A trip to the shores of the Aral Sea
The water is shallow, and the ground covered with soft mud. Wading through it, we sink into the sea bed …
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Reminders of the Slave trade: The House of Slaves on the Île de Gorée in Senegal and Woold House in Agbodrafo/ Togo
A tall black man in a fluttering white garment is folding his hands in prayer, then sweeping them over his …
The United Nations Cemetery– a look back at the Korean war
“Please, visit the chapel”. The caretaker ushers us into a small building near the entrance of the United Nations Cemetery …
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Visit Gunkanjima (Hajima) – a James Bond location
The Japanese word Gunkanjima means “Battleship Island”. And indeed a lookout seems to be rising over the bridge of an …
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The Cold War surveillance station at the Teufelsberg in Berlin
„The historical guided tour for the cold war surveillance station Teufelsberg will start at approximately 1 pm sharp“, roars the …
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Sightseeing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima
This year, Natascha went out to find the place where the world’s first atomic bomb (except for the test bomb) …
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Tourists turning tunnel rats at the Cu Chi Tunnels
Our guide Thong points to the ground, which is covered with grass and leaves: „That’s the entrance to one of …
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A visit to the concentration camps of Majdanek and Auschwitz-Birkenau
Trolleybus No 156 runs directly from the city centre to Majdanek on the outskirts of Lublin. Unlike other Nazi camps, Majdanek …
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