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My hike through the Valle del Cocora in the middle of Colombia’s coffee highlands was particularly impressive. The reason is the tallest palm tree in the world growing there: the Quindio wax palm, Colombia’s national tree. Like so many natural beauties, this one is threatened …
The hiking trail from Katharinaberg to the Giggelberg inn takes you along ancient farms built on remarkable steep slopes on the mountainside. Until the early 80s, the farms were only accessible on foot, then some of them were equipped with private mini-cable cars, which immensely …
On Easter Sunday, Judas dolls are traditionally blown up in San Miguel de Allende. A dozen or so papier-mâché figures, now representing real-life “traitors” from recent history, first dangle above the assembled crowd in the town’s main square before being detonated one by one. When …
Less than a month after the Great Ethiopian Run, Addis Ababa’s national 10K race, the city’s running fanatics are already training again in Meskel Square. That’s probably where they come from: the top Ethiopian athletes I admire every year at the Berlin Marathon. I couldn’t …
In the morning at seven, the monks of Thaton come to get fed. For the donor of the food, it is an honor to give out the food for free to the begging monks. This honor by giving to other fellow human beings is an …
As soon as dusk begins, millions of bats stream out of the caves of Gunung Mulu National Park. One afternoon, I walked to a spot in the middle of the dense rainforest from which to observe the incredible spectacle. As I watched the elaborate swarms, …
While I strolled on the peers of Caleta Tortel, time seemed to stand still. Here there were neither roads nor concrete or WLAN, instead the meditative view of a greenish-white shining fjord. I was able to completely switch off during those days and concentrate exclusively …