tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43982761282766217082011-04-21T17:19:26.797-04:00First and foremost a travel blog, with some entries about photography and culture. Hey, won't you look at that : all things that make my world go round...hereshegoesagainnoreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398276128276621708.post-86468521936704614902008-04-28T14:37:00.009-04:002008-04-28T15:10:08.911-04:00

It’s been a full week since my last post, not in my habits. The work hours have been crazy and, most importantly, our hockey team made it to the second round… ;-)So back to my tales of the desert we go…Right after the sunrise, my partner and I started our backcountry road exploration. After all, we did rent an SUV just to do that so it was just about time for us to get serious.The first short

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We woke up the next morning at around 4h30 AM, early enough to catch dawn and the sunrise.We decided to drive back to the dunes and boy was it the best decision we made! First we were greeted by a setting thin moon crescent. What a treat! We were expecting a moonless night but apparently we were off by one day… Never so happy to be wrong! Setting up the tripod, I was lucky enough to catch this

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After about 10 minute drives, the Mesquite dunes appeared to us in the distance, big, beautiful, majestic. We arrived from ‘’behind’’, the dunes already darkened by the setting sun. Seeing soft, white sand felt good and we could not resist the urge to try our luck and drive off road. The trail was unfortunately too soft for us, little inexperienced drivers, so we had to get back on the normal

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Hey guys,We are back to cold and greyish weather here at home… Just what was needed to emphasize what I’ve been crying for the last three days: I WANNA GO BAAAACKKKK!! Thank god for memories…So after a few hours drive, we arrived in Beatty too late to be able to speak to the ranger as the station apparently close up at 5h00 pm. Maps of the park are available for passer by. We just didn’t see

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Hey folks.So am back home after a few days away from home to beautiful California and Nevada. Although very short, this little escapade was none the less high in emotion and discoveries of all sorts. The first thing I can say is that Vegas is everything we’ve heard about ‘her’ and more. What a city! Especially when she slowly reveals herself to the night drivers we were…But that’s another story

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Well, it's now official: Death Valley it is.... Can't wait to go there!! ;-) It's a little last minute to make plans but a little backcountry camping never anyone.While researching our destination, I did a lot of research on what has been taken there before and was amaze by the variety of scenery I saw. But more importantly, I stumble across a few darn good photographers, most of who’s work can

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Good evening everyone!It’s official, am leaving for Vegas in about a week! YAY! While the many attraction in the city are more then appealing – if you embrace the ‘fakeness’ of it, which I totally intend to do - am also excited about my first encounter with the South West USA area. Although I can’t wait to see the bright shiny lights, the natural wonders of the area are also calling my name. But

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Good evening all! As promised, here are a few more market shots from Vietnam. Have a good beginning of week everyone! :-) H.

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Hello everyone,My previous post was suppose to be my last one about Vietnam but then I realised that I barely talked about one of my favourite thing to do while traveling: visiting the local markets.And the food markets in Asia are definitely worth a visit. Full of life and colours and strange food, they are a shutterbug AND an epicurean dream. I guess that would explain why I love them so much…

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It just seems like I have all the luck in the world... Now considering that I'll be going to Vegas soon, luck is a good thing to have with you!Am actually the lucky winner of two tickets on Alaska Airlines. Now considering where they go, I'll have some tough decision to make: Hawaii or Anchorage? Will keep you posted on how it goes....Back to my Vietnamese account, a final note on the Mekong

hereshegoesagainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398276128276621708.post-38390682299565340502008-03-17T22:41:00.004-04:002008-03-17T22:50:08.333-04:00

Hello everyone! Hope you are all had a very good St-Patrick and that you’ll now be able to get the rest you surely deserve…Getting back to the trip. After our visit to the Cu chi tunnels, we headed to the Mekong Delta for a few day excursion. The area is quite unique and is a definit most if you are thinking of wondering south of HCMC.The Mekong Delta is the usually referred to as Vietnam’s food

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About forty kilometres south of Hanoi lays one of Vietnam most popular tourist destination: The Cu Chi tunnels. No trip to the city would be complete without a day at Cu Chi.The ingenious tunnels run for throughout the province for approximately 250 kilometres and some tunnels had up to 4 levels! At it’s peak, this network spread all the way to the Cambodian border. It took the Vietnamese a

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While sampling the beach stores and multiple bars in Nha Trang, we came across a very special lady owner of a very special bar and restaurant.The Crazy Kim bar is named after its owner, Kim Le. Kim first left Vietnam in the early 80’s looking for a better life. Her journey brought her all the way to Canada where she lived and studied at Concordia University in Montreal for twelve years. Having

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This is part two of a little interview I did with Nha Trang's photographer Long Thanh. Enjoye it and have a sunday evening! H. ***H : In Canada, we’re constantly bombarded with images of all sort and this rises our tolerance to harsher images. To the point where nothing seems sacred or ‘tabou’ anymore. Are there any subjects or things that you wouldn’t allow yourself to shoot?L.T In theory you

hereshegoesagainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398276128276621708.post-72716365259302255182008-03-07T21:04:00.005-05:002008-03-07T21:32:17.177-05:00

