgets or young people dressed in colonial uniforms siroptaient a little yellow at the terrace of a coffee making facing the Mekong.


The sunset hues of rocks me dilluees and I prepare for my trip the next day I went to bed happy.

At 6:15 am I'm at the bus station, ready to face the 9 hours since I have left to travel up to Luang Prabang. I'm so excited decouvrire the idea to the city that everybody talks to me for so long and fascinating magnificient landscapes that we are experiencing, as minutes pass without my appercoive.


Here we are, it is 16.30. I walk around the center to find "The Guest House" woman he takes me and the streets are congested, as well as farangs else.

As I walk the streets which form the bulk of the city, I note that the buildings reflect the active protection of heritage. But I'm especially impressed by the number of young people to backpack. The city is literally invaded.


I finally found and look forward to a hot shower which I shall not fail to savor every drop.

- I'm afraid all of a sudden the last few weeks, my blog is more like a travel guide has an account of my volunteer service. Good for those that will help plannify their future discovery of Southeast Asia, and after all it is indeed part of what I saw here .. -

The same evening I came across Guss, with whom we dine in a typical restaurant. My dish is disappointing but I am delighted by his proposal to accompany him and Thai friends, until a few drops of water across the city.

The waterfall is beautiful, but too many people bathe and I decided to follow an arrow indicating a cave a little further. I spend a large hole in which I dare not turn his head and continues the path that climbs to the top of the hill. A dozen minutes later, a staircase "house" descends steeply to a familiar sound, the water pours in power.


down and I find myself alone in a sort of hamlet in the middle of the jungle, or water flows from all the vegetation. I thank the Lord for giving me this place decouvrire wonderful, my temper and remains motionless for some time.

Only the sound of water comes nourishment of my mind. I want to stay for centuries, but I feel that others are waiting for me.


Concluding a marathon stay, I take my last day to eat a good steak in a french cafe and finish my book in the garden of a charming hotel with a crumble creole, fingers feet fan, to the Mekong.