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Happy Easter!
Zur deutschen Fassung der frohen Osterbotschaft. My recent article about South America contained a passage that was critical of religion. Some of my religious readers may have thought: “Well, that’s the atheist exaggerating again.” But in no way and never … Continue reading
Posted in Bolivia, Photography, Religion, Travel, Video Blog
Tagged christianity, Easter, La Paz
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Random Thoughts (7)
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
Posted in Books, Cinema, Economics, Germany, Politics, Religion, Technology, Terrorism, Travel, USA, Venezuela
Tagged Berlin, boobs, Comical Ali, Donald Trump, Erasmus, hunger, Iraq, Iraq war, Media, poverty, Putin, Sean Spicer, Soviet Union, Stasi, Terrorism, university
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Random Thoughts (6)
If you read the comments below this article, you get a taste of what’s wrong with Peru. I have never encountered a country that is so bad at dealing with criticism. After my article on Bolivia and the sea, many people … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cinema, Cold War, Cuba, Food, History, Law, Peru, Politics, Religion, USA
Tagged christianity, christmas, Cinema, copyright law, Donald Trump, Thirteen Days
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South-Pacific Idyll with a War Ship
During my visit on Easter Island, the island was protected by the French frigate Prairial. This meant not only that drug smugglers stayed away for that week (the Prairial had just captured 680 kg of cocaine), but it also provided particularly idyllic views.
First thoughts on the election of Donald Trump
As has become customary on election nights, I have been twittering my initial thoughts all night. Here is a selection of those tweets and some additional comments. Saddest picture of this election so far: people in line staring at their … Continue reading
Random Thoughts (1)
Every day, my head, my notebooks and pieces of paper all over my apartment rapidly fill up with ideas about articles, comments on current affairs and links to other interesting stuff which I want to turn into stories. Some time. But … Continue reading
Posted in Chile, Easter Island, Germany, Life, Military, Music, Peru, Philosophy, Politics, Technology, Terrorism, Time, Travel, USA
Tagged Donald Trump, Dvorak, Game of Thrones, Iraq, ISIS, Mosul, Terrorism
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How far can you get by train?
Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. One of my readers wrote that he had been wondering how far he could get if he took his local commuter train and continued traveling with no other means of transport than the railway. As a train enthusiast, … Continue reading
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
Hier geht es zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. Hidden in the labyrinth of the Old City of Jerusalem, it looks rather unimpressive from the outside. You could almost walk past the church that was built over the spot of Jesus’ crucifixion … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Photography, Religion, Travel
Tagged christianity, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jesus Christ
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Brazil is becoming more affordable
You know that a country is going through an economic crisis when your friends from Brazil don’t begin their days by posting photos of their morning coffee, but by commenting on the exchange rate between the Brazilian real and the US … Continue reading
My Trip to Palmyra
So now ISIS have also captured Palmyra, the antique oasis town in the Syrian desert. Another cultural heritage faces destruction. The world community will be more agitated by this than by the civilians killed in Syria every day. Old stones arouse … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 