Ｍｙ Ｐａｓｓｐｏｒｔ ｉｎ AFRICA & Arabian Countries
１１／１９９５ チュニジア：チュニス、カルタゴ、トズ−ル
１２／１９９６ モロッコ：マラケシュ、カサブランカ、フェズ、エルラシディア、メルズーガ砂丘
０２／１９９７ モロッコ：カサブランカ、フェズ、リッサ−ニ、メルズ−ガ砂丘
０２／１９９８ アラブ首長国連邦：ドバイ、フジャイラ、コ−カファン、アルアイン
０１／２０００ エジプト：カイロ、バフレイヤオアシス、ファラフラオアシス、スエズ
０９／２０００ モーリタニア：ヌアクショット、ヌアディブ、バンダルガン国立公園
０３／２００１ チュニジア、リビア：ガダメス、セバ、フェザン地方、アカクス ＊Visage
du Sud と同行
０１／２００２ チュニジア：ガマルタ、トズ−ル、ドゥーズ、ビゼルト
０３／２００２ チュニジア、リビア：ガベス、セバ、ムルズ−ク、ウバリ、ナブール *Tagoulmoust
Aventure と同行
１０／２００２ マリ:バマコ、モプティ、ドゴン
０３／２００３ アルジェリア：エルウ−ド、 ジャネット、タマンラセット、＊La
Terre d'Origine と同行
０４／２００４ ナミビア:ホバス、ノウクルフト、ワルビスベイ、スワコプムンド、ウインドフック
ヴィクトリアフォ−ルズ、喜望峰
１０／２００４ リビア、サブラタ、レテイスマグナ、ナムス、東南砂漠一帯
* Visage du Sud, Tagoulmoust Aventure
、La Terre d'Origine は 砂漠を各自の４ＷＤで参加する１０人程度のツァ−を
企画するフランス
の旅行会社です。 興味のある方は下記へ問い合わせるか、私へメ−ルをお送り下さい。
La Terre d'Origine: raidsahara@free.fr
It was 10 years ago that I made my first trip toTunisia, without, at that time, having a specific purpose. But as soon as I saw the sunset over the shifting dunes and felt the silence of the desert in Tozeur, I hooked, fascinated by the Sahara's mysterious beauty.
My intersts in Arabic culture and religion grew. I toured Morocco, Egypt, Mauritania and Libya and met the people who travel the Sahara. I saw that their nomadic way of life had given them a deep understanding of isolation. I understood what American author, Paul Bowles, had meant when ｈｅ ｄｅｓcribed the " baptism of solitude" he experienced in his stay in the desert and I empathised with that feeling. How was it I kept coming back to the Sahara and not to other seas of sand ?
The Sahara desert had impressed itself indelibly upon my mind, as did the resonating sound of morning and evening prayers from the minarats in the desert towns. I imagined caravans crossing the Sahara, following the preperous trade routes. I feel a great peace of mind when I'm in the Sahara and whenver I think of it.
Since my childhood, I've been interested in painting pictures with watercolors and oils. Whenever I take a picture, I imagine a painting through the lens. It's like working with pastels. The pastels of the desert always change with the sunlight and the feminine forms of the dunes alter shape with the wind. I discovered the pleasure of photography in the beautiful dunes in the Sahara;a world without greenery, noise or pretension.
11/1995 Tunisia: Tunis,Carthage,Tozeur
12/1996 Morocco: Marrakech, Casablanca, Fes, El-Rachidia,Merzouga
02/1997 Morocco: Casablanca,Fes,Rissani,Merzouga,
02/1998 U.A.E.: Dubai,Fujaira,Korkafan,Al-Ain
01/2000 Egypt: Cairo,Bahariya Oasis, Farafra Oasis,Suez
09/2000 Mauritania: Nouakchott, Nouadhibopu, Banc
d'arguin National Park
03/2001 Tuhnisia,Libya: Ghadames,Sebha,Fezzan, Akakus *with "Visage du Sud "
01/2002 Tunisia: Gamerthe,Tozeur,Douze,Bizert
03/2002 Tunisia,Libya: Gabes,Sebha,Mourzouk,Oubari,Nabour
*with " Tagoulmoust Aventure "
10/2002 Mali: Bamako,Mopti,Dogon country
03/2003 Algeria: El Oued, Djanet, Tamanrasset, * with " La Terre d'Origine "
04/2004 Namibia: Hobas, Fish River Canyon, Naukluftkluft,
Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Windhoek
Victoria Falls, Cape of Good Hope
10/2004 Libya: Toripoli, Sabratha, LeptisMagna, Namus...
* " Visage du Sud ", " Tagoulmoust Aventure " , "
La Terre d'Origine "are the travel Agency for the Sahara desert.
La Terre d'Origine: raidsahara@free.fr
Tagoulmoust Aventure: www.tagoulmoust.com