Hello everyone! So it looks like am finally going to travel to Las Vegas in about a month. The big question now is should we go to Death Valley or the Grand Canyon? Very difficult choice...Anyhow... Here is the first part of an interview with photographer Long Thanh from Nha Trang, vietnam. The conversation lasted over an hour but I trimmed a lot to get to the essential. *** Hereshe goes : You

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While in Nha Trang, I had the opportunity to meet with Long Thanh, one of town most renown photographer. His work has won many prizes and is a perfect illustration of the genuin nature of photography.In my next post you'll have the opportunity to read the interview I was lucky enough to do with Mr. Thanh. In the mean time, here's a little tease... Hope you like them! H.

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All right, back to Vietnam after another photographic intermission. I have to think about setting up a timetable for this blog update. Could be a neat thing to have.Anyhow.After the visit to the north counter we started to make our way south. Our first stop was in Nha Trang where I had to go to meet a photographer I wanted to interview for another project. An interview that will be posted most

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Yesterday I was watching the documentary ‘Born into Brothels’ from Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski.‘Born into Brothels’ follow 8 kids as they discover photography and thus learn to look at their world differently. These photographs are a pure incursion into the soul of these kids and genuine expression of beauty and talent.So fare, this project help put these kids through school. The project

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So my april travel plan are yet again changing. Am not even sure anymore I'll go anywhere :-( Really keeping my finger cross here!Anyhow. In my last post I was talking about the very unique experience of assisting to lacquer harvest. It then dawn on me that it might be a good idea to post a little more information on lacquer so here it is!Chinese are the first ones who used natural lacquer as a

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The next morning, we got up early and were lucky enough to assis the lacquer harvesting, witnesses of a timeless tradition transmitted in this family for generations. The production and use of the lacquer is a very complex process that requires a particular know-how not learned in any school. Rather, the tapper transmits their heritage from generation to generation. And no technological

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When came back from our nice cruise in Halong bay just in time to meet our group for what turned out to be the BEST part of this trip...Off we were up north to the Yen Bai province for a three-day visit to the hill tribes. This visit was special in many ways: not only were we to live with some family of the Dao community but also were to witness the century-old tradition of lacquer harvesting.

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After a few days in Hanoi we decided to get out of town and reserved a cruise in Halong Bay.This is a very popular activity with tourists, and after being there I certainly can understand why.Halong Bay translates into “dragon descending into the sea.” Legend has it that they bay was created by a swirling dragon tail that gouged valleys and crevasses while the dragon was fighting the chinese

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One of my favourite things to do when I have time to spare is to wander the Internet in search of photographic inspiration. After all, it is by constantly challenging himself that one just might improve.This also has to do with the fact that last week I went out with a good buddy of mine and fellow shutter bug and we spent most of the evening trying to figure out what our photography was all

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Like I said in my previous post, Hanoi can be a little bit overwhelming for us travellers. Which is why the many lakes and little peace oasis one can find all over the city.The most famous of those might just be Hoan Kiem Lake, located right in the middle of the old quarter of Hanoi. On top of a nice little temple, your bound to see students working on their drawing skills or stopping at Ngoc Son

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I'll always remember our arrival in Hanoi: it was late, dark, and as we were entering the city in a cab we notices that regardless of the late hour, people were still everywhere on the street, selling, eating, just going about their business.As we slowly made our way to our hotel and settle in our room, it became obvious that noise would be an issue - at least for the first days...It's as if the

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Vietnam’s cultural diversity is a major selling point with tourists of all places. Specifically, visitors like to ride up to Sa Pa to brush up with the Hill tribes.Although there are some major social issues resulting with the rise of mass tourism in this area, the experience can definitely a major highlight of your trip and is more then worthwhile. So should you decide to brush up with the

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Here is the first article written for another website. Hope you'll like it!!***** Ecotourism in VietnamHelping to build a country. Taking part to a global movement and– if only for a single trip – bring water to the big millwheel of social and economical development of a region. That is, in short, what ecotourism is all about. And that is exactly what you’ll be doing when travelling with

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So I've decided that I'll go somewhere late March, early April but still don't know where exactly. There are so many possibilities and so many things that can go wrong when am planning to leave without official vacation time that planning seem completely useless. If all goes like plan, I'll end up going to Panama to take my scuba certification.If all goes wrong, I'll end up going in Las Vegas for

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Well, here it is. (French at the bottom)I've been thinking about this for a little while and finally decided to go ahead with this project. I figure this will be an easier way to do something interesting some of my work and share it with the rest of the world. And, really, it's a lot easier to maintain then the website I did before....So, what to expect here?This is mostly a travel blog. I love

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