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Nepal

October 21 2007 , Written by Olivier Duboc Published on #Overland to India 2007-2008

On our arrival in Nepal after a 4h trip in a deep gorge coming down from the Tibetan plateau, we could nor believe our eyes: within 30 km (we came down from 4000m to less than 2000m), the landscape turned from a rocky mountain to a green lush vegetation...

Tibet

October 15 2007 , Written by Olivier Duboc Published on #Overland to India 2007-2008

Welcome to Disneyland Tibet! Crossing the country from Lhasa to Nepal was not exciting because of the Yeti, not because of the Messner and also not because of the untouched population of Tibet. It was exciting because traveling alone in this country without...

China: Beijing and Great Wall

September 14 2007 , Written by Olivier Duboc Published on #Overland to India 2007-2008

We left Mongolia on the 5th of September and arrived in Beijing on the 6th. Beijing: This city is preparing for the Olympics 2008, and the infrastructure is being developed at an incredible tempo. Old areas with street shops are destroyed and replaced...

Durian addicts

September 14 2007 , Written by Olivier Duboc Published on #Overland to India 2007-2008

The durian is a tropical fruit that many people would call “the spiky monster that smells like old socks rotten together with onions”... We discovered it 3 years ago when we first went to South east Asia, and since then we can not forget this creamy,...

Mongolia

August 15 2007 , Written by Olivier Duboc Published on #Overland to India 2007-2008

We discovered Mongolia ( from the 26.07.2007 on) mainly through our 2 canoe trips on the "Orkhon" and "Egin" Rivers: Ernst a german married to Bolor and living in mongolia organises great river tours. As he knew that I am a kayakist, he proposed us the...

Russia

August 15 2007 , Written by Olivier Duboc Published on #Overland to India 2007-2008

Here are some pictures of our trip through Russia from 11.07.2007 to 26.07.2007: Moscow, Transiberian railway and Baikal lake. The last picture is our impression when trying to cross the border to Mongolia! We were traveling from host to host thanks to...

Photos!

April 22 2007 , Written by Olivier Duboc Published on #Pani Piyo 2007: construction d'un kayak freestyle

Je disais la semaine derniere qu'un photographe etait venu parce qu'il fait des concours et que le kayak l'interesse pour presenter des photos aux juges. J'etais de nouveau a Kuchl ce week-end, et il est revenu pour prendre des photos le samedi apres-midi...

Shape de A a Z (Resume du Pani Piyo)

April 15 2007 , Written by Olivier Duboc Published on #Pani Piyo 2007: construction d'un kayak freestyle

Cette page est le resume de la serie d'articles decrivant les etapes de la construction de mon kayak freestyle. Tous les articles sont accessibles dans la categorie "shape du panipio". J'espere donner ici une vue d'ensemble, et pour plus de details vous...

Tests en vague (a Kuchl)

April 10 2007 , Written by Olivier Duboc Published on #Pani Piyo 2007: construction d'un kayak freestyle

Mardi 10 Avril 2007 (premier test) J'etais a Kuchl Vendredi, Samedi et Lundi. J'ai pu tester le bateau dans plusieurs vagues differentes: - vague de taille "moyenne", lisse et (tres) rapide: C'est la vague qui se forme immediatement derriere la vague...

Premier test sur le plat

April 3 2007 , Written by Olivier Duboc Published on #Pani Piyo 2007: construction d'un kayak freestyle

Aujourd'hui, j'ai pris le metro avec mon bateau jusqu'au bras mort du Danube ("le vieux Danube" avant qu'il ne soit canalise...). Donc, seance sur le plat! Le bateau est bien equilibre en cartweel, meme si il me semble que la pointe arriere passe un peu...