Tag: So far so close
Sharing the mountain – So far so close
Since mountaineering or winter sports such as skiing have developed in the Alps and elsewhere, it is clear that the mountains have become the terrain of deep inequalities. An area…
A story from afar – So far so close
Constantly pushed back, the limits of the known world have always fascinated and worried the West. Conducive to the imagination and to travel, these places were first of all strange…
The Calanques in the heart – So far so close
At the gates of Marseille, in the rocky creeks and narrow valleys of the Calanques, we go to meet all those who survey, defend and love this land and sea…
Titaÿna, the woman with the soles of the wind
New episode of “Compagnons de voyage”, our series of portraits of travel writers. Discovering a woman in a hurry, but forgotten: Titaÿna, icon of the Roaring Twenties and the only…
On the way to pregnant virgins
On the occasion of the Documentary and Book Festival “Le Grand Bivouac” which has just been held in Albertville, we set off to discover an original path, traced by the…
The incredible odyssey of the Omidvar brothers
These two Iranian adventurers undertook an improbable world tour in the 1950s and 1960s, first on a motorbike through Asia, Oceania or America, then in a 2 CV on the…
Ink and the chain: in the footsteps of the memory of slavery in La Rochelle
New stopover in our great journey in the footsteps of the memory of slavery. After Nantes, Liverpool, Louisiana or the islands of Guadeloupe, we take the direction of La Rochelle,…
“Abidjan is zo”: stroll in the city of contemporary arts
In terms of contemporary art, the Ivorian economic capital has long been fertile ground. After going through the years of crisis and conflict, the city is getting a makeover, and…
Kapka Kassabova: listening to the voice of places
Making travel a sensitive erudition is an art to which the author of Bulgarian origin applies herself brilliantly, book after book. Whether you close “Lisière”, his first work translated into…
Bruce Chatwin, the insatiable nomad – So far so close
In the pantheon of travel writers, the Briton Bruce Chatwin holds a resolutely special place. Consecrated leader in the 80s of “travel writing”, he however refused this term which he…