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Jumping on the Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope, south africa
Well, we did it. After three weeks of intense training, J and I both got our Day Skipper licenses! Man, sailing is a world on its own. There are so many...
Jumping around Cape Town
Seaforth's beach, south africa
It's happening! We've booked a three-week sailing class in Cape Town to learn the ropes of sailing. It's our first time in South Africa, so we've decided to...
Jumping on Le Pouce
Le Pouce Mountain, mauritius
On a hot weekend in February, we decided to climb Le Pouce Mountain. Although it is the third-highest mountain in Mauritius (with an elevation of 812m), it...
Jumping in Mahébourg
Mahébourg, mauritius
Mahébourg is a sleepy town in the southeast of Mauritius, close to the airport. It is the main city of the Grand Port district and is named after the French...
Jumping on Coin de Mire
Coin de Mire Island, mauritius
A few months after jumping on Îlot Gabriel, with Top Cat, we went back with J.'s sister. After Gabriel island, we stopped at Coin de Mire island (Gunner's...
Jumping on Îlot Gabriel
Îlot Gabriel, mauritius
In October 2021, after many months of restrictions due to COVID-19, Mauritius was finally and slowly reopening to tourists. That meant we could finally go...
Home Jumping during COVID
Pereybere, mauritius
2020-2021 was definitely a weird period. We spent two months in lockdown in early 2020. It was quite a strict lockdown as we couldn't even walk out of the...
Jumping in Port Louis
Port Louis, mauritius
In 2019, J. and I left the rainy 🇳🇱 Netherlands and moved to tropical 🇲🇺 Mauritius! Early 2020, our friend Fred paid us a visit. We took him to the capital...
Jumping in Petra
Petra, jordan
A few hours after jumping in the desert, we reached Petra. It was a bank holiday that day, and the site was really packed with both tourists and locals. But...
Jumping in Jordanian desert
In the middle of nowhere, jordan
Still on our Barcelona-Dubai cruise, that morning we docked in Aqaba. Aqaba is Jordan's main port located in the Red Sea. Being in Jordan, the one thing we...
Jumping in the Suez Canal
Suez Canal, egypt
Onboard Explorer of the Seas, on our way from Barcelona to Dubai, J., Sylvain, and I are now on the mythical Suez Canal, bridging the Mediterranean and the...
Jumping in the Sahara
Ksar Ghilane, tunisia
Don't always blindly trust Google Maps!! We had used Google Maps to plan our itinerary from Hammamet to Ksar Ghilane, an Oasis in the Sahara desert....
Jumping in El Jem
El Jem, tunisia
After settling down in Hammamet, we embarked on a two-day road trip down to the doors of the Sahara desert. We passed by El Jem, that has an arena built by...
Jumping in Hammamet
Hammamet, tunisia
For this Christmas/New Year break, we decided to go and visit Tunisia. I hadn't been to Africa since 1996 when I was in Ghana (I don't count Mauritius as...
Team Building and Jumping in Mauritius
Balaclava, mauritius
As I was saying in my earlier post, in Mauritius, we work a lot. And as everybody knows, when you work hard, you need to play hard in order to relieve the...
Jumping in Mauritius... again!
Flic en Flac, mauritius
That's one of the few perks of the job, getting to go work in Mauritius once in a while. The weeks is usually pretty packed with little or no time for...
Jumping in Mauritius
Île aux Cerfs, mauritius
Mauritius at this time of year is awesome, with an average temperature of 28°C (sea water at 26°C). It's a paradise island with many colorful animals,...
Team Jumping in Mauritius
Souillac, mauritius
This was almost a thermal shock. Right after the Tromsø Arctic Circle expedition, I had to jump on another plane and spend a few weeks on Mauritius Island...
Jumping in Doha airport
Doha airport, qatar
So sad, the holidays are over. It was an incredible trip from Paris to Shanghai filled with so many great memories, new friends, and new experiences. On the...