Monday, August 30, 2010

Dementia And Sudden Onset

Through Djerba - watercolor and menzel

Garden of Djerba Menzel Djerba

Like, blue and gentle, its shades and calm clear sea, secret gardens set with pink bougainvillea. An island conducive to watercolor techniques that knows so well to the transparency of its pearly light.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Balsa Wood Bridges Blueprints

of Morocco Atlas to Desert

A beach on the Atlantic Temara

A sale of snails

The Barbary apes of the forest Azrou

Pickup fever
A hive craft


Ziz Valley

lamb kebabs for lunch Erfoud

door Rissani

A range of fossils (gognatites, nautilus and other horthocéras)

ovens mechoui

The oasis of Hassi Labied

the dunes Erg Chebbi

A camel ride


An irrigation system, rhe

A view of Tamtattouchte

Lake Tislit

Valley Imilchil

landscape of the Atlas

The Tizi-Tirherhouzine

Distribution of clothes

Collection of dry grass

The bush taxi

Young Berber

landscape of the Atlas

Distribution of clothes

School transport

Euphorbia

The Valley Ouaourioud

A panel of fossils (shark teeth and crocodile heads)

A prickly pear flowering

A display of butchery

The art of Moroccan ironwork

A grocery

A stork nest occupied

A super breakfast

Flowers banana

A merry month of May, the harvest time, sharp and stunning contrast and color in his eyes. We spent a few unforgettable days. Whatever the season, there is always a surprising activity in the fields of the High Atlas. Since plowing, seeds, flowering trees, fruit harvesting and mowing ripe grain, farmers are busy on their parcel always on the edge of the water (this life). It's their livelihood, they provide their food for them but for their animals. A people living in poverty but always smiling and a breathtaking hospilalité. We should take example. Francisco was born in Morocco but has never ventured into the south. His life was the Atlantic Coast to Rabat Safi. But for me, Morocco is located deep in the territory of the Berbers. For me to make you discover and appreciate as I do for my friends and my family. Moments we shared and memories in their eyes, wonderful and unforgettable. A poor but people always smiling and Hospital.

Cervical Mucus Day Of Menstruation

In March 2010, Algeria to the east and south

Waiting at the border between Tunisia and Algeria

& Ginette Francisco snack after 5 hours waiting

Roland & Danny do the same

Joel & I also

group Touareg

Fueling diesel across the border

Joel can be seen in the fesh-fesh

A beautiful view over the southern Algerian

An acacia in the middle of nothing

The Village Essendilene

A hard passage in the fesh-fesh

My engine after a stint in the fesh-fesh

Around Roland cross the fesh-fesh

Beautiful landscape Tassili

After exercise, comfort ...

And also needed a drink with friends.

Mutual in a softer way

tea preparation method typically Tuareg

The Gorge Essendilene

A series of grooves in gueltas Essendilene

Checking and maintenance of vehicles every day

A picnic Shadow

A magnificent double arch

In search of a passage in the erg

Installing the bivouac

One race Camels

Rock carvings of the most deemed "The cow that cries"

Men Tuareg group before the crying cow

Women Tuareg group before the crying cow

A well-organized camp

Our arrival in Djanet

A view of Djanet

A couple of Djanet

A refueling Djanet
My friend Johnny

A canoun loan action

A bivouac in a large wadi

A bivouac at the foot of the pyramid

Our coaches Algerian

A refueling pit

Petroglyphs

beautiful landscapes

sand dunes invaded the mountains

sumptuous monuments

arches shovel

Preparation of tagella in a sandstorm

Another arch

Always arches

Jean-Claude & Alain, our friends mechanics

Strange pyramids

Looking for a bivouac

My wife Joelle and me

A wild ride

My friend Roland and I

Superb ark

Good cold beer

A passage in the dunes

On the trail of Assekrem

The Assekrem

The hermitage of "Father Foucaud"

Dividing the barbecue with my friend Jean-Claude

The passage through an arch

My friends Tuareg

A dance Tuareg

Roland in the sandbox

Didier Suisse sandbox

Everyone pushes
The preparation of the barbecue
The Barbecued duck
Breefing campfire

preparation mint tea

Francisco and the club med

A small relaxing after a picnic

A passage of dunes

Landscape Tassili Hoggar

A sunrise over the bivouac

A sunset

market in Tamanrasset Touareg

Tammanrasset

A blacksmith Tamanrasset
The cuissson of taguella

chamber Tragrerat

A aperitif in sheltered sandy

A dinner Tuareg

A wheel change after a puncture

Entry Tamanrasset

A guelta in Assekrem
The refuge of the Father Foucaud

A picnic under the only tree

A beautiful camp
A start in the starting block

A bivouac in the dunes
erg A majestic

A massive dunes of sight

In search of a passage

A roll Loose forward

Ribs of beef and toast
Breefing around the campfire
The grilled duck breast with thyme and fire

preparation mint tea

Last drink on the boat
A return to Algeria obsessed me for a long time, but a raid 4x4 in the south was not advised. It was now or maybe never. All my friends were also willing to go. After a cruise of 20 hours by ferry from Marseilles to Tunis, we were determined to discover the mythical desert much talked about. A crossing of Tunisia in the rain, it happens also in Africa and a first night in Nafta, we're ready to face the endless wait at the border. After 5 hours of patience and a few kilometers parcourus, nos véhicules se sont fait caillassés par une bande de jeunes qui n'étaient apparemment pas très content de nous recevoir. Puis pour agrémenter le tout, de nombreux contrôles de police et des heures d'attente à n'en plus finir. Nous étions souvent obligés de changer de programme et surtout d'improviser. Mais... tout cela vaut quand même le détour. Les tassilis du Najjer, du Hoggar, les gueltas d'Essendilène, Tikobaïne, les ergs Admer et Killian, le Tadrart, Tin Merzouga, Tagrera, les villes de Djanet et Tammarasset, puis l'ermitage du père Foucaud dans l'Assekrem. J'en passe et des meilleurs, des paysages magiques, envoûtants et surtout grandioses. Des arches hautes as buildings dominate the massive rock. In the south, just on the borders of Libya, Niger and Mali, the Tuareg people welcoming and friendly fights in order to retain its identity. Our return was very sad and monotonous landscape in central and north have nothing to envy and people are more aggressive. My next return will be by plane from Marseille to Tammarasset with a 4x4 rental on site. The atmosphere in the whole group was festive. Our group Touareg vehicles were 9 and 16 adventurers and adventurers.
thank the whole team for such wonderful and unforgettable moments.