Get to know the world - and yourself along the way!
In the Chilean village of Villa O’Higgins, located at the end of the Carretera Austral in Patagonia, there is no post office, no ATM, and virtually no cultural offerings. Those who land here as tourists either go hiking in the picture-perfect surroundings or recuperate from …
Starting in the north of Thailand, the Mekong flows as a border river along and then through Laos onto Cambodia ending in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam. I travelled for several weeks along this magical river. Whenever the opportunity arose, I sat down on …
After eight months of travelling alone through the Asian continent, I met up with my boyfriend in Kathmandu. We took over a week to discover the treasures of the Kathmandu Valley. Patan, with it’s 2300 years of existence is the oldest city in the valley …
On my trip through Malawi, I was regularly impressed by the craftsmanship and creativity of the people. As soon as something breaks, they repair it themselves using the simplest of materials available. Their clothes, some of which are sewn in their own homes, often look …
Before my recent trip through Central America, I read all over the Internet that one should not under any circumstances travel through Nicaragua. The year before, hundreds of people had been killed in demonstrations against the policies of President Ortega, and the protest mood in …
In 1960, Brazil’s capital was moved from Rio de Janeiro to Brasília, a city that was one hundred percent built from scratch and was supposed to be a model of socially just urban planning. When I visited my Spanish friend Raquel, whose apartment was located …
On every corner In the Cambodian city of Siem Reap, people tell you not to miss the sunrise at Angkor Wat Temple. So I got on my rental bike around half past five and rode along a surprisingly empty forest road to the world-famous ruins. At the temple, …
In many countries around the world, I have encountered children who looked to me like adults in children’s bodies. Unlike their peers, they lack childlike curiosity, playfulness and joie de vivre. In the Peruvian city of Cusco, in front of a shoe store, I spotted …