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A four-day trek around the Huemul Massif in Los Glaciares National Park in southern Argentina brings experienced hikers right to the edge of the southern ice field. This huge mass of glaciers, once part of the glacial Patagonian Ice Sheet, now forms the largest continuous …
At a funeral of the Toraja on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, several buffaloes are traditionally sacrificed. The people of this tribe believe that the deceased person will be accompanied and protected by the buffalo souls during their passage into the afterlife. When I was …
Nowhere have I eaten so much exotic fruit as in Southeast Asia. On my long journey through that part of the world, it became a ritual for me, upon arriving in a new place, to first seek out a street stall or market where the …
One evening, I was walking along the beach of Stonetown with two young French world travelers when we struck up a conversation with a Tanzanian boat owner. We bought a six-pack of beer and spent the evening together on his sailboat lying on the shore …
The cultivation of seaweed (in Indonesian: Rumput Laut) is traditionally an important source of income on the small island of Nusa Lembongan, which is located in the south of Bali. Tourism has pushed that branch of the economy further and further back in recent decades. …
When I traveled through Peru for the first time fifteen years ago, I got gastroenteritis after having a freshly squeezed fruit juice at the market right at the beginning of the trip. After that, I didn’t think for a moment about trying one of the …
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 …