cruising the medina
My new-found friend Ahmed giving me a lift in the incredible maze that is the medina in Marrakech.
mastering the medina
Before I headed to Marrakech I did my usual research. I researched on what to see, where to eat, what not to miss and of course where to stay. I pulled up my GoogleEarth map to get an overview of the medina, the old town of Marrakech. Unfortunately, the map didn’t prove very helpful and I would later learn why exactly it’s just a grey and whitish spot in the middle of Marrakech.
german wunderland
By now, many of you have probably been to Munich (if not – see my previous blog about the Heart of Munich) and you have hopefully been to Berlin. You may have even been to Frankfurt. But how about Wiesbaden? I’m guessing… probably not.
miscellaneous travel (2004-2007)
A selection of my favorite travel pictures between 2004 and 2007.
the budapest years (2004-2007)
A selection of my favorite pictures from my time in Budapest.
cuba
With Fidel becoming older and older the time to see and experience Cuba as it is today is slowly but surely running out. I believe that this is the last chance to see the real Cuba before it will change. At the same time somebody told me the other day that to see the real Cuba one would have had to travel there in the 1950s.
thailand
Bangkok ist abgesehen vom Smog (vermutlich von den vielen Räucherstäbchen die überall brennen und möglicherweise den Millionen Autos auch) ein Wahnsinn: die liebenswerte Verehrung der Thais für ihren König, die unzähligen Tempel und Pagoden, die lächelnden Menschen, die Geschäftigkeit auf den Straßen, die chaotischen Stromleitungen die zu Hunderten gebündelt überall herumhängen, die mobilen Garküchen auf den Straßen, die gegrillten Heuschrecken mit Soya Sauce, die Raubkopien und Plagiate sämtlicher Blockbuster an den Ständen, die emsigen Tuk Tuk und Motorbike Fahrer die nicht müde werden einen irgendwo hinfahren zu wollen…