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    <title>Overland</title>
    <description>Amis du jour,Bonjour - Ami du soir,Bonsoir</description>
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      <title>Retour prématuré</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;[Mes]dames et sieurs'&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ça y est on a retrouvé les ç et les accents.... en vous écrivant de chez les parents. et oui pour des raisons bien stupides on a écourté le voyage mais on s'dit qu'la russie bougera pas.... Air China nous a ramené a bon port.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Un peu surréel ce retour, plein de choses oubliées qui reviennent a l'esprit. Enfin bref le temps de s'habituer a conduire a droite et de mettre un peu d'ordre dans la caboche c'est avec tout plein de hate qu'on se dit a bientot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emilie y Tracy&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <category>France</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 23:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Truce is broken</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Ladies'&amp;amp; Gents'&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The plane was waiting for us when we got back to tha Capital of mongolia. If any of you read the uncle's comment we do not need to say more on the main reason for cutting the trip in half.... After long pondering and wandering we decided to leave russia for a next time. That is why we are still quite pissed off with ourselves and the freemarket when as soon as we got back to 3bis rue Victor Hugo the nat Geo had a special edition on Lake Baikal!!!!(what was suppose to be our first stop in Russki) But crossing the gate and seeing Dad and Mum's face (cos' may as well do it surprise) well worth every shot in the book. So kept the surreal of the return cosy we cuddle our little sis' tummy and caught up with the brother au tour de scene (musical festival in Angers). Put on already a few kilos of good food and wine. Miss yas all&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Love&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Emilie and Tracy&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 23:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gallery: GobiTrip</title>
      <description>10days</description>
      <link>https://journals.worldnomads.com/bobandcie/photos/10713/Mongolia/GobiTrip</link>
      <category>Travel</category>
      <category>Mongolia</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Un air de Gobi</title>
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&lt;p&gt;[Mes]Dames et Sieur'&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;La boucle est bouclee. Nos pas sont deja de l'histoire ancienne dans le desert de Gobi. Le vent a emporte nos echos dans les huits directions boudhistes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;De la route, encore de la route et un decors en perpetuel mouvement. Nous avons assiste a 10 actes et une chute (sans eau). La cascade attend patiemment la saison breve des pluies.[juin - juillet]. L'herbe est courte et eparse grace a la fondue des neiges. Juste suffisante pour nourrir les meres et leurs petits. Petit moutons, petites chevres,petits yaks, petits chevaux et petits chameaux ou dromadaire (celui qui en a deux de bosses, jamais su!). L'hivers rude a laisse beaucoup de carcasses ici et la. Certains os eclatent avec le reflet du soleil. Ici et la il y a aussi des ovoos.Monticule shamanique de pierre/bois ou se melangent des echarpes en soie bleue, des bouteilles de vodka vides, montres ect. bref tout un bric a brac auquel on tourne autour trois fois en jetant trois cailloux. C'est Bayara qui nous a montre. Bayara c est not' chauffeur - mecano et blagueur - qui nous a fait un superbe chant de gorge.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not' equipe est composee de gens bien differents mais ca a marche impecable. Donc 24/24 nous etions Richard, pianiste NewYorkais - Roy, ingenieur Malaysien - Urna, not' guide et Bayara, not' chauffeur. On a appris pleins de jeux mongoliens au rythme des bosses: cartes, os, pierre!! Dans un vieux van russe, toujours l'impression de faire un tour de montagne russe...Ha Ha &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Steppes, toundra, une bande de dunes (120 km sur 12 km) coincee entre deux montagnes, falaises blanches et rouges surgissant de nulle part. Glacier et chute de glace dans le canyon aux vautours. Temples dont un bien cache[et detruit] au fond d'une gorge ou les moines se sont refugies durand le communisme. Vieux chateau en ruine datant du 10eme siecle. Vallees, Canyon, encore de la steppe et enfin des forets, miniatures ou de pins.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Loge nourri chez l'habitant, Les gers se montent en 1h30 avec 5 paires de mains. L'interieur est principalement orange petant, couleur du soleil levant. Les gens ont le visage rude comme l'hiver mais le regard doux et le (sou)rire facile. 3 generations sous le meme toit groupe autour du poele qui selon la region est rempli de bois ou crottes de chameaux/yaks. Les nuits sont froides et il y a rarement l'electricite. La plupart des familles suivent leurs troupeaux et vont s'installer en plaine pour l'ete. Les nomades persistent (meme si les touristes remplacent les betes parfois) et c'est bien.