Category Archives: Abkhazia

“Sovietistan” and “The Border” by Erika Fatland

Posted on 2021-01-15 by Andreas Moser

Hier gibt es diese Rezension auf Deutsch. Do you also have so many travel guides at home for countries you never made it to? I still got a Lonely Planet guidebook for Central Asia, which I bought in 2007. Apparently, … Continue reading →

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Wait, when was World War II again?

Posted on 2020-05-04 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. A strange questions, it seems, especially coming from someone studying history. But the more you travel in the post-Soviet world, i.e. in the countries that became independent after the end of the Soviet Union, the … Continue reading →

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New Business Cards

Posted on 2018-04-22 by Andreas Moser

It’s so easy to tell a professional from a non-professional. The former have business cards. After my first set of photo cards was exhausted – and because I have a new phone number and new URLs for my blogs – … Continue reading →

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My Travel Year 2017 in Photos

Posted on 2018-03-17 by Andreas Moser

In 2017, I actually got around quite a bit. So much that my passport fell apart. But instead of souvenirs, I only brought back dozens of notebooks, filled with stories to be told, and a few photos to accompany them. … Continue reading →

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How dangerous is Abkhazia?

Posted on 2017-07-24 by Andreas Moser

Those were the reactions when I announced my plan to travel to Abkhazia: “Oh, isn’t that dangerous?” (seventeen times) “Be careful, it’s very dangerous there!” (eight times) “But what would you want to do there?” (five times) “You have to … Continue reading →

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Poetry Slam (6) Bear

Posted on 2017-07-21 by Andreas Moser

It was my last bottle. But when you meet a bear, you share. He drank it full throttle. (Photographed in Novy Afon, Abkhazia. – But it’s nicer to meet bears who live in freedom.)

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