Aubenas, the graveyard.

La tournée des cimetières

Promenade dans la forêt des Juillets

Couleur café, Aubenas.

Les Bruchets

La chaise de mon papa…

Sortie de la messe, dimanche à Aubenas

St-Etienne-de-Fontbellon

La route des Ecoles

Alba-la-Romaine

Saint-Cirgues

A popular cow station

Bellanwilla, the Atthidiya sanctuary in Colombo.

Galle Road, Colombo.

The Shaikh Usman Waliyullah mosque, standing on Baptist Chapel Road, Colombo.

Giritale, with its giant Buddha on the lake side.

Sigiriya, from the top. A stunning panoramic view.

Polonaruva. The ruins of forgotten empires.

Hindu temple in Matale.

Avissavella, tuk-tuk country.

Ganegama. The road back to Colombo.

Colombo. The monument of Ceylan’s independance, surrounded by its zombie lions.

This Richard’s Bookstores painted sign indicates actually a very tiny place, about 4 or 5 m2, further away where school books can be found.

In the tiny village of Etiliwewa there is a small Buddhist temple under construction with a statue needing funding. Monk Wimalaransi poses in front of it, waiting for my alms.

A rest in the shade of quiet Sri Sankhapala temple.

Beira lake, Colombo. Intense discussion with the huge swans.

The railway passage on Sri Uttarannada road.

Christchurch, Galle Face, Colombo.

Henri, l’oncle astronome.

Béatrice à Vals-les-bains.

Papa.

Chloé au Chinois d’Aubenas.

Thomas à Vogüé.

Jojo préparant les brochettes.

Kokey, le frangin.

Madame Serclerat à Montéléger.

Maman, écoutant de la musique reposante.

Béatrice à Aubenas.

Papa en tagueur des banlieues.

Isa et sa baballe.

Une petite mousse?

Le pont-neuf

Paris 6e. Passage de la petite boucherie.

Rue Mazarine.

Quai de Jemmapes, par un beau dimanche ensoleillé.

Aubenas. La fontaine près de la place de la poste.

Aubenas. Grand rue.

“Le bureau”. Un bistrot bien achalandé qui sert de la bonne Leffe à la pression.

Papa à Montagnac. Le verre de jaja ne bouge pas.

La maison Morel. A vendre.

Paix. Moment de méditation à l’ombre de l’yeuse.

Vesseaux au petit matin.

St Pierre-aux-liens. Eglise de Vesseaux (XIIe s.) au clocher polychrome (XIXe s.) orné de 3 losanges, 2 cœurs, un calice et un trébuchet pour peser les âmes.

Escapade fraîcheur à Vallon-pont-d’arche. Les baigneurs y sont encore rares.

Bains de soleil.

Papa et Isa dans le jardin.

L’église de St Didier sous Aubenas et son ciel lavis traversé de martinets virevoltants.

Cannes, pendant le festival de la pub.

Cabris. Au loin par temps clair on peut, paraît-il, voir la Corse.

La chapelle place St Exupéry, et sa fontaine d’eau fraîche.

Vogüé. Vestiges de sa magistrale porte fortifiée.

Vals-les-bains, jour de marché.

Vals-les-bains. Station thermale.

A l’ombre. A l’écoute du chant des cigales.

St-Etienne-de-Fontbellon.

Isa dans sa position favorite.

Pulau Merah, Jawa Timur.

Desa Sumberagung, Jawa Timur.

Malang

Malang bracing against a wet sky

The old protestant church in Semarang kota lama

Fishing right in the city center

Sam Poo Kong temple in Semarang. Memories of Beijing resolutely flow back

The South gate.

Waiting for the minibus

Street life, becak, coffee, gossip…

Somewhere in the upper town this elephant seems to be enjoying the traffic

In old Semarang, this beautiful building topped by gigantic red ants.

A mosque in Malang.

Wayang Golok

Pasar in Jember.

