Tour Autour: Feedback of the experience

Tour Autour in FiguresThe Worst and the Best

Tour Autour per continentWhat they know about France

The Ideal Guess House2-3 Advises

Thanks

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Le Tour Autour in figures

Time length347 days

India7%

North America

21%

North Asia12%

South East Asia24%

Latin America

27%

Middle East9%

Budget:€32k

Plane tickets22%

Middle East6%

Latin America

21%

South East Asia14%

North Asia10%

North America

22%

India5%

• 2 People• 12 Hours de recorded video• 19 Countries• 45 « Unesco » sites • 50 Weeks• 110 beds, 90 hôtels• 11,587 photos

• 1,848 Kms by boat• 6,719 kms by train• 7,089 Kms by car• 20,733 Kms by bus• 66,459 Kms by plane

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Tour Autour in 10 moments

Sunrise on Torres del Paine, Chile

Boat Cruise on Tomle Sap Lake - Cambodia

Family Dinner Odawara, Japan

Jazz Festival evening Montreal, Canada

Discovering the Petra’s Treasure from above - Jordan

Hitch hicking in St Ignacio de Velasco - Bolivia

Waiting at the Guatemala City bus station

The theft of shoes during a night bus trip to Oaxaca - Mexico

Sapa to Hanoi train scam - Vietnam

A spit on the neck Ayacucho - Peru

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Tour Autour in 10 food experiences

Tuna Chicks Odawara, Japan

Soft-shell crab Hanoi, Vietnam

Fish Ceviche Lima, Peru

Uïgour noodles Kunming, China

Pharaos’ fish soup Aswan, Egypt

Tripes soup Vilcashuaman, Peru

Unknow meat barbeque Hanoi, Vietnam

All you can eat casinos’ buffet Reno, USA

Uncooked pizza Punta Arenas, Chile

Sundried potatoes La Paz, Bolivia

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Tour Autour in 10 jobs

Océanologist - Merida, Mexico

Travel Journalist - New York City , USA

Health Adviser - Kampot, Cambodia

Felucca Captain - Luxor, Egypt

Professional mountain guide - Salt Lake City, USA

Street cleaner - Mumbay, India

Circulation agent - Bangkok, Thaïland

Shoes Policher - Lima, Peru

Stone breaker - Dubai, UAE

Fish Sauce factory worker - Kampot, Cambodia

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Tour Autour in 10 Cities

Hong-Kong New York City Rio de Janeiro Buenos Aires San Francisco

Guatemala CityLimaValparaisoCuiabaShashi

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Tour Autour: Latin America (94 days)

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Trek:Tierra del Fuego - ArgentinaTorres del Paine - ChilePantanal - Brazil Archeological Sites :Machu Picchu - PeruChichen Itza - Mexico Cities:Rio de Janeiro - BrazilOaxaca - Mexico Museum: Anthropology museum - Mexico City

Walking on the active Picaya volcano in Guatemala

Too much fog to see anything of the Atitlan Lake in Guatemala

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Tour Autour: Latin American photos

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Tour Autour: North America (73 days)

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Natural Sites :Bryce Canyon, USABig Sur, USAVancouver Island, Canada Cities:New York CityChicago Museums: Museum of Fine Arts - BostonCloisters - New York City

Rain in the Death Valley The wakeboard lesson - Seattle

The mist over the sunrise at Grand Canyon

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Tour Autour: North America photos

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Tour Autour: North Asia (43 days)

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Sites: Pandas Breeding center -

ChengduHong Kong Bay Cities: Kyoto - JapanLitang - China Trek:

Tiger leaping Gorge - Sichuan, Chine

The Chinese draftees playing Basket Ball, which did entertain a lot the tibetan buddist monks watching - Kangding, China

Climbing Fuji : Fog on the way up, rain on the way down

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Tour Autour: North Asia’s photos

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Tour Autour: South East Asia (83 days)

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Site: Angkor - Siem Reap, Cambodia Day out: Ricefields and minorities - Luang

Nam Tha, LaosDiving - Koh Tao, Thaïland Cities: Luang Prabang - LaosHanoi - Vietnam

The Water skiing lesson in Kampot, Cambodia

The Laos to Vietnam borders scam

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Tour Autour South East Asia photos

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Tour Autour: South India (26 days)

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Day out:Walk along Goa’s beachesKerala’s backwaters

Sites: Madurai’s Temple - Tamil NaduElephanta Island – Mumbai

Champagne and foie gras for Christmas in Goa

New Year’s Eve fireworks cancelled due to restoration works of the “Gateway of India” - Mumbai

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Le Tour Autour en photos: Inde du Sud

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Le Tour Autour: Moyen-Orient (30 jours)

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Mystic Trek : Ascent of Mont Sinaï Archaeological Sites : Habu Temple – Luxor, EgyptThe old city of Petra - Jordan Cities: Cairo - EgyptJerusalem Museum:Luxor - Egypte

Snow in Jordan!

3 hours of wait and not one single ship on Suez canal !!

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Le Tour Autour en photos: Moyen-Orient

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France and French people seen from abroad

• Napoléon’s heritage

• « French Doctors »

• Sarkozy’s gossip

• Zidane, Henri etc.

• French cultural institutes

• 35 hours week

• Paris and«le Chic »

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The perfect hostel

• Cleanliness, smile!

• Hot water 24/7

• Kitchen, laundry

• Book exchange, DVDs

• Living room

• Wi-fi

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A few tips

• See less to see better

• Travel light

• Learn 3 words of the local language

• Traveling « responsibly »

• Smile

• Dare!

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RemerciementsTo all those who we hosted, fed,

transported us etc.:Eduardo & Luiza, Luis, Cécile, Sylvie, Meeghan,

Sarah & Andrew, Jean-Luc & Kanako, Gilles & Minako, Victor, Seraphim & Jen, Dan, Remi,

Elise & Dan, Danny, Larry, Eric, Benoit & Joanna, Niel, Hatsue, Chika, Tomiko, Asai,

Renaud-Louis & Cyrielle, Julien, Xueing, Nico & Macha, Jacques & Erica, Philippe, Loic &

Toey, Ferline, Eric & Marie, Guy, Ifaat …et tous les autres dont nous n’avons jamais su le

nom!

To all those who followed, supported, advised, consoled etc, in brief:

loved!