7. + 8. April 2024     The start was scheduled for 3:30 and so I waited on time. The shared taxi arrived at 4.00 am and my guide Tenji was already in it. And then we drove through dark Kathmandu and picked up all the other passengers right outside their front doors. It became … Continue reading Kathmandu -> Chheubas – driving, first little dramas, walking → Read more

5. + 6. April 2024     In the morning, a view from the balcony – and then later I sat down in the office to talk a little more with the agency owner Ranjit. A serious yet funny man, he’s on the right of the picture. In the centre is Pema, the hotel owner … Continue reading Bhaktapur – german-speaking Nepalis and beautiful architecture → Read more

4. April 2024   When I visited Nepal for the first time in 2010, I lamented about the widespread use of wheeled suitcases. How can a country feel “far away” when the wheeled suitcases are already there? And now – I’ve packed one myself and taken it with me! And so that I can be … Continue reading Kathmandu – Water, Wind and Clouds → Read more

End of March 2024     It’s been a year since I had to travel home from Nepal unexpectedly. At the time, I was actually planning to travel to the Everest region and tackle the 3-pass trek there. The photos on the internet just looked too good. I didn’t want to be put off by … Continue reading Nepal 2024 – before the trip → Read more

February 2019   India is very, very different from Germany. There are obvious differences such as clothing, architecture, it smells different and the noise is also different to ours. I find the details and communication fascinating. And the village visits in particular showed us a lot of that. At first glance, the villages in a … Continue reading South Rajasthan – Afterthoughts → Read more

February 2019   I actually prefer walking through the countryside to driving through it. But sometimes I also like to sit in the car with my camera glued to the window, watch what’s whizzing through the lens and press the shutter. For sure a bit more in areas where I think I’ll get a good … Continue reading Driving around and Landscapes → Read more

27. February 2019   I got to know a Raika family a few years ago. They lived in the Thar Desert near Bikaner and were traditional camel breeders. Somehow I had got it into my head that the Raika are only involved with camels. However, there are hardly any camels in southern Rajasthan, but many … Continue reading Godwad II – the Raika Misters → Read more

27. February 2019     In the Godwad region of south-west Rajasthan, there is a village whose name I can’t remember. A new camp has been set up in the area. It has become a nice place with large tents with comfortable beds and showers and toilets. People from the village are employed to clean, … Continue reading Godwad I – visiting Suki → Read more

25. February 2019   Ghanerao has the same number of inhabitants as my village in Germany (7,000). It is also described as a village on the internet. But after the many other village visits, it seemed more like a small town to me. What is different is that there is a Muslim community, for example. … Continue reading Ghanerao – no village → Read more

24. + 25. February 2019   In the middle of the Aravalli Mountains is Kumbalgarh, a fortress with a 36 km long wall (the second longest in the world after the Chinese wall) on a ridge around 1,000 metres high. Inside this fortress were a princely palace, 360 temples, residential buildings and many people.   … Continue reading Kumbalgarh – Fortress and Hike → Read more