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Singapore, Singapore

Hi Everyone,Here will probably be one of my last message, for this trip anyway!I'll be back in Paris the 13/06 so pretty soon!So much to say, so much to think, so much pictures in my head! One important thing i've notice in this past 2 years, wherever you go 1 thing has been very important: THE PEOPLE, what can you do in the most beautiful paradise island when you are alone? how will you appreciate the best meal ever when nobody sitting around the table? So many people are in my head!.....i manage to cry only ones when i was alone last week on a mountain above Brisbane and the ocean by night! I could feel this energy that all of you gave me during all this trip! My started like this:First i met Liga in Riga( Latvia) who hosted me for few nights, then  it was Ance in Liepaja (Latvia), we managed to get the key to go to the mushroom house! and then after our trip to Lithuania we went to swim in the Baltic sea in the evening time (fucking cold!), the visit of the prison...and all our long talks about life! few days later it was my old friends i've met in Estonia, Margit and Rego. The trip with Rego to the Love and Anarchy festival in Helsinki and the fucked up party, with Margus "the routard", my host from couchsurfing!  Then my dream came true and i enter Russia! The meeting with Karina and Lucya from couchsurfing in St Petersburg, and then Gosia and Isa ( from Poland ) we all had a party on the 28 floor of the building in St Peter looking at this amazing city by night!, Rusya "the hippie and dreamer" who host us for few nights in her warm flat and spiritual flat! and then we went to the hitchhiker  festival......I met lots of people!!!  with Fromagia (from Uzbekistan ), we hitchhike to Pavarovka suburb of Moscow  where we stay for a week with Natashya and Lena, thanks for this beautiful time and your great spirit! Thanks Fromagia for the time we spend together and the great effort you did to communicate all this time in English, also Natashya you got so much better English....then Natashya took some time off from work to take me to Kazan this beautiful Tatar city and all the mosque, 13 hours form Moscow!. We met Slava  her good friends, who treated us for  the all stay in Kazan about 5 days, he rented a flat for us took us to drink and eat and anytime i wanted to pay he got angry! amazing man and good example of the Russian hospitality! Then Valentina came from Moscow by hitchhiking to meet me in Kazan ( we met at the festival a week before ) and we went for few days journey to her home town near the border with Kazakhstan, it took us few days to hitchhike, by the way Valentina, is now in Africa, She's been hitchhiking from Russia all across Europe and Africa, she left more than 6 months ago, last email i had was last month she was in Somalia! she's traveling alone! I stay at her place and met her mother...great woman! we play few time persecutions and her mother sang some shamanic song! What a feeling!Valya I wish you millions more km around the globe, and wait a little that we meet in Africa!After that i went for a long journey across Kazakhstan to get to Irkutsk where i was welcomed by Nastya and Irina, friends of Fromasia! They hosted me more than a week before i went to Mongolia...Nastya helped me to do all the papers needed to enter in Mongolia, and i helped her for her French homework, apparently i got it wrong! but that came from your teacher;)...hope your French is getting good! Nastya took me to her spanish lesson, and that's where i met Humbertito Che Guevara from Peru! We spend a short time together before i left, at this time i didn't know that a month later i will be back to his place after Mongolia!So i went to Mongolia where i met my couchsurfers CIndy and his friend who have a Indy rock  music band and are pretty famous there, i stay there 10 days, with all his friends, before i met Mathias, Randolf, who were traveling from Germany by bike... I met Jurek ( Russian commender) from Poland at the hostel and then we went to the country with Arleene, Adam, and Chris and Mathilda (who by the way just finish their trip around the world! and they bring back a future baby...Congratulations guys!!! Then back in Siberia I met Jurek by pure coincidence in a bar, he was living the next day for a 10 days trek near the Baikal lake! so there we went ( 1 of my most beautiful memories in my life) unfortunately i got no pictures at all from this trip! ( I'm still waiting that you send me some pictures Jurek ;)Then I went to Khabarovsk to get my visa to China....Shit happen with my back pack who get stolen, but at the end i got everything back, and i even met beautifull Klavdiya