Around the world
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[Thoughts] #6: Stop Acting Like a Victim
Recently, on an expatriate forum, an English-speaking woman living in Paris complained about the behavior of Parisians against non-French speakers. As soon as she opens her mouth and speaks in English, she is literally ignored by most people or is answered in French in a contemptuous tone. Since the confinement, it is worse: she no longer dares to leave her home for fear of being questioned by the police on the reason for her attestation and being unable to answer in French. This story made me think a lot because with my small size and my small voice, in the past, I have had similar experiences, I know what it…
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How to get to Abu Simbel from Aswan? Practical guide Egypt
By bus There are 2 buses leaving Aswan for Abu Simbel: around 4am and around 7am. Contact your hotel directly. I have been given a rate around 250-300 pounds per person for the round trip . The 4h bus is taken by tourists. The 7h bus is taken by the locals (there are some who smoke inside) and our guide does not recommend it. The return is a few hours later, in the same day (in this case at 9 am for the bus which leaves at 4 am). It is possible, for those who want to sleep in Abu Simbel, to book a bus for the outward journey (around…
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Travelling with a hypersensitive or as a hypersensitive: tips & advice
Having traveled with many hypersensitive people and being hypersensitive myself, I know how quickly travel can become a nightmare. From the preparation of the trip to the after-trip. But don’t worry, being hypersensitive doesn’t mean you have to stay home. Travel and hypersensitivity are completely compatible Here are some tips I can give you if you plan to travel soon with a hypersensitive person, or if you are hypersensitive yourself. How do I know if I am hypersensitive? There is a test set up by Elaine Aaron, author of the book Hypersensitive: Better understanding to better accept oneself (Amazon link).You can download the pdf of the test here. If you…
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Société Générale Referral: get 20€
If you wish to open an account with Société Générale, provided you are of age and do not have a Société Générale account beforehand, I can sponsor you. Just fill in this form. You will receive an invitation e-mail a few hours later with your personal sponsorship code, which will give you 20€ when you open your account Loading.. (*) Valid sponsor promotional offer reserved for major Société Générale customers with an ongoing offer in their sponsorship area, up to a maximum of 12 sponsorships per calendar year. The 20€ will be paid within 3 weeks of the effective opening of the first Société Générale bank account by the sponsored…
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Test & Reviews: AirPods 2 vs. 1 – Not that much difference
With the many conf calls and trips, I advised you to choose Airpods in my article “Computer Hardware for Digital Nomads“. I really appreciate these wireless headphones. Especially since with conf conf, I cook a lot more and I appreciate not having to carry wires everywhere. A few years ago, I gave you a review on the 1st generation Airpods here. After a few years of loyal service, its battery has become very bad and can only last about an hour (very insufficient to last until the end of a call). So I bought the 2nd generation Airpods. Airpods 2nd generation – The trap I recommend that you order online…
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Impact of coronavirus on travel blog traffic
The coronavirus crisis is having enormous repercussions in a wide range of areas. The tourism sector is one of the most affected. At our very modest scale, we can measure it with this blog. This site is a rather classic personal travel blog, it is mainly distinguished by the volume of contents: as digital nomads we have the chance to travel permanently for 4 years. Quite quickly we got into the game by writing content on a very regular basis: it has become a great pleasure to keep memories and help the travel community. The blog will soon pass the 1000 article mark, usually very long (often more than 1000…
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Ranking of the most visited travel blogs (March 2020)
I discovered by chance the Ranking of the best French travel blogs in 2020 proposed by the blog Chris and voyage. This ranking is based on the methodology of the Ranking of the 200 Best French Travel Blogs carried out in April 2018 by the Tourdumondiste website. These rankings are always nice because they allow you to discover nuggets held by travel enthusiasts. However, I have a little trouble with the proposed methodology. Without going into detail, the ranking criteria are linked to the : The number of followers on Instagram Among the followers on Twitter Among the followers on Facebook The Similarweb ranking (tool estimating the traffic of a…
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Interview of Maxime Garin, repatriated from Sri Lanka because of the Coronavirus
Maxime Garin is a former colleague with whom I now share a passion for travel. If we were able to reach France before the situation degenerated, this isn’t the case of Maxime who had to leave Sri Lanka in a disaster because of the Coronavirus. He agreed to share his experience with us. Hello Maxime, can you introduce yourself to our readers? How long have you been traveling? What was your itinerary? Hello. My name is Maxime, alias Mowgli, a little nickname I was given when I was travelling and I have kept it ever since! It always makes the locals laugh when they ask me what my name is,…
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My opinion on Whereby, easy and free videoconferencing service
In these times of coronavirus confinement, telework is exploding and the imposed social distancing makes people want to… see each other Videoconferencing is (finally!) developing massively, but you still need to know which solution to use. I have been teleworking full time for 4 years and I am used to using : Teams: Microsoft’s collaborative work solution adopted by my main client. I loved to hate Microsoft during my student years but I must admit that Teams is a great tool perfectly integrated to the Office suite. Hangouts Meet: Google’s solution that is perfectly integrated with Google Calendar and has the advantage (in the paid solution I use) of allowing…
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[Coronavirus] Tips for Travellers around the world
Here is a post written by Bérengère M., who is a ground agent. Thank you for this kind and objective text Greetings to you travelers. As a stopover agent, I wanted to leave you a message to tell you a little bit about the returns we have from airlines/countries. To begin, please understand that the situation is REALLY very complicated. Updates are permanent for all countries in the world. A passport of any origin (but especially Chinese or European) can be refused overnight in any country. Even TRANSIT through an airport can be impossible ! Borders / airports are closing more and more. Most Visa applications are now impossible depending…
