Le blog de Ding

A Prasat Ban Prasat, province de Si Sa Ket, Thaïlande, le 18 février 2026 A Marie-Annick (1934 – 2024) et son frère Hubert (1940 – 2025), deux très fidèles lecteurs qui nous ont quittés pendant ce voyage. Abstract : We have just returned to Provence after...

En bordure du désert de Kumtag, près de Lukeqin, au Xinjiang Abstract : China being number one in producing and selling electric vehicles (EVs), travelling in China with an EV should be quite easy. Large numbers of Chinese tourists travel very long distances...

Le pont des nagas à Phimai (détail) Abstract : Thailand’s Northeast, once part of the larger Khmer empire, is known for its archeological sites including several impressive K h mer temples. Because of the current tension between Thailand and Cambodia,...

La côte au parc national de Mu Ko Lanta Abstract : Ko Lanta, also spelled Koh Lanta, is very much a household name in France because of a popular TV reality show that started there in 2001. The show has moved to dozens of other beach locations since the...

Kellie's Castle, façade nord Abstract : the romantic and sad story of a young Scot who decided to build the finest possible mansion in colonial Malaya for his beloved wife Agnes and their children. If completed, Kellie’s Castle, as it is known, would...

Le volcan Inerie près de Bajawa, versant ouest Abstract : one of the largest islands of the volcanic « inner arc » of Eastern Indonesia, Flores is hilly, lush and can be very wet during the rainy season. We drove 415 miles from Maumere on the north coast...

La plage de Whitehaven sur l'île Whitsunday, Queensland Abstract : we drove some 4,450 miles on Australian roads, from Adelaide, South Australia, to the Daintree Forest in Northern Queensland. Magnificent lanscapes, nice cities, friendly people everywhere....

Sur le site des "douze apôtres" Abstract : a famous, scenic road in the Australian State of Victoria, with spectacular views on the Southern Ocean and impressive eucalyptus and fern forests . La Great Ocean Road est l’une des plus connues et les plus...

Abstract : a fine museum with a lot of memorabilia of Australia’s old trains. Great nostalgia of a bygone era. Nous vous avions déjà raconté plusieurs musées ferroviaires : à Pékin (deux musées!), à New Delhi, à Mysore, à Seliatel, à Mulhouse 1 . Le 1er...

Près de la baie de Pennington, sur la côte sud Abstract : 223 years after it was « discovered » on the southern shores of Australia, Kangaroo Island remains a wonderfully quiet place, at least in early spring. Lush pastures, eucalyptus forests and the...