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nous avons traverse 2 villes, toutes de gers sedentaires. Un petit enclos delimite chaque terrain et une annexe en brique souvent sert de cuisine. On fait le marche et on s'lave aux bains communs. On a meme grille la queue grace a Urna. A notre periple s'est attache et detache d'autre vans touristiques. Les chauffeurs/guides se connaissent tous. Un soir, trop qu on etait nous a vu dormir dans le guer familiale avec les gosses. Les chauffeurs ont dormi dans les voitures. On a mange notre mouton bouilli avec tout ce p'ti monde. Puis le bol de vodka a fait le tour avec le grandpere comme maitre de ceremonie. On s'est affale au sol,la tete au nord, et dormi comme des bebes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;pour la petite anecdote, on a croise le chemin de bambins jumelles. elles avaient 2 et demi. Leur jeux prefere etait de faire valdinguer le nouveau-ne chevre!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bon, savoure les photos...elles valent plus que ces quelques mots&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Biz from Ulaanbataar(Veut dire Hero Rouge). Levons not' verre a Genkhis Khan et tous ses descendants&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads.com/bobandcie/10713/JpChMn_330.jpg"  /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://journals.worldnomads.com/bobandcie/story/19058/Mongolia/Un-air-de-Gobi</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 18:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The barking camel and the stubborn horse</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Ladies &amp;amp; Gents'&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So the loop is looped and 10 days of bumps and humps has shaken the heads and so will try to put everything back in order.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First the people... well there was Richard[pianist from NY, USandA], Roy [ doing a world trip before changing career from Malaysia], Urna [english teacher in winter, tourist guide in summer from Mongolia] and Bayara [driver all year round since 7 years, and pretty good throat singer]. All jumbled up in a russian van where in case we forgot there was written tourist in nice letters on passenger door!!!:)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We took a pretty standard tour, but boy the standards were pretty amazing. On average 3 to 8 hours of donkey [mongolian card game] per day. The challenge to play on a rough road... We stopped at rock formations, cliffs [flaming and white stupa] that popped up in the middle of nowhere, a glacier and ice falls in vulture canyon,a 120 km strip of sand dunes stuck in between two mountain, valleys, midget forest,waterfall with or without water. The wind hardly ever at rest was kind of freezing...the sun warming you instantly when mister blow cessed. The peoples face are as marked as the landscape but their eyes are soft. and always laughin'.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So back to the wonders of mongolia - We saw a castle from 10th century, ovoos everywhere [shaman's pile of stone, silk hanging here and there with money and offerings], a hiding temple in some moutains where lama came during the stalin's purge of the 30's and Karkhorin the ancient capital with the rare remaining temples (3 out of 96 thanks Stalin again) and stupas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We stayed in gers (nomads flat Teepee) feeding the fire with camel poo ( once u get used to the smell it does burn really well and you sure need some fire at night). The food was basic, pasta and potatoes with mutton in a soup or not. One night there was one two many Tourist Van so we got put with the family. We shared vodka with grandpa. one bowl going round and round. He'd lost his son a month before in a motorcycle accident. The sorrow was tangible and he came back in the middle of the night to keep the flame going on the altar (always on the north side of the ger). We were all spread out on the floor of his ger and he was the one whispering. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We passed a few villages and a couple of bigger town where the markets and shops are in ship containers and where the few cars and van wait to fill up (people and ready to burst canvas bags)and leave. We lined up in these bigger town at the bathhouse for the two showers we had. piece of advice: avoid sundays cause it's mongolians washing day and they spend ages in shower. Lucky we got Urna with us and skipped a fair bit the queu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We chased horses, yak, sheeps, goats and camel. We went totally offroad racing after gazelles. We saw a bunch of carcasses and counted down the bottles of beers. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now back in UB. checking the market tomorrow and maybe the circus.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bayarta &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads.com/bobandcie/10713/JpChMn_085.jpg"  /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <category>Travel</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 16:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gone' to see a man about a horse / il neige a UB, Mongolie</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Ladies&amp;amp;Gents'&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No double meaning this time.... meanwhile the 4WD russian Van will take us to the wild horses and their wild masters. Can't wait.