Tianshan

Palo Alto is located 50 kms south of San Francisco, in the Bay Area. That's the core of the 'silicon valley', with Apple, Xerox, Adobe, ... in one word, a good place if you like Microelectronics. This is a nice and small city, very confortable; Palo Alto...

From Santa Barbara to San Francisco, i confess, i made a mistake. I took the nightbus ... well, it's cosy, but the schedule is ... flexible. I arrived in SF at 6AM, instead of 9PM as written on my ticket... i love that, finish my night among the homelesses....

I leave Austin at dawn, to catch my plane ... the trip above the desert is wonderful (Arizona is really dry, i wonder how can they do in Phoenix) and I arrive in Santa Barbara at noon. A little problem: a bottle of wine broke in my bag during the trip,...

Texas, much more dry, much more hot than the East coast :) Austin is located in the center of the state (which is bigger than France) and is around 1 million people. Every local told me that it is much more confortable than other cities like Houston or...

New York New York!! Matthias took a day off, and we went to New York 2 times ... well, 1 time and half :) The guys didn't check the weather forecast, and unfortunately the tail of a hurricane reached New York the second day we were there ... ok, nice,...

I am shipping up to Boston, ah ah ah !! Ok ok, no boats available, so i took Amtrack ... and here i am, New England! Boston is a really cute city, mainly built with red bricks. The city is modern, and i spend a couple of hours in the Financial district...

September 2nd: Here it is, after a stop in Paris, i am in the plane ... flight without problem, with a stop in Canada. Arrival at the Newark airport, with a train to catch to reach New Haven. Well, my train 'disapeared' and i didn't know on which platform...

During a hot evening, in a hot city ...

The last part of the trek is all located on the 'high plateaus of Chartreuse' ... very impressive and beautiul, but also much wilder, many cliffs and no water. So, when I (ramdomly) find this fountain in the neigborhood of the Coq's pass, let's say that...

After the rain, it's a chilly and sunny morning. Thus, I decide to start the walk sooner than expected: to start, I have to climb the moutain from the bottom to reach the crests' line of the Charmant Som, which I will follow after during several hours...