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It's
quite difficult to leave Asia after only 23
days. But this is only the first trip on the
long way of the Car@van.
This morning, the Team left the Muslim
island of Lombok to go back to Bali. We have
to realize your vote. In this way, after 2
hours on a 'Sea Cat', we embark on a small
boat made of wood, to find the tortoises.
Nyoman, a fisherman, brings us in a small
center in the Nusa Dua peninsula. It's a kind
of touristy hospital used to protect marina
tortoises. Here, they can reproduce, and be
cured with the tourists money. We spend some
time with the fascinating prehistoric animals,
but we're not completely satisfied. Here, the
tortoises are not leaving in their natural
environment and we can't swim with them.
Meeting of the Team. We take the decision to
realize the second choice of the voting form,
Mission N°9: find a snake, kill eat and eat
it.
As the Team goes for looking for a snake,
Aleko doesn't follow, for ethical reasons:
"I wouldn't kill an animal for an
internet purpose".
We go in the King Cobra Palace, a kind of
store where are sold products made with snake,
from medicine to meat. In the backyard, we
find a cobras and pythons breeding. We opt for
the Cobra. On shot on the head and the
reptile's blood is poured in three Chinese porcelain
cups . Vale, Theo and Maya drink the sacred
liquid of the reptile with '7 lives'. Marco
doesn't drink, pretending he has to hold the
camera. But he will have some meat later.
Last mission in Asia accomplished twice.
Tonight, we'll leave the 13 000 islands
country. See you tomorrow in Australia.
Look
the videos.
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White
sands, rice fields, cities of art.
But also security threats and
mafia struggles for the control of
beaches. Here are the two faces of
Indonesian islands.
South Asia is rich of
traditions, music, dances,
traditional masks, art of massage,
paintings and sculptures,
temples... Bali and Lombok still
remain fascinating, but changed a
lot since the 'hippie' era. Today
the biggest air companies land
here, Kuta suffered probably the
most of tourism. In April 2000,
the struggle for controlling the
'business of beaches' provoked a
little war between Hindus and
Muslims... a sign of bad-being yet
unknown in Bali ?
We only hope that mass tourism
won't go further, in order to
preserve the mysteries and wonders
of this part of the world.
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MAYA:
I'd stay for hours looking at the
men and women working in the rice
fields. This confirms my idea of
Asia: a constant, deep and
obstinate energy. So different
from me and so fascinating.
VALE:
Asia of colors, rituals, perfumes
and flavors... I wouldn't get
weary of discovering the offers
and the simplicity of the people,
thanking their God every day.
THEO:
I often traveled in Asia, but I
didn't understand it completely...
and I think I'll never manage it.
But what I appreciate the most are
the long silences and the artistic
elegancy.
MARCO:
I'd like to use this little space
to thank Mun, a small man who
lives since ever on a little
island... too little for him! Ciao
Mundra !
ALEKO:
I only regret I didn't discover
these island in the last
century... That must have been
great !
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In Asia,
the Car@van could feel the wind of
'globalization': the TV programs
look like the American ones, and
the local stars like the
occidental ones. The poorest
countries exportations depend more
on the US Dollar rates (Soros, the
financial guru, predicted a Yen
crisis).
Globalization has multiple
aspects, some are positive like
communications, others negative
like standardization. We believe
that Man's patrimony resides in
diversity and respect of the
cultural and social systems.
And what is the new status
symbol? The high-tech man. As we
show the Nomad technology - cell
phone, PC, digital camera - people
are very demanding.
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We take
off tonight from Denpasar at 00.40
am, to Darwin, Australia.
In two hours, we will pass from
the Yellow Continent to the Red
Continent... hard to describe !
See U tomorrow, the Team :)
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