Projet ECOTRIP
EH oui parfois la chance nous souris et alors nous la prenons aux dépend de tout ce que this may cause.
biologist, environmentalist and conservationist, I decided after a trip to Turkey in March 2006 (Total eclipse in Side, Antalya on 29/03/2006) never to use the aircraft as a means of transportation.
Another good reason to take an extended leave me tell recalcitrant! No, just a gesture for the environment and in reaction to mass tourism.
It is from the observation made also in 2000 in Varadero, Cuba (temple tourism in the week that was razed one of the most beautiful natural reserves) in 2002 and in Bali, Indonesia (where farmers are facing problems with water availability due to the development of resorts), I made that decision.
Mass tourism creates many problems and not just in environmental terms (emission, airport transportation, drinking water, wastewater, acculturation, and displacement of populations from rural to tourist resorts, prostitution and pimping).
I have not made a direct solution but I no longer wish to contribute to this escalation, particularly those related to rates of travel agencies and airlines.
Wishing to discover the continent South American taking my time and with a desire to promote the fair tourism I plan my trip starting in the boat crossed the Atlantic stop! STEP 1
looking for boarding for October 2006.
Following an overwhelmingly positive experience between Senegal and Cape Verde in 2004 and I made the round trip on two different boats, I am aware of opportunities for teammates to pick up for stays longer or longer on any type of sailboat.
I surf so one afternoon and I left some messages on sites involving Related sailors and skippers seeking crew teammates seeking captains.
A month later I get an email from Vincent Mouny, proud owner of L'Acalèphe, pretty little aluminum hull 14 meters long and 4.50 wide. Excited and not knowing anything definite yet, I'm going to meet Vincent Cogolin to see if the "feeling" we could agree. In addition to a friendly feeling shared around a small flat board of Acalèphe, the conditions of departure for the moment seems to suit this new team. Daphne TOURNEUX also present that day and who has been expressing long dream of such a venture seems to be seduced and perhaps travel.
Step 2: The search for contacts
