While I was travelling along the beautiful coast of Ecuador in 2012, a friend from Quito called me and insisted that I should visit a restaurant located in a small village nearby Puerto Lopez. They would serve a very special and rare dish. Well, he was right… Perceves IS a very special kind of sea read more
For South American standards, there would be nothing amiss with this dish, except for the fact that I bought it at 3700 m.a.s.l. The riddle will be solved below… In this restaurant nearby the San Pedro prison, located in the centre of La Paz, you can read more
On March 23rd, the Bolivians commemorate the defeat in the War of the Pacific (1879), which was led against Chile (which started the war after a bilateral agreement was allegedly broken by Bolivia). It´s the day of the death of the Bolivian martyr Eduardo Abaroa, who is mostly known for his last words: “Surrender to read more
The departure didn´t proceed as expected. First of all, I failed to get into the boat without getting my shoes wet. In the darkness, I slipped of the edge of the boat wreck used as a kind of quay and stepped into dirty water. At least I hoped it was dirty water. But the fact, read more
Alcohol, music, dance, unknown substances and limited access -sounds like a (wannabe) hipster party, but it wasn´t none. With the Innamutikit ceremony, the Guna Yala celebrate the first period of a girl. Everyone is invited to the party – as long as you´re an adult and an inhabitant of the village. I fulfilled 50% of read more
According to established international standards, if you want something from someone, you ask the person politely. As the reader of the present text might anticipate, something went amiss while I tried to obtain a permit for taking pictures on the island. Yes, it was necessary to obtain a special permit, as the Guna Yala like read more
The family of Beira invited me to share their hut (with hammocks) and food with them. But life is always full of surprises. On the first day no one could tell my how long it would take for the lunch to be ready, so I decided to buy some cookies in one of the three read more
Never before have I been that near to my idea of the Paradise on Earth. Tropical islands in the Caribbean, an archipelago counting over 360 islands, only 50 of them inhabited. The San Blas Archipelago is a real beauty. Coconut palms, sun, beaches. Panama is much more than the Canal and all the Banks. But read more
Once upon a time (Chacaltaya, Bolivia, 2013) – Once upon a time there was a glacier here. It served with its small ropeway as the highest ski slope in the world (according to the locals), being located at 5300 m.a.s.l. Now, even during the rainy season it doesn´t get covered by snow. Nope, the global climate read more
Privacy (Bolivia, 2009) – Travelling is something special – you come for the first time to interesting places with different cultures, architecture and people. Everything is new and fascinating – so fascinating, that many forget that they´ve got human beings with the same rights in front of them. Just imagine: You are sitting on your read more
