Our best travel memories
On top of the freedom and happiness you expect from travelling, there are those unexpected and unforgettable moments. Here’s a random list of some of our best trip memories.
Overland
– Riding down winding mountain roads, in Peru
– See Rafika help a dancer remove a coconut husk with her teeth, in the Cook Islands
– Go through the Bolaven plateau on a scooter, in Laos
– Be invited to the Christmas Mass by locals, in Fiji
– Hang the laundry to dry on the bus window, in the Philippines
– Attend to the kava ceremony, in Fiji
– Go through a swarm of hornets in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
– Encounter bears in the Yellowtsone National Park, in USA
– Discover an incredible amount of animal species, in Costa Rica
– Fight the elements hiking the “W” in Torres del Paine, Patagonia
– Admire the Iguazu falls on both sides of the border, in Brazil and Argentina
– Discover Bagan and it’s 4,400 temples by bike, in Myanmar
– Wander in the immensity of the Uyuni flats, in Bolivia
– Discover “Gangnam Style” thanks to our guide… in Myanmar
– Attend to the most beautiful sunset, in the 4,000 islands in Laos
– Discover how nice and generous the Filipinos are
– Sleep in a tent and get awaken by tourists shouting “Watch out snake” in Airlie Beach, Australia
– Land in Las Vegas after 5 months in South America. What a change!
– See monks with iPhones and iPads in Thailand, 3 years before we even get our first smartphones
– Wander in Santorini streets and fall in love with Greece
– Get a beautiful bungalow with private pool in Bali
– Learn Spanish with locals throughout South America
– Find monks in their traditional outfit using Facebook and playing video games, in Myanmar
– Hear wolves howl, from our tent, in our sleeping bags, in Yellowstone National Park, USA
– Discover the astonishing desert and beaches of La Guajira, with Vallenato playing loudly in the 4×4, in Colombia
– Ride down the Huacachina Dunes with sandboards, in Peru
– Watch the sun go down in Machu Picchu once the crowd is gone and enjoy that mystical moment, in Peru
– Experience the different styles of haggling: smiling in Bali and shouting in Vietnam
– Examine every centimetre of a path to find a venomous viper, in Costa Rica
– Stop on the roadside to buy some fresh fruits, in Thailand
– Meet the Lahu community and see their face illuminate as they watch a video on a phone, in Laos
– Meet the same fellow travellers again in several countries and share our stories since our last catch up
– Walk in the rice terraces of Banaue, in the Philippines
– Buy a last minute ticket on sale to go to Hawaii on an impulse
– Stargazing from our swag in the Australian desert
– Going through traditional villages, far from everything, in Myanmar
– Knocking at hotel doors at 3am as we arrive in Bagan, on a horse cart, in Myanmar
– Observing the beautiful King penguins, in Chile
– Laugh with locals while mimicking a chicken, cow or pig to communicate with them
In the sea
– Swim with wild dolphins, on Kangaroo Island, in Australia
– Swim nervously with reef sharks, in the Cook Islands
– Do my first discovery dive in Bali
– Swim with colourful fish and in the middle of beautiful coral in the Great Barrier Reef, in Australia
– Feed dolphins in Australia
– Swim with whale sharks on the west coast of Australia
– Be in the middle of thousands of stingless jellyfish in the Kakaban lake, on the Derawan islands
– Go down the Amazon river and swimming with pink dolphins, in the middle of caimans, as our guide fishes piranhas from the boat, in Bolivia
– Swim with turtles in a lagoon in New Caledonia
In the skies
– Skydiving over the Wollongong Bay, in Australia
– Island hopping in a small plane in the Cook islands and landing on a dirt road
– Paragliding amongst birds in Colombia
Last but not least, going back to France after 5 years abroad and 13 months on the road and sharing great moments with our friends as if we had never left.
