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Category Archives: Travel
Video Blog: Final of Football World Cup 2014
Some people use their annual holiday for the Football World Cup. I only noticed that there even is a World Cup after planning my trip to Greece, Macedonia and Albania. I didn’t care, as long as it wouldn’t lead to … Continue reading
Posted in Albania, Cinema, Germany, Sports, Travel, Video Blog
Tagged football, Tirana, world cup
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My Donations to Public Libraries
My steadfast refusal to read e-books even in 2016 has two practical disadvantages: Each year, a few trees are felled just for the books I read. Whenever I stay at one place for a few months, I am gathering a … Continue reading
Video Blog: Unicorns
For thousands of years, mankind has been divided between those who believe in the existence of unicorns and those who don’t. Those who are convinced that unicorns are more than mere creatures of legend have been exposed to ridicule and … Continue reading
Monkeys are Humans too
Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. Recently there has been a renewed discussion about the nature of monkeys and apes and how we should view and treat them. I was reminded of this when I was at Machía Park in Villa Tunari … Continue reading
Posted in Bolivia, Philosophy, Photography, Travel, Video Blog
Tagged animals, monkeys, Villa Tunari
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Next trip: Tipnis National Park in Bolivia
My Bolivian housemate Henry is a computer and telecommunications expert who likes to watch football and drink beer. From time to time though, he says “let’s go into the wilderness” with the spontaneity of someone who wants to play a … Continue reading
The Armenian Genocide
In the Old City of Jerusalem, you know you are in the Armenian Quarter when you see these posters on many of the walls and rusty gates. I still remember my first visit to Jerusalem in 1992. When I spotted … Continue reading
Confusing the Sun and the Moon
As I went hiking to Lake Corani in Bolivia, I could be forgiven for confusing the sun, barely shining through threatening clouds like a spooky moon, on the one side, and the full moon on the other side, shining as bright as if … Continue reading
Posted in Bolivia, Photography, Travel
Tagged clouds, Corani, Kango, moon, mountains, sun
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While researching the story of a great Romanian adventurer, I found a great Romanian adventurer. But a different one.
When I moved to Romania, I knew that it had produced one of the greatest adventurer of all times. This is the story of how I was both wrong and right at the same time. (Scroll down to the 5th … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Argentina, Colombia, History, Iran, Romania, Russia, Travel
Tagged adventure, Couchsurfing, Dumitru Dan, hitchhiking, Statistics, Timotei Rad
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Dinner by Lake Titicaca
I only had – as always, for reasons of economy – a plate of quinoa soup and the Bolivian national drink Coca Cola, but the view was edifying enough. I had just returned from a hike to the uninhabited Kakayo Queña peninsula … Continue reading
Video Blog: Music in the Bolivian Mountains
Walking through the Valle de la Luna outside of La Paz, you not only encounter exceptional rock formations, but also flute players who are performing on one of those rocks, daringly and hopefully free from vertigo.
Posted in Bolivia, Music, Photography, Travel, Video Blog
Tagged La Paz, Valle de la Luna
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