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the 30 of April, 2023

Tastes of the night – colors of the heat

 Traditional night and food market in Yangon. Delicious meals and shopping included. When the sun goes down, numerous streets in the Burmese metropolis turn into eating miles. A smorgasbord of stalls...
14. March 2023

The island

 On the Canary Island of La Gomera in the 1990s. When the then rapid development of the (easy) tourism in La Gomera is a danger that the people on the...
January 3, 2023

Water money

 On the way on a waterway in the Emirates. In Dubai Creek, the cargo boats are bobbing along at the jetty in the Deira district. The Dubai Creek separates the two districts of Bur Dubai...
October 11, 2022

The Murmur of the South Terrace

 From Yangon and other parts of the country of Myanmar pilgrimages to the Myat Shin Maw Pagoda on the southern tip of the Dawei peninsula. A Buddhist temple that was built on a steep slope, various...
July 8, 2022

Melodies in the evening air

 Currently, Die Fantastischen Vier are currently playing their cancelled concerts in Germany due to the pandemic. We still have tickets, but unfortunately we can't be there this time, so a little memory from 2015...
June 28, 2022

Freedom and the elephant

 When one of our hikes on the island of Koh Chang our way to an elephant-riding rental ran past and unfortunately confirmed my prejudices. The animals were all fixed on heavy chains...
April 10, 2022

The dark cold Nights

 An uncomfortable night in the provincial capital Kunduz. Ice-cold and wet wind whips through the streets of Kunduz this evening, it is a very uncomfortable November evening. Defying the circumstances...
February 16, 2022

Cold Fish

 A day in Istanbul at a fish bazaar. During a short stopover in the Turkish metropolis, it turned out that I strolled through a food market. Here in the north you would...
August 16, 2021

Quiet times in Kabul

 Memory of the TV Hill above the capital of Afghanistan. Actually, it is not possible for most people to climb the Koh-e-Asamayi, the highest mountain in Kabul. On the...
July 29, 2021

Disappeared

 The story of the beloved and hated City-Hof in Hamburg. Directly at the intersection of Deichtorplatz and Steintorwall stood the city skyscrapers. When the skyscrapers were inaugurated in 1958, they were considered harbingers of the...
February 25, 2021

Quiet barking of dogs and the chirping of cicadas

 Walk through the quiet Phongsaly, somewhere in the north of Laos. In the village of Phongsaly – just before the Chinese border: The small town is characterized by the village ambience with many...
February 6, 2021

When the rain hits the River

 Of a cyclone that did not allow anything, that cost human lives and flooded Myanmar's north. We left early, the start of the route from Mandalay to Monywa was wonderful...
December 20, 2020

The Realm of Turtles

 Ras al Jinz or Turtle Beach: In 1996, a nature reserve for sea turtles was established. Since 2008 there has been a visitor centre with a museum, which also offers nightly tours to the beach.