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quick message to tell that we're going to no civilisation land and slide on sand dunes among other things for 10 days. Full report when we get back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Take care all of you. It's snowing in UB, Mongolia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;[Mes]Dames&amp;amp;Sieurs'&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Il fait froid, Il fait soleil, Il fait neige, Il fait tempete de poussiere... Le printemps est indomptable en Mongolie. au contraire des idees recues les gens aiment l hivers ici.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;message rapide pour vous dire que l on part sur piste faire une boucle du desert de Gobi. Comme des gosses on a pas dormi de la nuit....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Promis les histoires au retour ave' photos a l appui&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hasta Luego le bien urbain!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 11:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gallery: Pingyao</title>
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      <category>Travel</category>
      <category>Australia</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gallery: Beijing</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>staying eating drinking</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;ladies and gent,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;the title is one of the many chinglish we came upon on the road... this one is on every windows in Pingyao's guesthouses'. others include &amp;quot;you can make a group by your own&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;no lodge on  the wall&amp;quot; ( as no sleeping on the wall) ... speaking of which The definitive highlight of Pekin City is ThE WaLl, drawing a line on the top of moutains for kms' on end, going up down up down up down...you get the picture. We ended up going on the hike the backpacker did. Not for the softies, steep hills followed by more stairs, breath taken away by views and by our level of fitness. Also, have to admit, gettin' better with the whole bag thing. After contemplating throwing everything out and travelling with just toothbrush and passport, the turtle house is quite comfie.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Speaking of which, we decided to do a detour south to Pingyao: medieval village in surprinsingly good state. Major tourist spot for chinese it is opening up (thanks lonely planet!??) to westerners. So this Ming/Qin vestiges' overall plan is one of a turtle. No buildings are high enough to check it out but it's quite interesting to find our way among this structure and endless courtyard (the most famous one is in town next door, where Red lantern was shot).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Air is dry and dusty (don't even want to know what it's like is summer), the rythm pretty relax. Yesterday rented some bikes to go to a bouddhist temple just out of town. 2 kms' from guesthouse Em's back tire explodes!!! Where were you Matze? Anyway second go was good. So yeah today waiting around in the neighbourhood for our overnight train. this time we took hardsleeper. Last friday when the whim took us to head to Pingyao instead of Datong we ended up gettin' only standin' ticket. And we actually tried to organize it ( after the experience in Tianjin). Reservation can't be made too long in advance in China but Trains fill up so quick. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So take everything you thought of to fill up a train, multiply it by 10 and you're nowhere near it. What saved us was the chinese hospitality and an overzelous train controller. Indeed she kicked someone out of their seat for us. Nothing you can do about it. So for a few hours we felt really the twin connection (ha ha) sharing a seat for two. In the midst of the night after the 5th stop or something like that finally managed to sleep a few hours. Unforgettable experience ( not to do too many time if you wanna stay sane!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Luv from Turtle town&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads.com/bobandcie/10231/_016.jpg"  /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ni Hao et Bye Bye</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;(Mes)Dames et sieurs!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rebonjour . il est temps d ecrire car les sacs sont de nouveau poses pour deux jours. Merci pour les commentaires, c est comme si on etait plus a voyager?!