Wind Jumping in Ljubljana

First time in Ljubljana (and in Slovenia in general). We climbed the castle and its Tower to get a view of the city and surroundings. Ideal place for a basic jumping picture. That was without taking the wind into consideration. The result ? A perfect haircut while jumping :-)

I really enjoyed Slovenia. It is a little country (2 M. inhabitants) with a great variety of landscapes from the big Alp mountains to the adreatic sea beaches. Food also reflects this duality with strong and heavy traditional dishes perfects for cold Winters but cooked with "latin" influences (tomatoes, pesto, olive oil). Yummy yummy !

Main language is indeed Slovenian (which is a slave language, hence quite complex) but Italian is also widely spoken.

written by  Sly on April 16, 2011 from Ljubljana, Slovenia
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I must admit my total lack of culture and confess that I didn't even know about the name of this city before booking the tickets. After some little digging, you'll learn that Cluj-Napoca it located in Transylvania, famous for Dracula and other dark stories. Maybe this is why they have the strongest Garlic sauce I ever tasted ?

Jumping in front of Saint Michael church and Mathias Corvinus statue

The city in itself is quiet during the day but become very lively at night as this is mostly a student city. Compared to the rainy & grey weather in Paris at the same time, it was a real relief to be spending a weekend in a sunny place like this.

Falling, from who knows where, in Cluj Napoca

Jumping over Cluj Napoca

written by  Sly on March 11, 2011 from Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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My client was there also and my mauritian colleagues took us out with their families on a Saturday for a road trip in the southern part of the Island. I couldn't resist but introduce them to the Jumping Tradition ! :-)

Superstar jumping

Crazy mauritian jumping

Jumping in Deer Island (L'ile aux Cerf)

Mauritius at this time of the year is awesome. Everage temperature is 28°C (sea water at 26°C), paradise island with many colorful animals, cheerful people, tropical fruits and white sand beaches. As one would say: what else ?

written by  Sly on January 22, 2011 from Port Louis, Mauritius
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Jumping around Oslo

During these two years: dozens of countries, hundreds of jumps from France to Canada, from Andalucia to Russia, from Ireland to China.

As i'm writing this (Feb 2011), I'm currently in Mauritius Island. That will be the first jumping pic from the southern hemisphere! And what about in two years from now ? I guess many more jumps, travels and backpacking indeed !

There are so many places yet to discover, so many people to meet, so many languages to discover and food to try. It would be a pity of stopping now, wouldn't it ?

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011... and JUMP ! :-)

written by  Sly on January 1, 2011 from Oslo, Norway
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Tromso at this time of the year is magic: no more sun, but just 3 or 4 hours of low light everyday. Snow everywhere, many islands, few people, good weather most of the time we were there. You end up sleeping 12+ hours a day (which in my case is nothing new, but for other people can be quite disturbing!) and enjoying the little light we had as a precious moments.

We did see and shoot some amazing Northern Lights. But by the time we figured out how to take a jumping pic under them (tripod, long exposure, additionnal flash synchronised with the jump)... they were gone. Next time we'll be ready !

The picture below was taken outside Tromso, in a Fjord where we spent a day in a Cabin along with some cheerful Erasmus students and couchsurfers.

Jumping in Tromso

Jumping in Rila Monastery

It took us 4 hours driving to find that Monastery. It seems that GPS maps of Bulgaria are not as accurate as they could be :-)

The monastery is lost in the mountains and I wouldn't like to spend a whole winter here!

written by  Sly on November 1, 2010 from Rila, Bulgaria
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Jumping in front of Alexandre-Nevski Cathedral

I really enjoyed Sofia, the city, the food and the people. The geographic location of Bulgaria makes that country full of many influences: eastern European and post Soviet area (they use wonderful Cyrillic alphabet) but including Mediterranean touches from Greece and Turkey: yogurt and cucumber sauce, pita bread and kebab like meat... so delicious!

Not to mention you can live there very cheaply. For 11 euros a day I stayed in a very peaceful hostel named Hostel Mostel, truly in the heart of the city. The hostel had a huge living room where you could meet many fellow travellers, many of them coming from western Europe and starting their Round the World trip, hence full of great conversations. Oh and did I mention that included in these 11 euros, was free wifi, free diner and beer everyday ? :-)

written by  Sly on October 30, 2010 from Sofia, Bulgaria
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On the way back to Paris we spent 3 hours connecting in Doha. Enough time get a picture in order to get that location pinned on the Blogabond map ! Even if it is with a crappy picture :-)

Jumping in Doha airport

Jumping in Morocco pavillon

Jumping in front of New Zealand pavillon

Snow jumping in France pavillon

Special thanks go to Moldova, Estonia, Albania and Ukraine !

written by  Sly on October 7, 2010 from Shanghai, China
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