Reflections

What is your worst nightmare? Do you fear the monster under your bed or the wolf lurking in the dark? Are you terrified of losing your job or getting lost in an unknown land? My worst nightmare is Up. When the adventure ends before it even begins. Have you ever seen Up (Disney Pixar, 2009)? It's an animated film (there's no age limit for that!) that tells the story of two adventure-loving kids dreaming of discovering Paradise Falls, shouting at the top of their lungs: > These children grow up while keeping their souls and their [...]

Traveling alone? What a joy: freedom, independence, autonomy, personal growth, no arguments... The advantages of solo travel are numerous: traveling alone offers benefits that couples don't understand. But what is it really like? I will therefore reopen the debate: solo travel versus traveling in pairs! Deliberately provocative, I will respond point by point to all the preconceived notions I have heard, read... during my travels. The floor is open! Being alone allows for better encounters. The solo traveler places a lot of importance on their independence [...]

If you answered yes to the last question of the Test: what does your Bucket List look like: this is for you (test accessible only to Newsletter subscribers). You dream of all these beautiful projects to add to your Bucket List; among them, you would like to become a better you, a >. Make a little update and move on to the higher version, without bugs, without all those little things that annoy you about yourself (your personality, your fears, your appearance...). Goal: my >! Think of those changes that will make [...]

This test on what your Bucket List looks like was password protected until November 7, 2019. Given that we no longer provide a newsletter, we could hardly send the password by email as we did at the blog's launch. To help you start working on your to-do list while you're still alive (or Bucket List), here is a small questionnaire: 15 simple questions (in appearance!) aimed at guiding you and helping you imagine some points that you may not have thought about [...]

Having traveled for several years, I have begun a deep reflection on the ethics of a traveler. A kind of >. My ideal traveler is shaped around certain >: openness, (healthy) curiosity, and respect. This traveler wishes to experience things rather than just see them, to meet people and their local culture rather than just collect photographs and clichés... Their travel is light and slow (slow travel). Respect and openness. If you were to remember only one word from this article, it would be this: respect. When traveling, ask yourself if your way of traveling respects the locals (and if it allows them to live [...]