Love from the clouds
ENBy the time you will discover this message, I will be in the clouds, heading to Asia... The trip will be a bit long, since I had to juggle with airfare promotions, connections, availability and companies, to fly to Bali at a lower cost.
First double section on SriLankan AirlinesA flight from Paris to Singapore with a stopover in Colombo.
Second section on Valuair / Jetstara subsidiary of Quantas: a Singapore-Denpasar flight.
I'll be in Bali around 9:40 pm local time on Thursday, which is 3:40 pm in France, maybe 2:30 pm? I don't know if the time difference is 6 or 7 hours... I'll tell you again!
I only really planned the arrival, with a reservation email sent to a hotel in Kuta, which sends a guy to pick me up with the inevitable "Mrs Corinne" sign. I save myself the fatigue of nightly discussions in rupies with the taxi drivers from the airport. I might be a bit of a mess after those long hours of flying, because I never really get to sleep sitting down on a plane.
I'll be right back to give you some news! Good kisses from the clouds.
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How beautiful are these clouds! Where and when did you photograph them to make a painting of Nicolas de Stael? ❓
From your porthole, will they be as amazing? but when you read me, you'll be on the ground, and no doubt quite tired and in .... ”the clouds”!
Good installation, Lydie.
Ah, the famous stopover in Colombo with Sri Lankan... I know it well!!! For once, I'm coming back this summer with a stopover in Amsterdam (KLM)...that'll be a change 😉
Good landing (literally and figuratively) in Bali!
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@ Lydie: Between two planes, I'm enjoying computers and the web in free connection in Singapore (how nice is this airport)... The sky you see is a sunset in Sulawesi, taken from the island of Lembeh, in July 2007. One year ago!!! By now, I'm back in Indonesia. I'm waiting for my last flight, the one that will finally land me in Bali. On every flight, I've been given “window seats”, so I can admire the clouds at my leisure, the beautiful, wonderful clouds, as the poet, I forget which one, used to say... And from above, yes, I find them even more stunning...
See you soon!
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@ Thib: thank you for this little message! For me, the stopover in Colombo is a first. It's not a bad airport at all. But my favorite thing about SriLankan Airlines is the lovely saris of the hostesses. Before you've even taken off, you're already overwhelmed...
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By the time I write you this comment you must have already arrived!!! Here,it's time for “VIVA ESPANA”......Et ouil Spain reach the Euro 2008 final.....I can imagine that this is the least of your concerns....But anyway, it was the news of the evening in Geneva....Spanish horns, shouts and flags invaded the city, and I don't really care.....although......they're still my favorites against Germany....
Otherwise,I'm slowly getting used to the idea of being on holiday......I'm looking forward to Tuesday,when it'll be my turn to see the clouds......But I'm not unhappy about only having a few hours of travel time.....Because,like you,sitting up all night....I'm having trouble,despite my eye patch,earplugs,airbag and,since this year,my compression socks......I still can't sleep on the plane.....I can't wait to win the euromillions so I can travel in business!!!!!!
I kiss you very very strong, good start of the holidays, rest and disillusion you !!!!!
Kisses.
@ Helene:
How good it is to be back in Asia!!!! It was well worth putting up with those hours on the plane, really.
Always the same frenesis in Kuta, but the beach is beautiful ...
Happy holidays too!
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Oh dear, Jean-Paul !!!
All I have to do now is start a fan club just for you.
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As I'm writing about themes that are particularly close to my heart (travel, diving, Asia), your “warm congratulations” mean a lot to me. Thanks for the friendly wink.
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Corinne
Congratulations on this site, which is remarkably well done, a real pro's site, clear, concise, with beautiful, well-presented photos and interesting stories. As a “cinematographer” by profession (I went to IDHEC), I'm impressed by the quality of your photos.
Your work on this site confirms your professionalism, which I knew was great. Keep it up, and I'm convinced that one day, I firmly hope, your immense talent as a journalist, but also as a webmaster, will be recognized.
My warmest congratulations on your site, worthy of a “major daily newspaper”.
Sincerely,
jp teroy
Ah, Corinne, I'm gradually discovering your blog and I'm amazed by this world that was revealed to me almost at the same time as the computer! I'm struggling a bit despite Lydie's indications, but I've seen “ces merveilleux nuages” and as you were wondering about the poet, you've probably found him since, but it's Baudelaire: “Etonnant voyageur”.
I wish you an enchanting stay in Thailand. You need it and you'll come back full of beautiful images to share. Michèle
@Michele: Delighted to count you among my new internaut-readers!!! Ah, and a thousand thanks for the poet, I didn't think of it anymore... I'm going to go back and read Baudelaire starting tonight.
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I haven't left yet; my next Asian trip (March 2010) will be to Indonesia, not Thailand. I'll reveal my exact destination in a future post. I look forward to seeing you here, on my Petites Bulles d'Ailleurs!
Friendships.
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@ Michele: For pleasure, then come back Baudelaire, and his beautiful, his wonderful clouds ...;
Charles Baudelaire
Small poems in prose, I (1869)
The foreigner
- Who do you like best, enigmatic man, say? your father, your mother, your sister or your brother?
- I have no father, mother, sister or brother.
- Your friends ?
- You're using a word whose meaning has remained unknown to me to this day.
- Your homeland?
- I don't know what latitude it's at.
- The beauty ?
- I'd love her, goddess and immortal.
- Gold?
- I hate him as you hate God.
- What do you love, you extraordinary stranger?
- I love the clouds... the passing clouds... over there... over there... the wonderful clouds!
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