Get to know the world - and yourself along the way!
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 …
I encounter tourist magnets with mixed feelings. On the one hand, they have not without reason become the center of attraction for people from all continents and therefore usually possess something particularly worth seeing. On the other hand, they are often surrounded by characterless areas …
A walk through the streets of Buenos Aires can hardly be boring. The city is teeming with creative street artists from all over the world and excellent tango dancers showing off their talent for free. When I met these two artists on Calle Defensa in San Telmo, I …
After hitchhiking down 1350km along Carretera Austral through Chilean Patagonia, there was not a road from the small village of Villa o’Higgins leading further south into the country. The Campo de Hielo Sur, a huge expanse of glacial ice, made it impossible to continue by …
To experience Carnival in Brazil, I preferred to choose a more relaxed place than the strongholds of Rio, Salvador or Recife: Olinda. At first glance, the small colonial town seemed very peaceful to me. Already upon arrival however, at my Couchsurfing accommodation, this impression was …
At first glance, many of them seem cold, grumpy and unapproachable: the so-called cholitas, recognizable by their man’s hat, thin black braids and a broadly lined skirt. But anyone who has done any research knows full well that these women are in many ways the …
All morning I had hiked alone through Los Alerces National Park and had not encountered a single person there. Then, as I ate my empanadas at noon at Lago Menéndez, I felt an intense loneliness. In my melancholy mood, I gazed boldly at the majestic …
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 …