The Geisha in the coffee fields: Coffee in Boquete
“Geisha Coffee? I wish I had some,” Olga sighs, “but people buy it like mad!” From Olga’s Café we move …
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Central America, so far – Costa Rica and El Salvador
“Check-in 4:30 am,” the clerk tells us with an innocent smile. We decide nonetheless against the ghastly overpriced dorm beds …
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In the jungles of Guatemala (City)
“I must not look down! I must not look down!” An older American lady in shorts and polo-shirt gropes for …
Visiting the Ruta Puuc – and detecting differences in Mexico
To make creative use of the involuntary waiting time, Isa starts doing push-ups on the crossing. The second car in …
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The day of the dead – Dia de los Muertos in San Cristobal
“My chocolate skulls are also popular. They are made with tamarind and almonds!” the market vendor points out to us. …
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Hiking with Zapotecs in the cloud forests of the Sierra Norte
“Seat numbers 19 and 20, departure time 8:30,” the friendly clerk at the Flecha de Zempoaltepetl bus company tells us. …
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Grisly Mexican Gods from Aztec to Catholicism
The prisoners are led by a priest through a cheering crowd of commoners towards the towering, 40 m high pyramid. …
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Look at Camera: The United States Immigration
“The computer tells me that I need one more travel document from you.” Sandra Gebhard-Fitzgerald stares at the screen and …
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Lovers in Verona
“There are such wonderful cool hills and green meadows in my home country!” Aida entices her lover Radames. Poor Aida. …
Reinhold Messner vs Count Trauttmansdorff in South Tyrol
„Have you seen everything?” the elderly man in braces staffing the cashier and book stall at the Messner Mountain Museum …
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