Without purpose there is no meaning. Objectives we set for ourselves are guiding our minds towards something, they are the fuel that allow our hearts to keep pumping. But if we have none, then what’s left in our thoughts are […]
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“The power and prestige of a foreign culture seem as if they would overwhelm and transform Japan, but always there is a hard, non-absorbent core of individual character, which resists and in its turn works upon the invading influence.” —G.B Sansom […]
“Art raise a question to society, rather than impose an answer on viewers” —Wada JAPAN : WEEK III A LONG JOURNEY For our third week on Japanese soil, we will explore one of the most beautiful city in Japan : Kyoto. […]
“I don’t believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind.”—Tadao Ando JAPAN : WEEK II SLOWLY HEADING NORTH For the second week in Japan, we will explore […]
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”—A. Einstein SOUTHERN JAPAN FIRST WEEK IN JAPAN For our first week in the land of the rising […]
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” —Sun Tzu JEJU THE ISLAND Jeju is a Korean island, located some 100km from the southern tip of Korea. The […]
“One of history’s few iron laws is that luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations. Once people get used to a certain luxury, they take it for granted” –Yuval Noah Harari CROSSING SOUTH KOREA THREE CITIES For […]
“Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it” —Confucius. SOUTH KOREA HOW TO MISS YOUR FLIGHT It all started Saturday, October the 15th, it was time for Pierre and I to go our separate ways. We said goodbye at Hanoi’s […]
“Alone, it’s just a journey. Now adventures, they must be shared”—John D. Payne NORTH VIETNAM A SEQUEL AS AN END As I said in my previous article, two weeks in Vietnam is a bit short, there’s so much to places […]
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”—Confucius VIETNAM A NEW JOURNEY Two weeks to cross a country 2000 km long, that’s all we had. We started our trip with Ho Chi Minh […]
“Half a league from this city is a temple. It is of such extraordinary construction, that it is impossible to describe it. It is like no other building in the world. It has towers and decoration and all the refinements […]
“Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.”—Buddha THAILAND HEADING TO BANGKOK On this week’s post, we’ll mostly explore the Capital. To get there, we’ll first take a night train from Surat Thani to Bangkok. Even though […]
“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”— Lao Tzu THAILAND ON THE ROAD AGAIN In the first part, […]
“When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realise that one cannot eat money” —Native american Cree proverb MALAYSIA EXCERPT OF A JOURNEY On this week’s article, we’ll […]
“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything […]
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