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Donc Beijing. Bah avec Em on est pas des touristes aggrees donc sur les trois jours reste dans chongwen on y a ete tout doux. On a marche des kilometres; vu la cite interdite perdues dans une foules que dis-je une foule de foules... de gens; un p'ti detour au palais du Paradis ( ca sonne bien...)ou on a ecoute de la guitare a une corde ( a default d etre cultivees dans les instrument chinois); mange des brochettes et crepes aux milles et unes epices; tente de commande de quoi manger dans un resto &amp;quot;pot au feu&amp;quot;; et surtout grimpe la grande muraille. Apres multiples debats nous nous sommes resignees a prendre le deal de l'auberge ou on etait. Apres une soirees avec quelques europeens au bar francais ( et oui chez paul) du coin et peu d heures de sommeil 6h40 du matin on s entasse dans minibus. La randonnee est entre deux village ( l'arrivee a Simatai). 4 heures de montees (bien rudes) et descentes (degringolades) on suit la cimes des montagnes en zigzagant et on croise le chemin d une trentaine de tours de guet(plus ou moin en ruines) ... Impressionant, Magnificent!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Si on conjugue au present nous sommes dans une guesthouse bien sympas d un village medieval, Pingyao. Tranquille avec une sabina (Reference Gadjo Dilo) comme patronne. Les gens en general sont de passage. Nous entre deux trains on a rallonge le sejour. Aujourd'hui on loue des velos pour aller au monastere bouddhiste local. Demain peut etre le chateau souterrain de la ville d'a cote. Moin touristique comme vestige du passe, le patron d'ici qui est guide egalement veut y jeter un coup d'oeil pour voir si ca vaut le coup d'y emmener ses clients.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Il reste a dire comment nous sommes arrivees a Pingyao: Beijing vendredi matin tot, on arrive a la gare de l'ouest. En tete le train de nuit. Au comptoir on nous annonce qu'il reste uniquement des places debout. on se dit qu'on peut trouver un petit coin ou on peut mettre les sacs et nous meme dessus... tout faux. 10h plus tard on arrive au train... c'est comme de rentrer un elephant ( qui n' existe pas en chine) dans une deux chevaux ( a defaut d'une autre image). le flot de gents s'est arrete quand le train a quitte la gare. Avec Emilie on est coincer entre deux wagons. On montre le ticket aux gens autour. Quand ils realisent qu on descent que douze plus tard, ils arrivent a mettre les sacs quelques part.... quelques heures plus tard une controleuse zelee se demmerde pour nous trouver un siege, pris au soldat en permission, ...sauvees. au milieu de la nuit le train est moins bonde. Dans un ambiance enfumee et une odeur de bouffe et sueur on dors et on se lie d amitie avec deux vieux ouvriers. On va l appeler washi ( il faisait que de repeter ca). donc meme si Nihao et bye bye sont les seuls mots d'echange on s est bien fendue la poire.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Amis de nuit bonsoir &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads.com/bobandcie/10230/_004.jpg"  /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gallery: First days in China</title>
      <description>Tianjin / beijing</description>
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      <category>Travel</category>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gallery: boat ride</title>
      <description>Kobe-Tianjin20042008</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>La Theorie du chaos revue et corrigee...</title>
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&lt;p&gt;(Mes)Dames' et Sieurs'&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bien le bonjour. on avance tout doux dans le compte a  rebours: Nous avons  desormais  8 heures de decalage avec Greenwich.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dedicace speciale aux bebe d'Avril: Julie, Emilie &amp;quot;beaute volcan&amp;quot;, Lucie, Raf et tout particulierement Mum aka Maaman.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;La Chine defie toute theorie du Chaos. Et oui les dernieres nouvelles ont ete laissees au port de Kobe,Japon. Apres deux nuits en soutes (pas tout a fait mais presque) en dortoirs version tatami - la salle peut contenir 21 personnes max, par chance on etait 6 - Tianjin, Chine nous accueille sous la pluie. La mer fut calme et le trajet un peu une version de la mer jaune de la fille sur le pont, sans le marriage! (Alors quoi me direz-vous???). Les douanes n'ont pas apprecie le cafe sur passeport (la maladresse date d'il y a 3 ans). Le regard qui fait peur s est change en sourire pour nous souhaiter joyeux anniversaire. Et oui ca aide d etre jumelle quelquefois.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;La ballade en taxi (4 a s'entasser) du port a l'hotel s'est transformee en mission:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;    1/Conduire sans regles (apparentes cela dit) dans une villes ou les crevasses des routes sont plus grandes et profondes que dans un rally voiture. Ca se complique quand l'eau les remplies?!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;    2/Trouver l'entree du seul batiment debout dans un quartier demoli et en soi disant reconstruction.