light as a feather
11.5.15
Photos
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¶ 2:16 PM 
11.5.13
Balthazar in Bali
On March 20th 2013 Balthazar left for 2 months on the islande paradise of Nusa Penida off Bali. It was supposed to be a humitarian trip but there was a lot of vacation in there I think. From reading his e-mails home he has had a life-changing experience.
¶ 9:15 AM
New Camera
On our last trip to Corsica I went swimming with my non-waterproof camera, which explains why there are no posts from Corsica last year. I am now shooting with the fabulous Sony DX-100, the world's most advanced compact camera. Enjoy.
¶ 8:55 AM
28.8.10
Alpine weekend
Lunch. Actually it was peanut butter sandwiches. This creature was more interested in eating the camera.
Are sheep animal or vegetable? 
where eagles dare
your basic 2000 m high grassy knoll. Europe's highest grassy knoll is just out of the picture.
Indiana Jane or Blister sister. The landscape in this area, though rugged, is highly domesticated.
¶ 4:12 PM
Yup. 3 hours TGV from Paris to Grenoble, pick up a car at the station, drive for an hour and boom, we can have goat for lunch. That's the beauty of France.
There was a trail running competition here that day (we did not participate). The competitors started in Valloire and had to go over the Galibier pass and back. I would guess it was pushing 20 miles and around 5000 feet of vertical climbing. These guys were blowing by us on the trail, running. Total animals. The wide angle makes it look less steep than it is. Patrice and I both got heel blisters, hers were pretty bad actually.
Lunch. Actually it was peanut butter sandwiches. This creature was more interested in eating the camera.
Are sheep animal or vegetable? 
where eagles dare
your basic 2000 m high grassy knoll. Europe's highest grassy knoll is just out of the picture.
Indiana Jane or Blister sister. The landscape in this area, though rugged, is highly domesticated.
solo hang glider over le Grand Galibier
lakes are at 10° celsius
meadow
acres of moss
national geographic
31.7.10
Turkey-summer 2010
Turkey is a big country that stretches from Europe to Iraq. It has one foot in the eurosecular world and the other in deepest Islam. We barely scratched the surface, seeing a bit of the Mediterranean coast, the Anatolian plain, and Cappadoccia. It was hot as hell, the imams were indefatigable, their minaret-mounted bullhorns never rested, but the people were delicious, and the land and sea were sumptuous.
Ilhara valley
¶ 11:28 PM
Ilhara valley¶ 11:28 PM
The protagonists
Innovation! A vacation with friends...Yodog, Private Pinkypants, Corporal Bullcrusher and their handlers on a three week mini-magnum, baclava and beer-fueled jaunt through the Turkish backcountry. 
wombats and handlers
the photographer
the angel
the wombats
the wombats' parental units (note absence of beer bottle)
pu, pinkypants, bullcrusher
the angel
private pinkypants at pammukale
pinkypants and bullcrusher at Oludeniz
yodog
pinkypants and bullcrusher on the road to Rome
pinkypants trying to surf the beach
yodog unleashed
¶ 9:31 PM
wombats and handlers
the photographer
the angel
the wombats
the wombats' parental units (note absence of beer bottle)
pu, pinkypants, bullcrusher
the angel
private pinkypants at pammukale
pinkypants and bullcrusher at Oludeniz
yodog
pinkypants and bullcrusher on the road to Rome
pinkypants trying to surf the beach
yodog unleashed
Cities
Turkish cities are generally unappealing. Most cities seem to have undergone a construction boom over the past 20 years which has given rise to vast quantities of banal 5 and 6 story apartment buildings, presumably accomodating people moving in from the countryside or, in coastal areas, vacationers. Contemporary architecture is almost nonexistant. The traditional urban houses do have an interesting feature, though. The floor plates tend to get larger as they go up, creating some interesting overhanging volumes.
Fethiye
somebody's house in Fethiye
Goreme by night
Konya bazaar
Road to Konya
Konya
Fethiye fish market
¶ 1:44 PM
Fethiye
somebody's house in Fethiye
Goreme by night
Konya bazaar
Road to Konya
Konya
Fethiye fish market
¶ 1:44 PM
Ruins
Turkey has a wild mix of Greek, Roman and Byzantine cities. Most sites were inhabited by all of the above at different times.
Byzantine wall made from Roman stones
Atlantis necropolis
Asia's best Greco-Roman necropolis
Temple of Apollo
Ephysus
¶ 12:39 PM
Byzantine wall made from Roman stones
Atlantis necropolis
Asia's best Greco-Roman necropolis
Temple of Apollo
Ephysus
Cappadocia
This is what we came to Turkey for (Patrice anyway). Welcome to the land of Oz. To make a long story short, two volcanos deposited 100 meters of volcanic material in the Anatolian plain. The lava cooled into soft, easily workable rock. Erosion formed the fairy landscape, man appeared, took a chisel and hollowed it out for his own purposes - religion, shelter, commerce. The resulting landscape is an astounding team effort between man and nature.
stairway to rock church
ruins
collapsing monastery
collapsing monastery
Uchisar 
little feller
monastery ruin
ice cream
rude boys
erosion in the fast lane
off to see the wizard
¶ 11:36 AM
stairway to rock church
ruins
collapsing monastery
collapsing monastery
Uchisar 
little feller
monastery ruin
ice cream
rude boys
erosion in the fast lane
off to see the wizard
