Yallingup. Gezondheid!

Prevelly park. Its pristine beach and clear waters.

Dogs enjoy special treatment here. No wonder they look so healthy (and compliant).

The alley to Vasse Felix, in the wine country. Try the Shiraz. Simply luscious.

Welcome to Margaret River

Busselton: the famous, very, very long jetty. The weather was fine when we started walking on it, we met a storm mid way, came back drenched, under fine weather...

Freemantle. The Anglican church and its huge hairy apostle.

The National Hotel in Freemantle.

Departing from beautiful Cape Lodge under a patch of sunshine.

The tree and the flag, Macquarie street, Sydney

My first encounter with Sydney's landmark, from the park, amongst a crowd of joggers. A huge crowd indeed, running tight, in packs, solemnly... For a moment I wondered whether there was a fire somewhere. "Semua lari ke mana?"

Irra and the leviathan

At the Opera bar, bathing in the sun, sipping wine under the vault of the Sydney bridge. La vita è bella.

The circular quay buzz

At the Coogee Surf Life Saving Club, there's nothing to save this morning.

The Grand Pacific

Requiescant in Pace, with a great view. "Voir Sydney et mourir"

The Royal Hotel in Paddington, where the jingle of forks and glasses can be deafening around lunch time.

Last day. George street in the morning chill. "Sampai jumpa"

Tiga anak laut

Bunaken

Catch of the day

Cooking on the spot

Cabe rawi dipotong potong. Local spices are prepared for the feast.

Membuang sauh. Dropping the anchor in the turquoise waters. Manado Tua watching in the distance.

Mark and Agnes. Happy passengers catching the breeze

Swimming

Mimpi manis

The spires of Manado

The bay

Ibu dan anak

Siapa yang datang?

Bale politik

Dijual bensin. Everywhere on both sides of the busy roads, these small local petrol stations.

Sapi yang penasaran. The Balinese cows (yes, they have white buttocks) are quite friendly, and very inquisitive.

Tukang nanas di pantai (Lombok). Fresh sliced pineapple on demand.

Berjongkok. At the edge of a tiny village temple, this weathered gargoyle-like figure stares at the passing motorbikes.

Mencatat. "Noted"

Dua anak cukup. "2 kids is enough." The official slogan of the Indonesian birth control office makes a lot of sense actually.

Perahu di pantai Yeh Gangga.

Le chien noir et la bicyclette jaune. Scène de village.

Mimpi berjalan-jalan. Meeting somewhere in Canggu the old Volkswagen Combi's traveling dreams.

Tugu di Padang Linjong.

Totof & Co. The welcoming comity of PT Anjing Kampung, divisi desa Buwit.

Boo!

Calling the boss up there.

Hanoman. Bouncing furiously around desa Kelating.

These aggressive monkey soldiers make excellent bouncers.

Melotot. Be careful, this guy is staring at you.

Main bola. Ready to shoot a couple of skulls.

Rouge. Not just the lips.

This one is trying to tell you something important.

Ketut likes to play around the statues

Besar. Sekali.

Watching from above

Manggis

Di bayangan pohon kamboja

Gods are everywhere, mostly petrified

Sol beach, Canggu. The surfers' and (sadly) the developers' new paradise. A new Kuta will be built here soon...

Desa Kediri

Siapa yang datang? Shhh...There's a Bule coming...

Penjual pisang

Welcome, you pale face!

An abandoned café in Tabanan. Another casualty of the Seminyak tourist industry.

Back street kids, somewhere in Kediri

Di mana mana ada anjing anjing kampung yang menyambut anda dengan hangat

Penjual Kelapa

Buah untuk buah hati

Une ruelle à Beyrouth

Le front de mer et ses tables de joueurs acharnés

La citadelle d'Amman, dominant ses sept collines

Azraq, the blue city, still haunted by Lawrence's ghost

Nature morte aux narguilés, quelque part près de la frontière syrienne, dans un café au bord de la route servant de délicieux falafels

Lac Tiberias, vue d'Umm Qais. Alors que je termine ce dessin inoffensif d'une cabane décatie avec vue imprenable sur le lac et les splendides montagnes de la région frontalière, un soldat jordanien (qui faisait sa prière dans les herbes, à côté) s'approche et m'annonce qu'il est interdit de dessiner cet édifice, propriété de l'armée. Il saisit alors mon carnet et s'apprète à en déchirer la page coupable lorsque je l'arrête dans son mouvement et lui déclare, en montrant ma carte de résident, que je suis de la police... Dubitatif, après avoir scruté ma carte en plastique, il me déclare enfin libre. "لا مشكلة" Soulagé, je m'esbigne, convaincu en passant de son analphabétisme.

