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Category Archives: Travel
The Millionaire Translators of Montenegro
Zur deutschen Fassung dieser Geschichte. Tivat is different from the rest of Montenegro: more glitzy, more shiny, more expensive, more show-off. All the things I don’t like. I only go there regularly because I am trying to visit the Maritime … Continue reading
Posted in History, Language, Montenegro, Photography, Politics, Travel
Tagged business, Tivat, translation, Yugoslavia
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Pirates like Colors, too
Photographed in Marsaxlokk, a den of pirates in Malta.
Turn left at the Cat
In Montenegro, hiking trails are not only marked with colors (always red and white, but I am not sure if that means that all the trails are connected). In addition, wherever the path forks, cats are positioned whose job is … Continue reading
Holy Che
In Latin American shrines, the image of Jesus is sometimes replaced by an icon of Che Guevara. Catholicism and Socialism apparently can be reconciled. Photographed in a hostel in Villa Tunari in Bolivia.
Posted in Bolivia, Photography, Politics, Religion, Travel
Tagged Che Guevara, christianity, Evo Morales, Villa Tunari
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Winter Railroad
I had already written about the Romanian Railway’s ingenious way to air-condition its trains in the sweltering summer heat. It seems however that someone forgot to turn off the air-conditioning in winter, because this is how the train from Iași … Continue reading
Good evening from Kotor
I have already described one way for the people of Kotor to witness the sunset: to climb up Mount Vrmac, the mountain that stretches into the Bay of Kotor from the left in the first two photos. The other possibility … Continue reading
All paths lead to Lovćen
Photographed during the hike on Vrmac.
Video: A Chapel in the Mountains
Hiking in Montenegro, there is always something to discover, even deep in the mountains. But more often than not, the places have long been deserted. Did you notice how perfectly I synchronized the music to the action? On my first … Continue reading
Posted in Montenegro, Music, Photography, Travel, Video Blog
Tagged Kotor, smoking, Western
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“60 Degrees North” by Malachy Tallack
Good idea, good writing, but somehow lost me halfway on its way around the globe. Not that any particular idea is needed to set out and explore the world, but, as far as ideas go, circumventing the planet following the … Continue reading
Harley-Davidson is not what it used to be
Photographed in Funchal, Madeira.
The Happy Hermit 