Arrival on Site - 1st pics

Prony Life camp - 1

The Noumea - Prony site "Higway"

Prony Life camp - 2

Guess which car is mine ? (there's a clue on 1 of the previous pic)

Prony Life camp - 3

Prony Life camp - 4

Transit in tokyo

Yo les gros,

Me voila rendu au Lounge AF de l'aéroport de Tokyo, plus qu'un dizaine d'heure et mes 105 kg de baggages et moi seront en nouvelle-caledonie.
Dans la série les célebrités voyagent avec moi (enfin dans le même avion, malheureusement pas dans la même classe), c'est Christian Karembeu qui s'y colle. Le Kanack le plus connu de France voyage malheureusement sans sa femme....
La dernière fois à Seoul, j'ai pu parler à Yann Arthus-Bertrand (surtout d'énergie et en particulier de biomasse), que j'ai trouvé très sympa et ouvert d'esprit. (www.yannarthusbertrand.org)

Allez tant que je suis dans le listing de gens connus croisés dans les aéroport:
Patrick Bruel (lunettes noires, casquette et portable collé à l'oreille) et Pierre Menes (de 100% foot) sur un CDG-Barcelone; L'équipe du Besiktas et leur entraineur Jean Tigana à l'aéroport d'Istambul, l'un des frères Bogdanov sur un CDG-Belgrade, Marc Lavoine à l'aéroport de Bombay (très sympa d'ailleurs, le chanteur, pas l'aéroport)

Quick Journey to Belgium

Yesterday, I had to leave for an urgent assignment to Brugge (Bruges pour les Wallons), Belgium; which ended up being half urgent and not complicated : I'm back in the office already.
Reminds me I had been working on the very same power plant last year, and at the time I had had enough time to walk around this wonderful town.

Brugge, Belgium 2006

Brugge, Belgium 2006

Global Warming

Last Sightseeing Day

Mission is nearly over, last Sightseeing day before going back to Paris via Seoul.

Wolchulsan National Park, not that far from the power plant, is worth seeing. Unfortunately, I could not enjoy the hiking trails, due to my late arrival combined with a threatening weather. As usual, there is a temple hidden in a small valley, with Pagodas & buddhas,...

Jindo Island is also very beautiful, pics would have looked much better without the grey weather. Jindo's south coast is famous for its numerous small islands, and its wonderful sunset, on a clear day, obviously :-(

From what I have seen, it seems like there is a lot of quiet & peaceful valleys, ideal to instal a Zen temple... I was also surprised to see many churches, installed in towns, might be another side effect of the american presence in South Korea...

Church in Yonggwang (in front of my Motel)

Jindo Island, South West Korea

Jindo Island, South West Korea

Jindo Island, South West Korea

Jindo Island, South West Korea

River in Wolchulsan National Park

Dogapsa Temple, Wolchulsan National Park

Dogapsa Temple, Wolchulsan National Park

Dogapsa Temple, Wolchulsan National Park

Jindo Island, South West Korea