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When walking through an unfamiliar village as a solo traveler, I am often uncomfortable at first. I get stared at, critically eyed and observed, or someone smells business and tries to sell me something. I feel like an vulnerable foreign body in the center of …
In the province of Yunnan, China can be experienced from its more traditional side. Many of its towns and villages are well preserved or have been rebuilt in the vernacular style, and the population is made up of numerous small ethnic minorities. When I visited …
At the border between Armenia and Turkey, on the Turkish side, there are the ruins of the former Armenian capital Ani, which are more than a thousand years old. A beautiful and at the same time very sad place, I found, because the Armenians are …
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 …
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 …
On Bali I began my one-year journey over water and land to Berlin. After a week of restless traveling around the island, I found a beach without hotel facilities, garbage and souvenir sellers just before the boat ride to Lombok. Apart from me, there was …