who were my translator,  who introduce me to Daria, and Angelina...Daria is a Chinese teacher and we met again few month later in Beijing!Then i went to Vladivostok where i stayed with Katiya from CS, we had a very relaxing time in her flat for few days....we even made a cheese fondue:) with a Russian cheese a bit similar than the swiss cheese!I met Andrey from CS who show me around the city by day and then by night with a friend of his who had a car! Finally i got to China, first in Harbin! where i saw THE ice festival....it's just incredible, ice sculpture everywhere in the city, some of them, were more than 15 meters high! that gave me an idea of what Chinese can accomplish!Then Beijing!!!!! It would be to many names, but the closest friend i had like, Xiao Tong,  Nemo,  Fernando (Alfombra), Santiago, Yaaya, Ermal, Sebastian, Bertrand, Jumbo, Laurent, Hannah, Shlomit,  Jimmy, John, Popo George, Inbal....and so many more (sorry for all those i didn't write)! 1 thing i can say about China, is that even thought they had a shitty  recent past they are open to know  who you are  and why you are here,  they are  smiling and really smart people! If i wasn't pushed to leave the country before the Olympic Games i could have still been there! I loved it so much!!!!! and the Chinese food my friends, is amazing!!!!!After crossing all China from North to South, Lao and Birma, by train, bus, and boat, I went to Thailand where Ermal one of my friend form China was there in holidays, and then i had an amazing time there, and very relaxing after the millions of people living in Beijing, so i stayed in Chiang Mai for 3 months (noth of Thailand), i had a motobike and went to many trip in the jungle! I've met Aom, we travelled to Laos together...and then with Pla we went to Pai the Hippie Village!Laetitia and Nelly 2 french girls and really good friends that i've met in Ireland, where coming from Australia, and pass by Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia came to visit me for few days in Chiang Mai, i was very happy to meet somebody i knew, after so long time it's like taking a deep breath! i didn't really knew what to do at this time cause i had very little money left, i didn't want to go in a westernized country but i decided to go to Australia anyway! I was hosted by Brian and Lolo 2 friends, we use to live in Ireland together. They hosted me for 6 weeks and helped me a lot for all annoying  stuff , administration, bank and so on...i start work 1 week after i was there, and then moved to Manny's house, i didn't know at the time, but he changed my life for ever! we had so much talk about life, we had rarely different opinion, but he teach me lots of stuff when in the same time i teach him! 1 thing he specially made me understand what is the meaning of beeing on earth if you are ready to understand it, and how the mind is deep and powerful....we had some nice journey, especially one in the rain forest where we connected with nature, and at 1 stage in the a small town, we came into this busy pub, and end up talking with most of the people.....we just connected with all this people in a very strange way...we end up  eating some cheese and salami and drinking a bottle of red wine with this guy we met, and in the same time this guy answer so many questions that i had inside without asking him anything...it was a very strange and powerful journey!!! I met Manny's friend, Jacob, Dan, Dean, Tash...and those who will become my very good friend, from India, Malaysia, Taiwan, China, Mexico, Japan....and a place to sleep any time i came back to Brisbane...Suzanne, Lharissa, Virgil, Vala Ricky, Omar, Li Wen, Akiko....thanks for all the good time we had and the beautifull Indian, Malay, Chinese food we had every night! Last week, Val a fench girl i met in Byron Bay came t visit me in Brisbane, and we had a Cheese Fondue with all of them! They were amazed and understood where the reputation that french people eat a lot of cheese come from! Lorenzo ( East Timor) Peter ( Samoa) Paul ( Australia) were my friend from work at Brisbane market! we had lots of good time especially when we were fed of work!In Chinchilla, a town in the middle of nowhere, we did fruit picking, and i met lots of french people, long time i didn't speak french, at this time i didn't know but for the next 3 months i will meet lots of french people and in the same time, getting use to be french before i come back home! I met Val in Byron Bay who came to pick me up to jump from a plane of 4000 meters altitude... that was an incredible day and experience, we went for 2 days with her friends to a bush party....extreme relaxing people and experience...never forgot!!!Then I went to Sydney