Get to know the world - and yourself along the way!
The further north you drive up the Brazilian coast, the more uninhabited and wild it becomes. After meeting my friend Mirko from Berlin in Fortaleza, we traveled to the remote beach town of Jericoacoara, which lies in the center of an extensive dune area and …
On the Peruvian island of Taquile in the middle of beautiful Lake Titicaca, time seems to stand still. No hotels, no police, a healthy age structure and largely self-sewn clothing. The Spanish colonists however, tried hard to change the islanders’ traditional way of life, but …
The Annapurna Circuit is a hiking trail that winds around the Annapurna massif in the Nepalese Himalayas, taking about eighteen days to complete. The special thing about the hike for me was that almost every night is spent in a small, remote village, making the …
The black-and-white colobuses are, in my opinion, not the most charming monkeys in Uganda, but I find them extremely fascinating. This is mainly due to their gazes, with which they look into the void under their prominent foreheads, giving the impression of being lost in …
The pilgrim cities along the north Indian river Ganges are a sought-after destination for devout Hindus. Flocking from all over the country, they come primarily for the ritual bath. When I explored the Ganges by boat in Varanasi, the shore was densely populated with people …
From the start of my year-long trip through Asia, I mutated into a passionate early riser. After I had woken up my first morning around ten o’clock, jet-lagged, on the island of Bali with the tropical heat almost knocking me back into bed, I decided …
The Circuito Dientes de Navarino is a hiking route that allows you to roam for five days through the deepest wilderness in southern Tierra del Fuego. The starting point, Puerto Williams, is the southernmost settlement on earth, after which there are only mountains, lakes and …
The central market of Sibu in Malaysian Borneo is extremely worth seeing, not only due to the postmodern catastrophe housing it, but also the enormous variety of regional products that can be marveled at. As is so often the case with Asian markets, Europeans can …