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After being served coffee on the terrace by my hostess, I descended into the village for a first exploratory walk, filled with curiosity. On the beach, I was greeted warmly by young people who were just as curious as I was. With their western T-shirts …
In a remote fishing village on the Indonesian island of Lembata, the inhabitants have been subsisting on whaling for over 6 centuries. Prior to my trip through Asia, I read about the place and it’s people who are possibly the last to hunt marine mammals …
The more remote the area one travels, the simpler and often quite resourceful the solutions to everyday necessities that local people come up which seem to be. On the island of Lembata in southeastern Indonesia, I found improvised gas stations of a very particular nature. …
Going to a tapas bar at lunchtime in the Andalusian city of Granada is a beloved social activity. People meet with work colleagues, fellow students or friends to enjoy a few cañas (small beers) along with the small complimentary snacks during the warmest part of …
It was the first almost-seven-thousander I had seen in my life. Cerro Aconcagua is the highest mountain on earth outside of Asia, and I thought it kind of showed. As I approached the gigantic mountain massif, I heard from various travelers that the landscape had …
I was sitting at breakfast on the roof terrace of my hotel in Phnom Penh, biting into a fresh baguette spread with butter and jam, when a woman and a girl appeared on the balcony across the street. While the mother was engrossed in a …
From the oasis town of Jaisalmer in Rajastan, I drove with three other travelers and two guides to the nearby Thar Desert, where a group of camels awaited us far from any civilization. Without hesitation, I chose a camel as my means of transportation, which …
If you search the Internet for pictures of the small town of Kuta, which lies on the coast of the Indonesian island of Lombok, you will find dreamlike coral beaches with a turquoise sea. This is quite true, but only at high tide. At low …