Bad news of a raining day :
Noted illustrator Dave Stevens, creator of "The Rocketeer" and an influential Bettie Page revivalist, died last Monday following a courageous battle with leukemia. He was 52, and will be dearly missed by his many fans. My thoughts are with his family and friends. Peace to him a great illustrator.

(read on Budplant.com)

I am in vacation in Thailand I will update my galleries with some pictures of this marvellous country
petit recit de voyage :
petit coucou rapide a tous les Deviantartistes voyageurs je mesure la chance que j ai d etre ici quand il fait froid en france j ai rencontre des voyageuses une allemande Manuela et une francaise Sandra faisant ses etudes a singapour que moi et mon pote Yacine nous ne quittons plus (elles partent demain de chiang mai ou je me trouve) on rigole bien et je me sens revivre 1000 fois plus qu a paris la vie est tres tranquille on a tous ensemble fait une viste de ferme d elephant avec un petit voyage sur le dos du magestueux animal , visite du grand marche qui se tient le soir avec des centaines de gens on a goute a tous les trucs bizarre qu on ne trouve nul part ailleurs et je suis toujours vivant un miracle on a cherche un bar karaoke et un chauffeur de touctouc nous a emmene dans un bar a hotesse qui effectivement faisait karaoke mais on a detale aussi sec c etait tres drole on est alle dans un bar ou des petits groupes reprennaient des standards du rock avec l accent thai tres marrant aussi on a pu danser rencontrer d autres barroudeurs et discuter de tout et de rien
aujourd hui on a visiter un des plus beaux temples de thailand le Doi Southep en effet magnifique difficlement immaginable sans y aller la montee des marches pour y acceder demande un minimum d entrainement ...j habite au 6eme sans ascenseur ca m a bien aide il faut toujours voir le bon cote des choses le dome est dore a l or les gens sont calmes respectueux et souriant la thailande est le pays du sourire j atteste avec plaisir! Ensuite visite de fabrique de bijou splendide et 4 fois moins cher au en france du coup un vendeur nous a suivi croyant que j allais me fiancer a Sandra qui complice a pu essayer bagues et boucles d oreille de folie vraiment un moment sympa, visite egalement de fabrique d ombrelles et de soie dans artisanat il y n y a pas art par hasard surtout dans ce cas precis ce qu ils font est splendide. Ce soir championnat de Muay Thai au Stadium (en spectateur) les filles y tiennent absolument c est precisement l endroit ideal pour assister a ce genre de chose et night bazar ensuite, avec moult gourmandises a tester j adore la nourriture asiatiques !!!
pour les jours venir je pense qu une petite incursion au Laos sera envisageable avant de redescende dans le sud de la thailande
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I am going to go to Thailande I leave france to Bangkok on friday morning december 7th while a whole month and tow weeks. I hope to capture some good pictures. I wish you all deviant and good christmas time and a happy new year 2008 from now.
Bye Bye

Hey guys
I traveled in Croatia last week a whole week. It is a very beautiful country, mainly le coastyard. The north-west called Istria is great lots of romans ruins can be seen overthere. At poula we have the sixth tallest arena where gladiator fought for there life and christians praied for the life too...All this was the bright side of life sunny weather while visiting the national parks with water falls, lakes, islands etc...

But in the trip to reach Zagreb from Slpit I have seen the abandonned farms and houses , blasted, almost destroyed a bad rememberance of the last war. It seems to me they suffered a lot. As the french poet Jaques Prevers said : "Quelle connerie la guerre !" (What a bullshit, the war).

Another harmful thing is the "concretisation" of the coast. Too more building. That will become like the Azur coast in the south of france.

So you have to visit this country. That's it

Hey !
I went to Venice this week. This town deserves to be discovered I don't think that Paris is the most beautiful town in the world but Venice is surley one of them. The light on le lagoon was spelndid the weather was very bright, blue sky with a shinning sun all the time. Venice is a real theater scenne. Each place goes with a church with master painting (Veroneze, Titien, Tintoret...), sculptures, or a palace with red yellow or ochre wall. The little streets and the channels turn Venice into a labyrinth (good luck to find your hotel .
You may have to visit the Doges palace, the campanile and the San Marco basilica pearhaps if you have the time, the three museums in one around the San Marco place (Correr museum...) first. After that I took the National Geographic guide book which gave several tripping through the town to walk aside the tipical tourist ways and see the true side of reality where the time stopped since 5 century without a mask or glass shop. I took the boat several time to visit San Gorgio for example or to return to the airport but none tour in gondole because it is too much expansive and I was alone (the main reason) !.
So I will set several pictures about this great trip on my page and I wish you to come in italy near the Adriatic sea (I remember the Miyazaki animated film Porco Rosso ). It is not an old hat destination but a very romantic one very appreciate by the young japaneses girls and couples.
Have a good trip !