where i met my old friend Dom, we did the apprentice ship together 10 years ago, he was doing pastry and me cooking, at this time we had long hair, rebel, and smoking too much! i've been looking for him for few years i couldn't find him and when i was in Brisbane he found me on Facebook! so it was really nice to spend this few days together, meet his wife and 2 kids!And then Finally i arrive in Melbourne, the last part of my trip where i work 1 and half month in an Italian restaurant!...This a life experience working only with Italians! It was pretty funny but sometimes too much arguing for nothing! Anyway i met Laura, who work in the kitchen with me...Really crazy girl with a huge open heart, I met Lorenzo form Roma...If you saw the God Father he's the same one, but funnier...Thomas from Brazil always singing and then Beautifull Federica:) I was living in the hostel about 200 rooms, hard to don't party, especially when you know most of the people....my favorites Damien, Marco, Nico, Eric, Adri....that was a good team:) after that i went for a short week in Brisbane, where i met Lulu ( friend of my cousin), who just arrived in Australia with who we spend less than 24 hours together and feel that we know each other for months! ( Enjoy your trip ma Lulu!!!!!)I spent few days in Malaysia to meet with Federica and her friend Irene....I miss her already:( We were hosted buy Rozaly an amazing guy who volunteered for more than 20 years in an elephant park, and who is doing as a job,  training people to survive in the jungle!!! Trust me he has lots of stories!!!So here I'm in Singapore, 1 day before getting the plane back to Europe! I'm hosted by a Malaysian Chinese family, husband, wife and 3 kids, they are very nice, they took me out last night all around the city and the beach till 1 in the morning even thought they had to work this morning!Today i wil meet some more people from CS, to visit a bit the city! Singapore is too organized and clean for me, you get fine for crossing the street when it's red, or smoking in the street outside the yellow line, their are sign everywhere for forbiddeen stuff, in the metro they keep telling you to report people who look suspicious or nervous! in case is a terrorist, but the best is in the public toilet, they are on each mirror, the 8 steps to follow to wash your hands properly....it's really advanced for buisness and technology...but that's about it! still in the small chinese or indian neighboorwoods you can talk and relax with people!Anyway you must be bored reading about my life!So i wish you all that you went or will go on the same kind of journey, cause i believe that traveling is the school of life!I will download pictures when i'm back to France!Last week i was in Oceania, this week in Asia, next week in Europe, and the following week in Africa! 4 continents in 1 month! that's my life and don't think it will change!Peace and Love :)
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia

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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Few pictures before i left Brisbane...With my brothers ans sisters!
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Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia

Hey people,Some few pictures of Chinchilla where i was for melon picking, that was a month ago....Now i'm in Melbourne after i traveled from Brisbane to Sydney and then Melbourne, by the coast, sleeping on the beach most of the time or in the forest, enjoying the beautifull scenery and nature, and meeting so many incredible animals!!!Enjoy the few pictures...Before i go back to France in June, i need to work for a month save a bit of money to go around Australia, that's my plan anyway!Hope that everyone is fine wherever you are or doing!Peace:)nicoPS: Few things amazing i've done this past few weeks, Parachute jump ( skydiving) from 4000 meters and 1 minute of free fall above Byron Bay... http://www.totaltravel.com/images/photos/51943/154591.jpg   the weather was incredible...lots of sunset ans sunrise...and taking a bath in the ocean in the morning during the sunrise with lots of kangooroos...and of course all the nice people i met on the way!
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Few pictures from the new year's ev.we had 24 hours of sound non stop.Some of the pictures was taken in the morning, and still few people were still up to finish the party.Of course i was on of them;)It wasn't like any other festival i've been too, no security no police just friendly people who want to enjoy the night out in the bush.What a great way of starting this new year:)ps: Mathieu, i thought about you, i'm sure you would have enjoy it brother!
