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Already 4 years that we left our country, and only a small part of the world already done
Today, it's been four years since we left France. Indeed, the 4/4/2014, we left with our little Toyota and now we are in Laos for an indefinite period. To celebrate this 4th anniversary, I prepared a little video a bit different from the ones we usually...
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In the land of elephants, but also of Asian black bears.
We arrive in northern Laos on November 3 and head towards Luang Namtha which is within the area of the Golden Triangle, known for its opium traffic. We are surprised to see so many tourists and it does not really delight us. The north is famous for trekking...
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China crossing : Xinjiang - Tibet - Yunnan
The night was freezing (-10 ° C) and we had trouble warming ourselves in our Totoy, whose frosted windows, allow us only to distinguish the buildings of the Kyrgyz customs post (Torugart). We are the 29 september 2015, near the lake Chatyr-Kul at 3500...
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Trip between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
After two months in Bishkek, we are back in Chon-Kemin, where the Director is waiting for us to work on a promotional film for the park. There too, a cleaning day is organized, but it is very symbolic in view of the scale of the problem of waste. The...
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Winter in Kyrgyzstan
After spending January in Bishkek where we worked on our last film "On the tracks of the Gobi bear," it is time for us to start out again. Indeed, we want to visit reserves in winter, even if it is a period when the Rangers are not active because there...
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Kyrgyzstan - The country of snow leopards
We arrive in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan at the end of October. This small Central Asian country is renowned for the beauty of its mountainous scenery, Issyk-Kul Lake (which is about 1600 meters above sea level), but also for its wildlife, particularly...
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Kazakhstan, a country where you cannot leave empty-handed...
We cross the Kazakh border very quickly and without difficulty. We drive towards Cemey and go through huge desert plains where there are still some small villages but the collective farms (kolkhoz) from the Soviet era are abandoned. At Cemey, we notice...
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From Gobi desert to Russia through the highlands of Altay
After meeting John Hare who works for the protection of wild camels (see previous article), we finally go back to the north. The first step between the Gobi Desert and Tsogt where we can refuel is challenging enough for the vehicle. This is a canyon where...
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Meeting with Munkhzaya and appointment at the Ministry of Environment ...
We arrive in Mongolia on Wednesday, July 23rd and spend the night near the immigration service in Ulaanbaatar to extend our visa to two months the next morning. While we finalize the formalities for our visa, we note that three people look forward to...
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Irkoutsk, Lake Baikal and nice meetings
Upon arrival in Irkutsk, we are at about 60 km from Lake Baikal. This city of more than 600,000 inhabitants is ideal to refuel, find spare parts and complete the administrative formalities such as visas for Mongolia (which are not useful anymore now)....
