Backpacking again!

I first became interested in South East Asia, especially Malaysia, when I read Somerset Maugham's short stories based upon his own experiences of travelling in that region in the early 1900's. Having spent the last four years living like a hermit in France, the need to go out and travel became ever more attractive and SEA seemed like an obvious place to go. When I was told about Workaway and cheap backpacking Hostels the possibility of travelling on a very tight budget became a reality.

Tuesday 15 December 2015

Walking near Cannes

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Today I had another amazing walk in the south of France. Totally different landscape to where I was a week ago which made it all the more interesting. I was a little apprehensive when starting as I wanted to follow a trail and looking at Google maps it wasn't that well defined ... in fact on several occasions it completely disappeared but fortunately I have the map.me app on my phone and that was enormously helpful to keep me on the right track. When I got to my final destination of St Vallier-de -Theiy and having mooched about the backstreets and the church I happened to come across this incredibly clever sheepdog.

Tuesday 8 December 2015

Autumn in the South of France

It's been a very busy but interesting autumn .... so many places ... so many people ... so many new experiences ... however trying to compose and type on a smartphone is very very tedious so here are photos of some of the places I have been to this autumn.

'Maison Tranquille'

half an hour from Carcassonne set in the most beautiful landscape scenery.

Somewhere near Mirepoix

Amusing tweet!

Maison Tranquille