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

24. February 2019     The village already has a name, of course – but I can’t remember it and can’t find it on the map. The story of the visit goes like this:   Even if the villages in South Rajasthan, for example, seem very similar at first, the walks are always a little different. … Continue reading Nameless Village – a Visit → Read more