Le blog de Ding

Sandfly Beach sur la péninsule d'Otago, près de Dunedin Abstract : we criss-crossed Te Waipounamou, New Zealand’s south island, for two weeks, from south to north and east to west. A prosperous countryside with manicured fields, thousands if not millions...

Sur la piste au retour de Tikal, Guatemala, 24 septembre 2024 Abstract : from September 2024 to February 2025, we drove 13,800 miles across Mexico, Central America and South America in our vintage Suzuki 4WD car. Eventually we reached « the end of the...

Le massif du Fitz Roy vu du lac Capri, près de El Chaltén Ab s tract : The southern plains of Argentina are a vast, dry and empty place. Very few towns, villages and fellow human beings . Huge pastures with a few sheeps, many guanacos and some nandus,...

Entre Puerto Tranquillo et Puerto Bertrand, le 15 février Abstract : Chile’s Carretera Austral (Southern Highway), also known as Route 7, runs for 1,240 kilometers south of the central city of Puerto Montt. It provides an unprecedented road access to...

Qallaq'asa, partie supérieure du site de Pisac Abstract : Machu Picchu is a household name and attracts millions of tourists each year but the sacred valley of Cusco in Southern Peru has hundreds of other archeological sites to show, many of them outstanding....

Abstract : Although we saw it in fog and rain, the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu is definitely worth its reputation. Its structures are in good condition after restoration and the dramatic views on the site itself and the surrounding mountains and deep...

Rome : la villa Adriana Partis de Paris en milieu d’après-midi le 22 décembre, nous sommes arrivés en pleine nuit à St Jean de Maurienne, où le train depuis des mois s’arrête, pour cause d’éboulement sur la voie ferrée. Une heure plus tard, nous embarquons...

Abstract : Kuelap in Northern Peru is a world class archeological site, a former walled city from which Chachapoya leaders ruled from 500 AD to the Inca conquest a thousand years later. Much less known is nearby Yalape which will reward the (slightly)...

Abstract : Mitad del Mundo, the middle of the world ! An impressive monument on the 0° 0’ 0’’ line. A great place to cross the Equator in style, in Ecuador. Sur les navires d’autrefois, le passage de la ligne – l’équateur – donnait lieu à des cérémonies...

Abstract : two weeks on the Caribean Coast of Colombia – which would deserve much more. Two cities with an impressive colonial heritage : world famous Cartagena de Indias with its picture perfect walls, churches and palatial houses ; Santa Marta may look...