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Love, Smile and Two Flight tickets

- "I again spent the night with that guy. I really have a crush on him"

- "Is it why you look so tired? ... :-)"

- "No, I was just so afraid of telling him "I love you" while dreaming that I did not sleep at all"

- "Love is tough..."

Friendships sometimes lies in details. Not in the amount of emails exchanged or in the frequency of your phone calls. Sometimes, it's just about a story shared on skype, or a card sent from the other side of the world for Christmas.

Love lies in microscopic details...

14 January 2013: Sarah, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Thanks to her for the patience...

And if you think you are well settled, in your favorite leather sofa and clean apartment, without any motivation for going anywhere . Just watch this.

Challenge accepted...

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Musicalement parlant in Yaounde

2nd weekend spent in Yaoundé, still waiting for my return ticket to the field. Weird situation, with one hemisphere at work and the other one on vacation, trying to kill time.

At least, it gives me some time to discover some local restaurants, bars and music clubs. No jazz or concert of Bonobo but a really interesting combination of styles, musics and attitudes on stage. It's just sad that my new portrait lens is not with me right now, but in a trunk somewhere in Bangui, hoping to be found again at my return ...

05 January 2013: Concert at Bois d'Ebène, Yaoundé, Cameroun

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Happy New Year

New Year is supposedly a good time to think about what you've done in the past 12 months and what you're planning to do in the 12 following.

2012 has been an amazing year for me, spread between 3 continents and filled with great moments. Currently in Yaoundé (Cameroon), due to the ongoing tensions in CAR, I can not prevent myself from thinking about my last new year's eve, surrounded with great friends and to try to imagine where I will be in 12 months... I'm already looking forward to it.

I wish you all the best for 2013 and to follow and fulfill your dreams. And a particular though to my colleagues and friends based or living in Central African Republic or Darfur. I sincerely hope you will finally get the peace you deserve and have been seeking for so long now.

Take care, stay safe and have fun!

Ma-salaam

Picture from my assignment with the Achalay Fundation in Peru

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