🇨🇠The Captivating Alps and the cool Rain of Lake Geneva
I leave Arbois with a full stomach. Dark clouds are already announcing a tunderstorm in the mountains,-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
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A Backpacking Journey through Singapore & Philippines (2016)
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A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017)
A crazy Balkan road trip II - Bosnia & Croatia (2019)
A crazy Balkan road trip III - Bulgaria (2021)
A crazy Balkan road trip IV - Serbia (2021-2022)
A Great Caucasus Road Trip (2017)
A joyful Hike along Ireland's rugged Coast (2016)
A juvenile Backpacking Trip through South East Asia (2004)
A leisurely central South America Family Vantour (2025)
A Pilgrimage on Japan's Kumano Kodo (2019)
A Road Trip Exploration of Iceland (2014)
A South America Road Trip with a Toddler (2022)
A Sri Lanka Expedition with a Toddler (2024)
An amazing Road Trip through Azerbaijan (2025)
An Exploration of the wild East Africa (2024)
An Iran Backpacking Trip (2018)
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🇫🇷 France Offroad Love: With the tiger through Burgundy’s vineyards
After a café in Luxeuil-le-Bains I finally reach Burgundy. I come through many small villages and-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇫🇷 Arbois, Pasteur and the Flowers in the Sky
It's lunchtime and time to eat. I've been driving around Burgundy for a while and just left the lovely-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇫🇷 My Visit to Beaune, the Beauty of Burgundy
After a long day in Burgundy and Dijon, I pitch my tent in a clearing in the forest above the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇫🇷 Dijon and the chase for owls in the City of Mustard
There are old, medieval stories in which Burgundy plays a big role. The action also takes place there in-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇫🇷 The best Café-au-lait in Dreamy Franche-Comté
I leave my idyllic campsite by the lake early in the morning in search of a decent breakfast. The-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇫🇷 With the Tiger West to France’s East
I'm finally making my dream come true and starting a multi-day motorcycle trip. I live in the Black-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇾 The Divided Capital: Nicosia’s Turkish Part
For the whole time during my stay in Cyprus I wondered what it would be like on the Turkish side of-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇾 The divided Capital: Nicosia’s Greek Part
With the intercity bus from Paphos I reach Nicosia in the late afternoon. The terminal is located at-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇾 The Path of Blossoms: The Stunning Gorge of Avakas
If you come to Cyprus then you definitely have to hike the Avakas Gorge." That's what my friends Jacky-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇾 A Painting of Azure Sea and White Lime: Cyprus’ West Coast
Having already explored the city of Paphos and the mountains of Troodos by motorbike, it's time for-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇾 A Motorcycle Road Trip through the Troodos Mountains
My motorcycle rides through the mountains of Troodos continue. After a visit to the beautiful-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇾 Looking for NeoPhytos, the Recluse
I'm visiting my friends Jacky and Zsolt in Paphos and exploring the city. Zsolt lends me his small-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇾 The antique Expatriate Paradise of Paphos
From the port city of Larnaca at the eastern end of the Greek part of Cyprus, I take the intercity bus-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇾 Larnaca, the City with the Smell of Coffee and Sunscreen at Lazarus’ Tomb
Finally a trip alone again. It's only a few days trip to visit my friends in Paphos but I'm trying to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇹🇷 Help for Syrian Refugees in Turkey – The TIAFI Classes
The aid organization Avicenna Kultur- und Hilfswerk e.V. supports TIAFI in most areas, be it with money for the-->-->-->…
🇹🇷 The Refugee Center in Need – TIAFI After Covid
After three years full of crises caused by the wave of refugees from Syria, the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in-->-->-->…
🇹🇷 Izmir, The City of Exceptional Towers
Again with an intercity bus I come from Antalya to Izmir. I want to visit my friends from TIAFI-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇹🇷 My Sunrise with Cappadocia’s Hot Air Balloons
The day in the fairytale landscape of Cappadocia was a dream. It's late now. I'm getting ready. The-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇹🇷 My unusual View on Cappadocia’s Stunning Caves and Canyons
Having arrived in the dark, I haven't had a chance to eat anything yet. I find a café for breakfast,-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇹🇷 The Alleys of Göreme: My joyfull Stay in Fairyland
I take a night bus from my accommodation in Antalya to Cappadocia in central Anatolia. The journey takes-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇹🇷 My Solo Trip to Pamukkale, The Cutton Castle
Antalya's bus station resembles the terminal of a run-down spaceport. With a surprisingly comfortable-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇹🇷 Antalya in February: The Ultimate Winter Travel on Turkey’s Mediterranean…
Our epic South America trip is now over. From MedellÃn we flew to Istanbul via Bogota. There we meet-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 Finding Bliss in the Quaint Village of Guatapé
After our stay with the impressive view of the rock of Peñol, we go to Guatapé. Guatapé is a small,-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 A Spectacular View: The Beauty of Piedra de Peñol
We return to MedellÃn from the backpacker paradise of BahÃa Solano and, in addition to the former drug-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 Communa 13 and Pablo Escobar’s Heritage
We take a taxi through MedellÃn, the city of eternal spring, as the residents affectionately say.-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 MedellÃn, The City of eternal Spring
Traffic in the city of MedellÃn is not as bad as I feared when we came back to civilization from the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 El Valle, The Outpost between the Pacific and the Jungle
We live in the beautiful hostel Utria on El Almejal beach. From there it is about a half hour walk to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 Being Guest of the Nation of the Embara
In the morning after the night full of spiders, snakes and other poisonous animals, the program-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 The Jungle of UtrÃa and its Creatures of the Night
We settle into the paradise of Bahia Solano. It's Uwe's birthday and we start the day calmly. We chill-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
