Between Two Trips

Until the end of September 2025, twenty-four of my underwater images will be exhibited in large format, outdoors, in Moissac (Tarn-et-Garonne), along the canal.

Before, I used to travel to dive. Today, the climate emergency encourages me to reduce my air travel. No more warm exotic seas?

It's hard to make diving travel plans with the Covid-19 pandemic. In the world before the coronavirus, I used to go diving in the Philippines or Indonesia... In the world after, I dive in Brittany in green and cold waters.

In 2003, I dived on the Amoco Cadiz wreck in Brittany, France. At the time Facebook did not exist... My story had only been published in print, on the back page of the newspaper Ouest-France.

I won't be at the dive show this weekend. But I had the pleasure to interview the godfather of this 2014 edition, the underwater photographer and naturalist Laurent Ballesta.

Surprise of the day: I received a postcard from Vanuatu. A waterproof card, sent from a post office ... underwater!

A pleasant surprise this evening when I got home from work: I discovered that my Petites Bulles d'Ailleurs was one of Cosmopolitan.fr's Top 10 travel blogs!

The Salon de la plongée 2013 took place from January 11 to 13, Porte de Versailles, Paris. The real pleasure was to meet up with lots of diving friends we'd met on our travels!!!!

Pleasant surprise: my Little Bubbles Elsewhere are selected for the 2011 ELLE Bloggers Grand Prix, in the Travel category!

In 9 minutes and 34 seconds, the sweet chaos of Thailand... I wanted to share this lovely video, discovered while browsing the web.

Géo magazine devotes a column to my Petites Bulles d'Ailleurs, in its November issue (the paper version, on newsstands). I'm glad to hear it.

We've become friends through our blogs. I just watched this cracking video portrait of Marie-Julie Gagnon, my fellow Quebecer, which has just been posted on Canoe.ca. I love it! To the question: "Why do you blog?", she answers as I might have done myself. I can so, so relate to her words!

Until I find time for another post about my own travels, here's my latest travel video find: The Angkor Temple Experience.

Matt Harding is back! Did you enjoy The Man Who Danced Around the World and The Man Who Danced for a Credit Card? You'll love his new video... Matt does the diski dance, the official dance of the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa.

To read in Plongeur.com Magazine, my contribution of solo diving diver. A ticket mood or rather humor: Beware of the ball!

This is it! I've just launched a new blog. It's called Voyages & Voyageurs and it's for my duck's website, Ouest-France.fr. I'll be talking about travel, of course. Always with the aim of helping you discover the world, here and elsewhere...

I love books that take you on a journey. I've just rediscovered an illustrated album that was one of my favorite books as a child: Paris-Peking on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Sometimes you can choose your seat on the plane. Dilemma : is it better to sit in the front, or in the middle, or at the back of the aircraft?

Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud's new film will be released on Wednesday. I was able to watch Oceans in December, long before the official release. And I've met the film crew.

I love this book! It's a world tour of street food. It tickles the taste buds and makes you travel. The title is Take away. Ten years of travel, 500 photos and 120 recipes: a book to devour with your eyes, concocted by a photographer, Jean-François Mallet, who was also a chef...

I've fallen for it. For a very, very nice toy that I intend to take underwater with me: an SLR camera. It's a Canon 7D, from the Eos range. I love it already.

It's in the latest Chercheurs d'eau! In two columns, at the top of the page, it's my slug. A sea slug photographed this summer in Sipadan, Malaysia (Borneo). Anthony Leydet, a specialist in marine biology, devotes a passionate article to these charming creatures in the November issue.

I've just launched a Facebook page - Petites Bulles d'Ailleurs. A page dedicated to this blog, separate from my personal profile. I've developed a taste for Facebook on my travels and between trips. It's really handy for keeping in touch with people I've met along the way.

I like the way he looks at the world. I love her photographic work. Marie-Ange Ostré is a globetrotter and diver, like me. She has just published her first book, and it's a pleasure to rediscover her images in this way.

