We leave behind us San Martin del los Andes, a village on the shores of Lake Lácar and very reminiscent of a village in the Alps. After...

We spend the first three weeks in South America exploring Patagonia following the typical tourist route: Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales,...

I feel I am already leaving South-East Asia behind me when we enter the airport in Denpasar (Bali). The bars and restaurants lose...

We leave early in the morning, still in the dark. Jame, our contact here in Chi Phat, picks us up at 5.30am. We walk to the river where a...

The emotions that a new experience arouses in us cannot be separated from what we have previously experienced. In this sense, perhaps...

《On the plane time had been irrelevant but also the only thing that mattered; it was time, not space, she'd been aware of travelling...

The first long-distance night train takes us from Mumbai to Cochin, Kerala. A 28-hour journey to cover some 1500km and find ourselves in...

It probably had to happen sooner or later. A bit like the 'Delhi belly': you can be as careful as you like, but all it takes is one...

I love the sea!!! And in general I love water: I want to live in cities that are touched by the sea, or a lake, or a big river. If I see...

The land border crossing between Iran and Pakistan is probably one of the longest and most complicated border crossing. The Balochistan...

The first bus in Iran takes us from Tabriz to Tehran overnight. Akro, a guy we met in Tabriz, helps us book a ticket through an agency....

It had to happen sooner or later. We travelled quite slowly, moving by land. I imagined that this would give us a chance to gradually...

Cappadocia is another example of nature's magnificence. It is a plateau formed by the accumulation of volcanic ash from three...

Humans do not invent anything. In most cases they simply imitate nature. Like in the film 'Alien' ... I always thought how formidable was...

Istanbul is a busy city: full of people living there, full of cars, full of tourists, full of mosques, full of cats. And all the pieces...

Entering Bulgaria I really feel like I am on a journey. I feel I have left what I know to begin this exploration of the world. The border...

Moving southwards, public transport becomes more and more of an adventure. Timetables become more of an indication than a schedule. You...

Salt water! Not the sweet water of the Werdersee, not even the brackish water of the Baltic. Salty (but really salty) water from the...

When does a trip really start? We left on Friday, July 1st, with the 20:44 train from Bremen to Munich. But I started leaving much...