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;La Chine intrigue d'entree de jeu; les gens rigolent quant on essai de leur addresser la parole (en anglais), ils rigolent et se cassent. Ce qui n'aide pas vraiment. Mais ils ont l'air chaleureux et je suis sure qu'il aiderai si on parlait meme un tout petit peu de mandarin. Bref L ere du grand Mao a laisse un pays ou des quartiers entiers ont un vague a l'ame vetuste (Tianjin tout particulierement) tout en cotoyant des quartiers de petites ruelles et boui-boui traditionnels. A Peking city aka Beijing Ils s'appellent les Hutong. Apres une tentative aventuriere court circuitee (4heures, 2 queues pour au final dire le seul mot que tout le monde comprend: Beijing en montrant 2 doigts pour nombre passagers) On arrive a la capital. Metro, pas boulot eventually dodo. On s'installe, apres qu'Emilie fasse baisser le prix, dans un petit hotel  a charactere. Biere chaude, ca semble etre la norme ici, et on ne peu etre plus paisible. Les sac restent a terre pour 3 nuits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;D'ici la. Biz&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads.com/bobandcie/10112/china_021.jpg"  /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Ladies' &amp;amp; Gents'&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why and where the missing link.?.?.? Well it all started when we arrived in China Yesterday. Indeed left Kobe (in Japan where there is a Place Montmartre!) on 18 of april on a freight boat with a passenger section. So it ended up being smaller then we imagined ( on the contrary we underestimated the crowd and chaos of a train station ). We were 60 passengers max ; Karaoke bar the only evening entertainement - by the third hour onboard felt like a school camp. We were in cabin/dorms japanese style where up to 21 people can fit...luckily we were only six in ours. SHO (moustache guy on pict. a kind of Wong Kar Wai character) was the &amp;quot;passenger manager&amp;quot;. Nice guy, he put us (as the 6 foreigners) up with a japanese group on cultural mission... Homoshiroi aka interesting: a lot of mime language, a lot of hey Jude (some classic die hard), a gyosa cooking lesson and a origami present for  our birthday! So for SHO, spread the word. If you have little money and heaps of time go for the &amp;quot;China Express Line&amp;quot; experience.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So Back to Missing Link...Tianjin was rainy when we arrived. Past the official and hopped in a cab with a couple from boat to town. It became a mission to find hotel. The whole neighbourhood has been torn down except for hotel. To get to it was near impossible by car (we came to think that it disappeared with the rest). The city was a sea of mud (no mudwave so far). Driving rules? There' aren't any. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Well the Missing Link was in that 2 hour drive ... Randomly, section of - footpath, roads and buildings - are missing. It does get quite impressive when water fills the holes. Hazard,Hazard: The actual towns' first impression is like a war torn one, illuminated by blossoming trees.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So now we got over the title... well maybe not. Another missing brain link was catching the train. Our idea of a romantic (the artistic period not st Valentine) journey of getting lost and findind ourselvein the heart of the country came crumbling down on first day. All we found was &amp;quot;2 Beijing please - She She&amp;quot;. The plan was to get to Tianjin train station (so far ok) then head to JiXian to hike around a less visited route of wall. 4 hours, 2 Queues later We were getting nowhere.Only stares and intrigued laugh from the locals or not who knows. Kind of a strange feeling to be stared at like a monkey in a tea room. A minimum of English or a lot of time is needed to travel out of the usual way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But now we're in this cosy and small hotel sipping warm beer (Fridge is used as a storing facility not a a cooling one) after a wander in the hutong. Emilie Bargained the price as you should.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well that's it folk. Happy B'Day Marty. Glad you two made it safe and on time back to Oz land. Once again Domo arigato gosaimasu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads.com/bobandcie/10112/china_028.jpg"  /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;...ninja Vs army of old people &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;as the story goes nowdays. it's all a little complex so let's not go into some obscure conspiracy theory for on the outside Kyoto is a great little town. had a good culinary experience in some tiny shop, shared a rollie with  the local imagined how life was four centuries ago and had a Kirin under the cherry blossom... shoes off&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads.com/bobandcie/9954/pict_trip08_041.jpg"  /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;salut les amis comme promis les commentaires francais: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;bon bon par ou commencer les sacs sont fait l'avion est pret et on decolle. on arrive a Osaka vers neuf heure du soir et a defaut de trouver l'auberge reservee on se decide sur un p'tit hotel pas cher pas cher en face de nous. on enleve les chaussures, on trouve deux bieres de quoi trinquer la reussite d'un depart tranquille....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;le vrai truc commence le lendemain quand on rejoint emi et marty a fukuoka au nord de l'ile du sud. emi et marty c'est nos bon potes d'australie、lui est australien elle est japonaise et on part passer quelques jours chez ses parents. L'experience est totale, generosite supreme. emi nous guide a travers les bains traditionnelｓ, bainｓ communs (unisex tout de meme) concentreｓ autour de sources　naturelles。