Un dernier adieu au monastère

Asinus asinum fricat, in Petrus

محل فلافل

Près des salines de la mer morte, cet endroit désolé, rongé méthodiquement par les usines de potasse qui ont toutefois, dans un hypocrite ménagement des maigres resources arboricoles du pays, laissé les arbres "intacts", juchés sur leur monticule de terre comme d'hallucinantes plantes vertes empotées, disséminées dans ce désert salé...

Un boutre, servant aussi de taxi, stationné sur la corniche, à Doha

الدوحه قطر

Doha's beautiful Islamic Museum, reflecting in the turquoise waters of the Corniche

The Al Zubara fort, its cannon hopelessly aiming at the desert.

Smoking Chicha in the Souk Waqif

Doha, cité aux mille minarets

Al Khor déserte, le vendredi midi, à l'heure où l'eau de la mer s'évapore

Souq Waqif after sunset, waiting for business to move on, sitting in wheelbarrows

Habibi!

The huge rabbit-looking oryx mascot holding proudly its purple torch for the benefit of the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha

Amman, at the edge of the desert

The Centennial parade in downtown Amman (october 2009)

Women watching, undercover

Fast developing Umm Uthainah

Multilingual Beduin kids in Petra. "Only one dinar, solo un dinar, allein ein dinar... Mister, señor, monsieur...Yalla!"

Al Khazneh

Beduin teatime

Sisters posing in Petra

The "Monastery", from where the view on Wadi Musa and the desert is mesmerizing, to say the least.

Arriving in Aqaba after a long journey through the desert. Ah, the soothing view of the see...

Minaret in Aqaba, overlooking the Turkish Castle in ruins

To the"Glass boats". On the other side of the bay, beyond the cargo ships lineup: Eilat, Israel.

Hanging clothes anywhere

Jerash. The South Gate

From the top of this theater, 2000 years of show business watching us

Zeus, still standing, lends an ear to the noisy muezzins around

Jerusalem, in the Muslim Quarter

The Lion's Gate باب الاسباط

Coffee on the street, watching the flow

From the Wailing Wall, at night

Mount of Olives, in the shadow

L'hôpital français de Jérusalem

Bethlehem, street market. Toy guns made in China and any cheap stuff you'd dream of buying.

Via Dolorosa, under the mosque's loudspeakers

While thousands of faithful rush towards the Dome of the Rock, I seek refuge in this quiet cemetery (just about when all the bells of the city start to blast)

Les oliviers millénaires du mont éponyme

Bethlehem. The Omar Bin al Khatab Mosque.

A street in Jaffa. Or is it somewhere in Europe?

Tel Aviv, A thousand years later. The city that never sleeps, or simply, for whatever reason, just cannot...

Jaffa, vieille ville. Au menu: du poisson...

大风

I found the perfect spot for a siesta

Sarong sellers on the beach, waiting for business

Coconut juice is delivered on motorbikes, near Kuta

The posh entrance of the Novotel

Les chiottes du Novotel

Les pirogues s'en vont, les pirogues s'en viennent...

Radi, local beach boy (with the occasional styrofoam surfboard)

The fable of the tree and the table begins here

Tanjung Aan, "a place where you can die happy..." (sic)

No hard selling...

Waiting for the right customer

Sarongs, beautiful sarongs everywhere...

Selamat datang di pulau Samosir, daerah batak

Waiting for the boat in Parapat

Arrival on Tuk-tuk peninsula

Hotel Carolina, you can check out anytime you like...

Lake view in the morning

The Batak houses reproduce quickly, here a set of twins

A lonely Batak house, meditating in front of the lake

Tuk-Tuk hot line number 81

Lunch time: ikan lélé panggang, enak sekali!

Siapa itu? Probably one of the late pistoleros of the peninsula...

Huta siallagan, former residence of the king

Tanjung Kelayang, pulau Belitung, Southern Sumatra. Boulders and fishing ships measuring against each other.

Tanjung Binga, where the sea is overtaken by a forest of posts