Category Archives: Travel

Video: Travel Advice

Posted on 2017-02-11 by Andreas Moser

It’s really not that complicated:

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How to keep the Jehovah’s Witnesses at bay

Posted on 2017-02-06 by Andreas Moser

Remembering in how many countries the Jehovah’s Witnesses have already visited me at home could almost make me paranoid: in Germany, England, Malta, Lithuania, Italy, Romania, Bolivia and Peru. In Sicily and in Romania they showed up within days after me moving in, … Continue reading →

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Who made the first infographic?

Posted on 2017-02-05 by Andreas Moser

Reading about Alexander von Humboldt’s scientific voyage in South America, I stumbled upon his Naturgemälde (“painting of nature”) which he drew after almost conquering the summit of Chimborazo in Ecuador in 1802. It shows a cross section of Chimborazo, arguably the highest mountain in … Continue reading →

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How not to get robbed in South America

Posted on 2017-02-04 by Andreas Moser

“If you are going to be pick-pocketed or mugged in Brazil, Salvador is likely to be the place,” says the Lonely Planet guide on South America. “Don’t take anything with you when you walk around Salvador. No watch, no expensive … Continue reading →

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The comforting dog

Posted on 2017-02-04 by Andreas Moser

Usually, I don’t like dogs. If the dogs aren’t extremely stupid, they notice that and leave me alone. But when I was stranded in Copacabana during my move from Bolivia to Peru, and when I thought that I had lost all … Continue reading →

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Mixed Signals

Posted on 2017-02-02 by Andreas Moser

When you adorn your house with $-signs, but put up a note that it’s not for sale. Photographed in Avenida 6 de Agosto in La Paz, Bolivia.

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Delinquent Debtors

Posted on 2017-02-01 by Andreas Moser

This wouldn’t fly in Germany because someone would scream “violation of privacy” and lawsuits would ensue, but in Bolivia and in Romania, there are lists in the entrance hall of apartment complexes showing the tenants’ names and what they respectively owe … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts (7)

Posted on 2017-01-31 by Andreas Moser

Don’t blame me for looking at your ( . )( . ) when you wear sunglasses and I can’t look at your eyes. In Venezuela, the richest country in South America between the 1950s and the 1980s, and still the … Continue reading →

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Copyright law in Bolivia

Posted on 2017-01-31 by Andreas Moser

Bolivia must have negotiated the best intellectual property treaties of any country in the world (only Iran comes close, but that country is not a party to the Berne Convention). Respect to the hot-shot lawyers who did that! In Bolivia, you … Continue reading →

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Old couples can be romantic too.

Posted on 2017-01-31 by Andreas Moser

Photographed in Copacabana on the shore of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia.

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