"Paris-Texas; French in the US!" XenoHumph's Profile

Smile & the world will smile back to you! Gator TX

Thanks for having a look at my webpage! Carpe Diem

This website was started initialy to provide tips on Houston (Texas, USA) where I live. But now, I got hooked to Virtual Tourist, so I started other pages... I try mainly to create pages on places that have not or little been described in VT, at least when I started them; for example Big Bend National Park in Texas (USA), the Palouse area (Northwest USA), Kamtchatka (Eastern Russia), Cévennes and Quercy (France), and the Pilbara (North Western Australia). I sometimes try to have funny pages such as my Paris, San Francisco or Luling ones. I have a few pages that are family related such as Salaise-Sur-Sanne (France) and Nivelles (Belgium). For the rest, I loved these places so much that I still wanted to share my experience with you! Finally a very important part of Virtual Tourist for me is to be able to show my pictures because photography is my hobby.
When I go to other VT members pages I look for good tips on hotels and restaurants mainly, but I also enjoy particularly good photography and funny pages.

Texas, USA

My Houston page is of course the most extensive Texan one and I update it regularly.
Check my Huntsville VT page for pictures of an authentic rodeo!
I finally finished my page on Big Bend National Park, a little known huge US park showing the gorgeous and remote Western Texas desert. If you are driving from the East to Big Bend, do not miss on the way the little Seminole State Park with amazing petroglyphs.
A funny little page on an oil town that decorated their oil wells, Luling.
This is a link to my external webpage about Texas.

USA
No, Texas is not the only state I have been to in the States! I even have a little page on San Francisco. Visit it only if you like sea lions as much as I do... And also, I have
Moab, Utah if you are interested in beautiful desert of red sandstone.
The Palouse area for impressive rolling hills and authentic quaint old-style countryside life in the US.
A few pictures of the beautiful Oregon coast.
And a restaurant must stop in Trinidad, Colorado.

France

Parisian angles, France

I am French so I go back regularly to visit. Here are a few highlights:
Salaise-Sur-Sanne where my parents live.
Parc des Cévennes, a beautiful and remote region of Southern France I just love!
Quercy, a glorious part of Southwest France very rich in history (I have only pictures at this point, sorry!).
And of course, a page dedicated to all the places called "Paris" in the world!!

To see more pictures of France go to my external pages:
Salaise sur Sanne,
Lyon,
Paris.

Iceland

Old Farm in Iceland (Glaumbaer)

This website also contains links to pictures I took in Iceland... as well as a few Iceland VT tips for those who have the brilliant idea to go there (in Iceland, not to my page!)!! Be indulgent, this is one of my first Virtual Tourist page...

Kamchatka

Sunset in Kamchatka, Russia

Although my trip to Eastern Siberia dates back to 1995, I decided to build a VT page on Kamchatka anyway as there is not too much on this region in VT.

Australia

Galah bird, Karratha, Western Australia

My latest trip was in Australia where I went to the States of Victoria and Western Australia (Pilbara). I have not had much time building my Australian pages, but I'll try! I loved Australia, its landscapes, fauna and flora are extraordinary, and Australians very friendly.

Yunnan, China

Three Pagodas, Dali, Yunnan, China

One of my most exotic trip was in Southern China, in the province of Yunnan which is actually not very Chinese culturally...

Martinique, Caribbean

Hibiscus flower, Martinique

The latest page is on Martinique, a lovely French island in the lesser Caribbean.
(The page is still in construction!)

Antarctica

Camping in Antarctica (4 dots in middle are tents)

My latest adventure was an expedition in Antarctica in December 2011 - January 2012. Please check my Antarctica page if you want to know how the interior of the 7th continent looks and feels like!

BTW, I took all the pictures in this website
Well, except my mugshot up there... That's from the Seal Conservation Society .

Intro Updated Jan 15, 2013
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heydelin Yesterday

Thanks for visiting my page! Love the Kamchatka pic! :) Haydee
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Ekahau Apr 6, 2013 at 1:02 PM

thanks for your visit to Romania love your update to Meteorites in Antarctica
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  XenoHumph Apr 6, 2013 at 1:07 PM
  
  Thanks for visiting my Antarctica page! I am still in awe of how many countries and very remote and odd places you have visited!!
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  Ekahau Apr 6, 2013 at 1:21 PM
  
  thanks in Singapore today the first time back in 13 years I am amazed at how it has changed but this morning up early going for Roti.
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Nemorino Mar 1, 2013 at 3:26 PM

Thanks for your visit to my Bad Homburg page. I live not far from the Hölderlin Path, so I could go to Bad Homburg very often if I wanted to.
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GentleSpirit Feb 27, 2013 at 6:29 PM

Thank you so much for visiting my Argentina pages. Most incredible coincidence, I am planning a trip to France in autumn and was going to look for more information on Cevannes Park. Amazing.
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leigh767 Feb 18, 2013 at 8:02 AM

Hiya! Glad that you enjoyed my Antarctica page. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment and browse through. will definitely have to revisit your pages, especially since your Antarctica trip looks so unusual!
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iblatt Feb 16, 2013 at 9:26 AM

Thanks for visiting my Kfar Vitkin Winery page (how did you get to this relatively obscure page?..).
I see that we have both visited Iceland and also Yunnan! Kamchatka remains one of my dream destinations.
Best regards from Israel, Ilan
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Regina1965 Feb 9, 2013 at 1:13 PM

Thanks for visiting my Mývatn page, it is one of the most interesting areas in Iceland. Will have a look at your Iceland pages :)
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Tugboatguy Feb 5, 2013 at 2:12 PM

Thank you for your welcome comments and ratings on my Santa Paula pages! The flooding situation has long been resolved and the mountain fires haven't quite invaded the town, yet! The Ventura County Fire Dept. Public Relations guy lives in Santa Paula, so all is covered well there.
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mtncorg Jan 25, 2013 at 3:21 PM

Glad you liked my comments regarding Skye - didn't take any corgis there but my latest corgi's name is Cuillin. He has red and black - just like the Red and the Black Cuillin - and the white signifies the awful weather! The Danube was blue and the haggis was fine. Greetings to you down there in Tejas!
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Nemorino Sep 25, 2012 at 1:11 PM

Thanks for your ratings and nice comment on my Paris page. I’m glad you liked the Table of Contents.