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Hey people,Short text to wish you all a great partyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy tonight and lots f love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!All the best for this new year as well as the following ones!Peace and Love :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))nico
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Hello everyone,Hope all that all is good for you! Here it couldn't be better, amazing weather, beautiful housemate, beautiful friends, and a job for saving money which i do! I'm feeling really lucky to be here, cause i wasn't really ready to come here (probably afraid of coming back in a westernized country), but i feel lucky to have met up with Laeti and Nelly in September in Thailand, firstavall cause they are really good friend, i was happy to hear about all there adventures in Australia, and also because i can be sure that they will always be honest and say the truth! which they did. They have been traveling around Australia for 10 months and 3 months in South Asia: http://sur-les-routes-alternatives.over-blog.org/     For those who can read french you will appreciate the adventures as much as the beautiful written style!I was missing so much China, so many places i wanted to go, all the people i missed so much in Beijing and Russia (which i still do)  i was confused after 3 months spent in Chiang Mai, i had a hard time to leave, cause the easy life and the friendlyness of the people and of course my girl friend at the time with who we got a long very well.Anyway at the end i decided to come here, after 2 weeks spent in Malaysia, which wasn't the best, i had to stay in Kuala Lumpur, caused on my way from the airport and the city i got stolen my credit card and all the money i took out for my staying in Malaysia ( like a real begginer), so i had to stay in a cheap hostel for all time. One girl from couchsurfing supposed to host me but she never did, and after all i was happy enough to stay there and realx with other people i met in the hostel. The people are really interesting and there is such a big mixture of culture, Malay, Indian, chinese, muslam...So the 2nd of October i was flying to Brisbane ( East coast of Australia about 1000 km north of Sydney )I made a good move by booking my seat next to the window on the left of the plane, because it was a fly over night and i could admire the beautiful sunrise from 12 000 meters hight, which i experienced once on my way to Sth America over Brazil and never forgotten ( When the sun start coming up, the sky is divided in 2 part 1 dark where you can still see the stars and the other one with the colours orange, pink, yellow, blue of the sunrise) . This time it was amazing too, and we crossed a big part of the country, it was nice to see the infinite variety of scenery. Finally at 9 am we landed in Gold coast. About 1 hour from Brisbane. Lorraine and Brian ( french and Irish couple ) which who I lived in Ireland the year before are living in Brisbane, they arrived to Australia 2 months after i started my trip, and they always told me if you come we can host you, so here i'am!They picked me up to the train station and told me let's go and meet up with some friends. 11 am arriving the house of an Irish couples, Oh let's have some few beers ( i didn't ate in the plane either at the airport cause terrified by the prices, my last meal was 15 hours earlier ) after 4 or 5 beers we left their house to go home, had a shower some to eat few friends came over, few beers later we were going out in the city....came back home the next morning at 8 am. I already visited half of the night club of Brisbane in less than 24 hours i arrived:)Anyway, 6 days later i was starting my new job as a delivery boy for a fruit and vegetables company. The women at the interview asked me if i knew the city and around, and of course i couldn't say no! Luckuly all the guys working there are very nice, i could borrow the GPS from one of them for the first week.I still work there, poeple are nice and i drive around the city and talk to lots od people everyday which is really cool.After a month living with Lorraine and Brian I moved into my new house with Manny an australian guy, and honestly i really believe that sometimes in life some things are meant to be, as soon as we met both of us knew that we will become good friends. He grew up in the rain forest 12 hours north of here,in a really remote houses in the mountains where the mentality of people are really different that in the city,  very nero minded and pretty racist, his mind was closed, he was angry at all the world and had no ideas of the meaning of life.When he arrived in Brisbane his mind completly change from 1 extreme to an other, and he suddenly decided to catch up with all this time wasted and to enjoy every seconds of life trying 1000 differents things and talking to as much people as he could. Anyway when he's telling me this i can barely imagine him 5 years ago, today he's one of the most cultivate and open mided person i know, with so much ambitions, he's definetly planning a really good life for himself and people surrending him. He's working with people with mental disability and just started a buisness via internet to promote people who are really passionate in what they are doing ( film makers, musician, drug councillors, meditation master...), which is really ineresting.Anyway i was planing to move by the coast in january but i will probably stay a bit longer in Brisbane.That's about it for now, I had a great christmas where i woke up at 6.30 in the morning went cycling to the city had a swim, went for the traditionnal ham and turkey christmas lunch with some irish and canadian people and in the evening i joined a party with some chinese friends.New year's ev will be in the middle of the forest for a rave party :)I addded some pictures in the past entries of my blog from Malaysia and Thailand.Enjoy your life wherever you are...!!!Love you all :)Peace
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