A camel ride with the Wadi Rum bedouins
Helwan is foaming at the mouth. Literally. Sometimes he blows impressive pink chewing gum-like bubbles, but without the strawberry taste. …
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Naoshima – an art island in Japan’s Inland Sea
A path leads up through a wooden gate and past some tiny weathered stone shrines. The Hachimangu Shrine is a …
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Bears and other animals in the amazing Shiretoko National Park
“You will need long rubber boots for the walk to Lake Rausu: it’s quite muddy there. Also it would be …
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Marimo moss balls – extraordinary plants in Hokkaido’s clear lakes
They look like toys. Some of them have the size of a fuzzy football, but most are smaller, and all …
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Eating out vegan in Berlin: “Let it Be” – Try it out!
Even for a vegan restaurant not a perfect choice of name, but we would visit again, and there were apparently …
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Solomon’s throne in Osh – a spiritual mountain
In front of the chapel of Babur stands a shady tree. Most visitors sit down on the low walls in …
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The German Ministry of Finance – architecture for big bureaucracy
On a lovely Sunday afternoon in August, the federal ministries of the German capital of Berlin held their annual open …
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The Masjed-e Jāme’ – the Great Mosque of Isfahan
The large halls with dozens of brick domes are empty and quiet. Light only filters in through the open skylights …
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Kunya Urgench – the most beautiful dome in Central Asia
The interior of the cupola is covered in colourful tiles that form a complicated net of stars and geometrical figures. …
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Strolling through the gardens of Persia
The old Persian word for garden is „Paradaidha.“ There must be a reason so many languages have adopted that word …