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;la veille du depart la mere d'emi nous prepare un repas que t'ose meme pas toucher tellement c'est beau... succulent. on goute l'eau de prune faite maison et on trinque au sake. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;depuis on fait route vers tokyo ou on rejoindra emi qui connait bien puisqu'elle y a vecu neuf ans. en intermittence　marti est guide relax。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;恩s’絵stあっれいぇ j'y peux rien ils s'introduisent tout seul les symbolｓ&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;bref on a fait un arret　a　亜広島 hiroshima et enfin pose la tonｎe　en bandouliere sur nos dos pour voir de pres les temples de kyoto. serein il faut avouer. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;on arrive enfin au moment present, trinquer avec Kirin &amp;quot;la biere de la chance&amp;quot; sous une pluie rose de petale　（sakura)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;a plus tard &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads.com/bobandcie/9954/pict_trip08_008.jpg"  /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ladies and gents,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;so far so good. Plane trip was uneventfull...better then what we expected with jetstar. Osaka airport`s runway goes into the sea. It was nighttime and the black hole of the water reflected all lights on shore. As told later this is all reclaimed man made land...and the scary thing is it sinks 2cm each year. waiting for them to invent a submarinoplane. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tested our first night tatami style...gotta to admit the dunnas are so fluffy you`d sleep your brains out. After a record 2 and a half hours for close to 600 km in a shinkansen (moreso hikari) train Emi and Marty were waiting for us at Fukuoka station on south island. Don`t understand all the fuss about franco/english tunnel cos here you don`t even feel it. Just a tunnel like the one to get out of Osaka. Strait to the Onsen, somewhere in country side. &amp;quot;outside hot spring bath&amp;quot;: can`t describe the feeling but all you have to do is try it. our skin is as soft as a baby`s still know. you have 3 or 4 different size pools, some individual tubs, sauna, steam room , a salt rubbing one (I mean steam room). Emi and us wandered from one to another. you chat and relax and once in a while when it gets to hot you dip in cold water. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As we write Emi`s parents (Oto-san and Oka-san: affectionate and respectful way to call people older then oneself) are getting the evening organized. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We were so looking forward to this start of the trip. Still on a little cloud.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So long, and next report from the temple city&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;La version francaise la prochaine fois ... a court de temps.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;biz&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads.com/bobandcie/9954/pict_trip08_001.jpg"  /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Apr 2008 11:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ladies&lt;strong&gt; and gents'&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The fishies are nearly out of the tank... the fools are taking the road after a few years down under. Gotta admit, will miss the place and most of all  those who put up with us - Thank You - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So to keep track of our westward journey, Bob and Cie welcomes each and everyone to this travelogue. &amp;quot;Where's wally&amp;quot; kind of map and hopefully  pictures by the dozen to be downloaded (even a link to YouTube)... &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So that's it for now. The tear(s) is/are swirling . Good luck to all and keep in touch.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;.../...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[Mes]dames et sieurs'&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apres cinq ans passe la tete en bas, il en reste cinq boites qui partent en bateau. quant a nous on prend la direction nord pour ensuite virer de bord vers l'ouest. Un peu comme ces panneaux au milieu du desert australien qui indiquent les grandes villes a perpet'. Nos p'tes caboches elles ont la direction Europe en boussole...c'est tout droit: 17 000 km plus loin.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Donc pour vous faire partager les peregrinations de deux imbeciles qui ne parlent ni japonais, ni chinois, ni mongolien, ni russe - ! - bienvenue a cet humble journal de bord. Y a meme un alias - bobandcie x2 - sur la carte/map que vous pouver suivre et j'espere un bon paquet de photos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A bientot&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;:) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads.com/bobandcie/9749/melbourne_003.jpg"  alt="ORIGAMI in da breeze" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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