Apotek

Penjual nangka. The jackfruit seller.

Ketapang, on the ferry back to Bali.

At low tide, loads of trash and a pungent smell.

Balikpapan. Enjoy the view. Above, the Garuda flight to Jakarta.

Everywhere the mascot bear and its slogan: Balikpapan, green and clean!

Di perisai ini: Kotamadya Balikpapan, Manuntung.

In the distance, the tankers patiently waiting in line.

Pantai Melawai.

Graha Indah Blok H. Nice bakso ayam on the side.

Bakau. Mangliers. Mangrove. Trying to decipher the tricky root designs forming amazing shapes and delicate connections between themselves.

Indiana Jones was here.

A little mosque on the way back from the mangrove forest. Busy motorbike traffic after the prayer.

Local art.

Pandangan ke Selat Makassar.

Don’t ever get stuck under the platform…

The busy center where to find all kinds of transportation between the nearby many McDonald’s, Starbucks and Pizza Huts.

Back to Bali, not so far away, a totally different world.

Offerings. Desa Kebilbil.

Ke pantai Seseh.

Apit surang. The guarding monsters are here brand new and shiny.

Singa, the lioness.

Jalan Cendrawasih, desa Kediri.

There are still some beautiful rice paddies in the area. Unfortunately, greedy real estate developers are eating them up very fast.

Obviously it’s World cup season. Allez les bleus!

The view from Krabi beach.

The pool at Amari Vogue. Welcome to the land of  happy elephants.

Somewhere in Ao Nang.

A house in the fields behind Ao Nang.

The gates under the rain.

A tuktuk under the drizzle on Rachadamnoen Road, Chiangmai.

Monks also take pictures.

Near the Phra Chedi temple, in a ray of sunlight.

Welcome to Chiangmai, the city of thousand temples. This one on Sripoon road.

The writers’ club. A nice place for a glass of wine and a conversation with strangers.

In Doi Pui village, everyone is at work.

A seamstress in the Doi Pui village, concentrated on her beautiful work.

Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, overlooking Chiangmai.

Hillat al Sharaf, somewhere in the Jebel Akhdar

There’s a small village down the road.

At the end of the road, at the edge of the cliff, Alila Jebel Akhdar.

The irrigation system.

Srab, an abandoned village in the mountains.

From here it takes quite a long walk to reach the nearest convenience store, under a hammering sun.

…But the view is breathtaking.

The trees here definitely need bodyguards.

The silence is deafening.

Juniper trees are indeed very tough.

One of the mosques at Saih Katenah.

Muscat. 4 o’clock, 44 degrees on the empty Corniche.

A coffee shop with powerful loudspeakers.

Muscat is a well-guarded place.

Somewhere near the Intercontinental.

Burkat al Muj simmering in a very hot day.

Sahibi Salem.

On the road.

Behind a curtain of heat, the sea.

Burj Khalifa. Welcome to Dubai.

The Dubai Mall is the biggest in the world. People get lost in it. (Or is it rather because they don’t want to get out?)

Old Dubai.

Shiite mosque in old Dubai, opening on the souk.

Myanmar.

The Shwedagon Pagoda under a huge golden sky.

Waiting for illumination

Rangoon dogs, meditating.

Bagan. A forest of temples.

There are more than 5000 temples and stupas in Bagan only, many from the 11th century.

Another temple…

Almost as frequent as the temples: the cacti.

The giant pet in front of pagoda No 658

Even the buses are antique.

Most of the cows are reincarnations of buddhas, and it shows in their demeanor.

Temple No XX

A shady parking spot for bicycles.

One dollar! One dollar!

Entering Manuha Phaya.

The horse’s name is Shuimo. He is a good chap.

Perspective.

The long staircase to heaven.

Il fait très chaud. La terre rouge, hérissée de pinacles, transpire une poussière exsangue.

The minibuses are waiting in the shade, not far from the big pagoda.

Red Buddha