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Category Archives: Photography
You know you are in a hotel in Moldova, when …
… you can study electrical engineering in the corridors, the bed looks like from your grandmother’s house in the 1950s (cozy, but a bit short), and the doors between corridors are kept open by 2-liter bottles of beer. But to be fair, … Continue reading
Sunflowers
In Transnistria I went for a walk from the capital city Tiraspol to Kitskany to visit the monastery there. Along the river Dnestr, which is pretty much the border between Transnistria and Moldova, I walked on paths between the fields, most of the time … Continue reading
Waiting for the Boat
Photographed on Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca.
How to do Adventure – a Guide in 24 Steps
From my current base in La Paz in Bolivia, I wanted to climb Chacaltaya. It seemed like a relatively easy mountain above 5000 m, and thus a good opportunity to set a new altitude record without falling into crevasses and battling with yetis. In … Continue reading
Posted in Bolivia, Life, Philosophy, Photography, Time, Travel
Tagged adventure, Chacaltaya, climate change, Health, hiking, hitchhiking, La Paz, Milluni, mountains, nature, refugees
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The Azure Window is no more
I have written about the ferocious storms on Malta before, much stronger than any I have ever experienced in the Atlantic or the Pacific, and unimaginable to people who only visit the Mediterranean in summer. Today, a storm took away … Continue reading
Lunch with a View
It’s only a fast-food place in one of the stations of the urban cable car system in La Paz, but the view on Illimani is not bad. Yes, cable cars are part of the public transport system here.
The Secret Nuclear Program of the Catholic Church
As I stood on top of the Bastion of Saint Remy and looked down over Cagliari, my sharp eyes noticed something suspicious. Can you spot it? Yes, there is a nuclear reactor in the middle of the city. Cleverly hidden in and … Continue reading
Posted in Italy, Military, Photography, Sardinia, Technology, Travel
Tagged Cagliari, Catholic church
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Spring in the Bavarian Forest
My father sent this photo to keep me up to date about the change of seasons in Germany. It shows the creek Kleine Ohe near Waldhäuser in Bavaria. I have been trying to convince my father to travel with me … Continue reading
A Bus into the Past
Taking the bus in Transnistria, you are not only going from A to B, but also back to the 1950s or 1960s. With beautiful old curves and colors, for which you otherwise have to turn to Hitchcock films. And some Europeans … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Technology, Transnistria, Travel
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