It's probably the company I've taken most often, with all my travels in Southeast Asia! In this month of October 2009, AirAsia, the Malaysian lowcost airline, has just submitted a request for authorization to operate in France.

Oh, my! I'm really proud. I'd already been noticed by Glamour, and now the editors of MarieClaire.fr have just voted my Petites Bulles d'Ailleurs "Best Travel Blog"!!!!

I love this Anglo-Saxon expression. Overseas: literally "beyond the seas, overseas". Meaning: "elsewhere, abroad".

His name is Christoph Rehage. This young German, who was studying in Beijing, decided to take "the longest way" back home: on foot! From November 2007 to November 2008, he covered 4,646 km in China... growing his beard and hair.

It's glory. I am recognized at the end of the world thanks to this blog. I even have fans. If, if ... I swear to you.

If, like me, you love islands, whether here or elsewhere, take a look at this book: Besoin d'îles, by geographer Louis Brigand. The man is a scientist, but it's as a passionate lover that he talks about the islands he visited in the course of his research.

Here is Learning Indonesian: podcasts to learn the basics of bahasa indonesia, the Indonesian language, close to bahasa melayu, spoken in Malaysia.

I've just discovered something incredible: holophonic sound. An incredibly realistic sound that transports you to a beach or a storm...

It's the most popular Thai dish with Western tourists. Tasty, nutritious and inexpensive. A simple plate of fried noodles, for which I feel nostalgic when I'm away from Thailand.

For many people, traveling solo is inconceivable. Yet, we never make as many encounters as when we travel alone.

I will leave again. At the end of June, I fly again towards the Orient. It was enough for me to receive the e-ticket on my mail to feel wings.

A little relaxation today, thanks to this hilarious gallery unearthed on the Telegraph website: 20 ridiculous complaints made by holidaymakers. Among the most grotesque complaints: mosquitoes biting, fish in the sea, sand on the beach... What a nightmare!

One hour in the dark to save the planet... That's Earth Hour, organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in several thousand cities and over 60 countries on Saturday evening.

I suck at self-promotional teasing! I should have talked about it earlier here: two of my articles were published on February 15, 2009 in dimanche Ouest-France. They are two subjects inspired by trips I've already told you about, to the Dominican Republic and Bali.

Bangkok, built on a marshy ground, sinks. With rising sea levels due to global warming, the capital of Thailand could be swallowed up under 1.50 meters of water by 2030.

I can't believe it. Petites Bulles d'Ailleurs is No. 2 in Glamour magazine's 2009 blog rankings, in the "travel" category. What's really nice is that it was the Internet users who voted. This has enabled me to discover four other very cool globetrotting blogs, which I invite you to browse through.

It seems that we can explore the seabed with the new function "Oceans" Google Earth. But I can not go under the surface ...

I've fallen for a netbook. Yes, one of those cheap, lightweight mini-laptops. When I backpack in Asia, I usually leave without my MacBook Pro.

If, like me, you love Southeast Asia and sometimes spend hours on the web looking for blogs and images from other travelers, you may be familiar with Yann Senant's website, Impressions vagabondes. Here, he posts his travel diaries, complete with photos and videos. A site nicely subtitled "The extraordinary adventures of an ordinary family".

The Indonesian look-alike of Obama is Ilham Anas. He is a photographer in Jakarta and has become a celebrity in Asia.

Everyone is scared of sharks. It's silly. There is more danger for divers: the giant triggerfish, also called titan triggerfish.

A seasonal image ... well almost. Christmas in Thailand, it looks like, but it's not the same ...

Matt Harding, the man who dances around the world, is back in a commercial, shot in Asia. He's changed sponsors. He's now advertising for a credit card...

My clownfish on the front page! I'm very proud... Several of my underwater photos are published in this special edition of Sunday's Ouest-France, entitled Au cœur des Océans. It hits newsstands this Thursday.