Tag Archives: Titicaca

The Day I Lost Everything I Owned

Posted on 2020-06-19 by

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 →

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New Business Cards

Posted on 2018-04-22 by

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 , , , , , | 23 Comments

Coca Cola is everywhere

Posted on 2017-04-02 by

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 , , , , , , | 21 Comments

Waiting for the Boat

Posted on 2017-03-10 by

Photographed on Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca.

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The comforting dog

Posted on 2017-02-04 by

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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Old couples can be romantic too.

Posted on 2017-01-31 by

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

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Bay of Sheep

Posted on 2017-01-01 by

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.

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Bolivia misses the Sea

Posted on 2016-12-15 by

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 cry. In Bolivia, you praise … Continue reading →

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Where God takes Cash

Posted on 2016-08-18 by

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 , , , , | 21 Comments

Indiana Jones is back

Posted on 2016-08-18 by

He was spotted on the island of Taquile in Lake Titicaca in Peru.

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