Off for a walk around Chiang Mai before it gets too hot!
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picPetit St Bernard Alpine pass between France & Italy, "gap jumping"
The Petit Saint Bernard mountain pass straddles the border between La Rosière in France, and La Thuile in Italy. Closed from the autumn until late…
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Photos and thoughts, in and around Chiang Mai Thailand ...
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Photos and thoughts, in and around Chiang Mai Thailand ...
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vidDoi Sutep, Chiang Mai - ringing the temple bells for 'good luck'
The bells, a familiar sight to visitors to Buddhist wats around Thailand. As you ring each bell, you make a wish. Here my tourist guide…
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Photos and thoughts, in and around Chiang Mai Thailand ...
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Thursday October 4th, Laos. "Mai pen rai" …. ("Stay cool")Colonel Khang of Lao immigration was rummaging about under his desk. I wondered if he was…
blogMurder By Massage
The quality of alternative treatments Thai-style can vary considerably; but there's hardly cause to complain, given the prices! These start as low as 120 baht,…
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picThe weather station, Mont Ventoux, Provence
At 1912m (over 6000 feet) the Mont Ventoux, otherwise known as the "Giant of Provence". The weather station at the summit (photo) registered the strongest…
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pic6000 feet up in the French Savoie Alps
A heatwave throughout France with temps close to 40°C, 100°F, so a welcome escape to the glacier capped peaks between France and Italy, some soaring…
picTignes France June, on the Grande Motte glacier
If only conditions like this could last into the summer! The snowpark on the Tignes glacier in late June, following winter-like weather right up until…
picParagliding in France, the view from above
Another shot of 'tandem' paragliding, this time the view from the passenger's seat. In the distance, the French Savoie town of Bourg Saint Maurice on…
vidParagliding in the French Savoie - Parapente en Savoie: Clip [5]
Impressions of another newcomer to the joys of paragliding, this clip taken high above Vallandry in the Paradiski Les Arcs domain in the French Savoie,…
vidParagliding in the French Savoie - Parapente en Savoie: Clip [4]
France: Bourg Saint Maurice Les Arcs in the Tarentaise Valley of the French Savoie. The Paradiski domain links Les Arcs and La Plagne, creating one…
vidParagliding in the French Savoie - Parapente en Savoie: Clip [3]
Bourg Saint Maurice Les Arcs in the French Savoie. From sliding sports in the winter and on the Tignes glacier in the summer, to paragliding,…
vidParagliding in the French Savoie - Parapente en Savoie: Clip [2]
"Unanimous approval from all three passengers on the 'biplace' rides, although there was a certain amount of relief at getting back down on terra firma!...
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vidParagliding in the French Savoie - Parapente en Savoie: Clip [1]
"Scheduled take off was from above Vallandry, at close to 2000m, landing down in the valley floor near Hauteville Gondon, 1200m below. The paragliding school…
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