Review of the past year in pictures

Last time I got up in the morning to go to work was in June 2007. At that time I was living between Camopi and Vila Brasil, on the border between French Guiana and Brazil. I can consider myself as a traveller since that day. Here is a sum up of what I did in pictures.


View of Camopi from my classroom. Jun 07



Pupils in the classroom. Jun 07



Vila Brasil. Jun 07



I first went on a trip in Brazil with Alex. Here he is walking on the equator line in Macapa. Jul 07



We travelled by boat on the Amazon river. Jul 07



Sunset on the Tapajos river, in Alter do Chao. Jul 07



The waterfall Vale do Paraiso. Jul 07



With Indios at his place in Alter do Chao. Jul 07



Alex playing in the water in Presidente Figuereiro, near Manaus. Jul 07



This was my last walk in the amazonian jungle. Jul 07



Then I flew to NYC. This is Brooklyn bridge. Aug 07



Manhattan. Aug 07



Back to France, there was a family gathering for my nephew's baptism. Aug 07



Strasbourg. Aug 07



Indios came in France. We met in the Cevennes. He is drinking ayahuasca. Sept 07



We visited, along with other friends, some kind of hippie communities. Sept 07



Back to NYC, I had the opportunity to see John Scoffield playing at the Blue note. Oct 07



And Alex Grey's Hall of mirrors. Oct 07



Mumbai. Arrival in India. Oct 07



Nashik. Nov 08



Ellora caves. Nov 08



Diwali in Bhopal. Nov 08



Sanchi's stupa. Nov 08



Khajuraho. Nov 07



Chitrakoot. Nov O7



Eye camp in Blodhgaya. Nov 07


I stayed about 2 months in Bodhgaya, which is the buddha's enlightenment place. I took my first and second vipassana course there in December and January.



The Bodhi tree, Bodhgaya. Jan 08



Tibetan pooja at the Mahabodhi temple, Bodhgaya. Jan 08



Huge Japanese buddha, Bodhgaya. Jan 08



Friends from Bodhgaya. Jan 08



Village area near Bodhgaya. Jan 08



Mother Teresa's center, Kolkata. Feb 08



Victoria memorial, Kolkata. Feb 08



Meeting Mieko again. The first time was on the Titicaca lake in April 2007. Feb 08



Meditators in Kolkata's vipassana center. Feb 08



Boudda's huge stupa. Feb 08



Kathmandu's valley from the vipassana center. Mar 08



Burning ghat, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu. Mar 08



Main pagoda at Igatpuri's Vipassana International Academy. Mar 08



Lotus flower, Igatpuri. Mar 08



Arunacaleswarar temple, Tiruvannamalai. Mar 08



Gotama's compassion. Mar 08



Matrimandir, Auroville near Pondicherry. Mar 08


From Pondicherry, I flew to Nepal again.



Pokhara's lake. Apr 08



Bhaktapur. Apr 08



Ashokan Pillar, Lumbini. Apr 08



Kushinagar, the buddha's death place. Apr 08



The place where the buddha used to meditate and give teachings, Rajgir. Apr 08



Ruins of Nalanda's university. Apr 08



Mahavir's cremation place, Pawapuri. Mahavir was the foundator of Jain religion. Apr 08



Come back to Bodhgaya. Apr 08



Sarnath's stupa. This is the place where the buddha gaver his first teaching.



Morning holy bath, Varanasi. May 08



Jain temple, Khajuraho. May 08



Sonagir. May 08



Sikh temple, Gwalior. May 08



Saddhus in Rishikesh. May 08



Jama Masjid, Delhi. May 08



Shatrunjaya, Palitana. May 08



Paris. Jun 08