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One morning I was sitting on the balcony of my Airbnb apartment with my novel and a cup of coffee when I suddenly heard a loud hammering. I looked up and promptly found the source of the noise: a small green woodpecker pecking at insects …
If you want to climb a six-thousand-meter high peak from La Paz, it is relatively simple, since the city already lies at an altitude of about four-thousand meters. In only two days I could therefore climb Huayna Potosí, the local mountain of La Paz. On …
The ancient town quarter of Yazd is a labyinth of alleys in which I got completely lost several times. There were hardly any points of orientation, because all the alleys were brimmed by high walls. The tall minarets of the magnificent Friday Mosque proved helpful. …
The whole morning I had kept a lookout for the Bengal tiger, while walking through the Himalayan foothills in the south of Nepal – however, I only got to see an imprint of its paw. At noon the rhinos at their daily river bath compensated …
In the small village of Lamalera on the remote island of Lembata, everything revolves around traditional whaling. Long before the fishermen take their sons to the high seas, they already begin to participate in the food gathering. During my evening walk, I saw the boys …
On the way to Glaciar Grey in Torres del Paine National Park, I encountered three extraordinary creatures. When I caught sight of them, they seemed to be shouting something at me with horrified expressions, their protruding eyes and open mouths. I was sure that Darwin …
The Fuego volcano near the Guatemalan city of Antigua is one of the most active in Central America. Its last major eruption in June 2018 killed 114 people. When I climbed the twin volcano Acatenango in spring 2019, Fuego was erupting every ten minutes, manifested …
What makes street scenes in India so incredibly photogenic? Sure, it’s the exoticism for one thing, but whenever I took the time to observe closely, I discovered the special details. Walking through Jodhpur, I saw four Indian creatures independently focused on pleasurable everyday activities: scratching …