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Tag Archives: Titicaca
The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca
Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Berichts. Puno, a small town in Peru. Situated at 3827 meters above sea level. It’s rather chilly uo there. I go to bed with a jacket and go jogging in the morning to defrost. The people … Continue reading
The Day I Lost Everything I Owned
Zur deutschen Fassung dieser Geschichte. On my last day in Bolivia, I had bought a bus ticket from La Paz to Puno in Perú. When the bus made a stop for lunch in Copacabana and the driver said “the bus … Continue reading
New Business Cards
It’s so easy to tell a professional from a non-professional. The former have business cards. After my first set of photo cards was exhausted – and because I have a new phone number and new URLs for my blogs – … Continue reading
Posted in Abkhazia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Easter Island, Georgia, Photography, Travel
Tagged business, Chapada Diamantina, Cochabamba, Sukhumi, Tbilisi, Titicaca
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Coca Cola is everywhere
There are not many things that I am addicted to. I can go without cigars for months. Chocolate is a different issue. One week is the maximum, after that I get cranky. But after three days without cola (it doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Easter Island, Health, Photography, Religion, Travel
Tagged Atacama, cemetery, Chacaltaya, Copacabana, Isla del Sol, La Paz, Titicaca
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Waiting for the Boat
Photographed on Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca.
The comforting dog
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
Posted in Bolivia, Photography, Travel
Tagged animals, Copacabana, dogs, Titicaca, writing
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Old couples can be romantic too.
Photographed in Copacabana on the shore of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia.
Bay of Sheep
Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca has not only the famous Bay of Pigs, but also a secret Bay of Sheep. With a view like this, I bet the wool produced by these sheep is extra cozy.
Posted in Bolivia, Photography, Travel, Video Blog
Tagged animals, Isla del Sol, sheep, Titicaca
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Bolivia misses the Sea
Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. In every country in South America, there is one specific topic with which you can interrupt the logorrhea of even the most verbose person. In Brazil, mentioning the numbers 7-1 is enough to make people … Continue reading
Where God takes Cash
Whenever material things, money, worldliness, become the center of our lives, they take hold of us, they possess us; we lose our very identity as human beings. Pope Francis, 29 September 2013 This new line of the Catholic Church, breaking … Continue reading
Posted in Bolivia, Economics, Peru, Philosophy, Photography, Religion, Video Blog
Tagged business, christianity, church, Copacabana, Titicaca
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