West Africa 2012 (part V): Haut Niger National Park
Faranah & Haut Niger National Park, Guinea: The journey from Bamako in Mali to Kankan in northern Guinea was already an adventure in itself (for a map of the entire […]
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West Africa 2012 (part IV): Bamako
Bamako, Mali: When I planned our trip through West Africa during the summer of 2011, I was eager to visit the mysterious Timbuktu in northern Mali. However, at the end […]
West Africa 2012 (part III): Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso: We arrived in Bobo-Dioulasso with the train from Ouagadougou. Although we heard that it might be possible to see wild elephants from the railway line, we didn’t […]
West Africa 2012 (part II): Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: A minibus brought us from northern Benin to the capital of Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou. However, the journey was not as straight-forward as it may sound. Our bus […]
Hume’s Groundpecker (Pseudopodoces humilis)
A bird of many names, the Hume’s Groundpecker (Pseudopodoces humilis) is or was alternatively called Ground Tit, Tibetan Ground Tit, Hume’s Ground Tit, Tibetan Ground Jay, and Hume’s Ground Jay. […]
Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)
With a body length of up to 43 cm, the Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris) is one of the largest kingfishers of the world. The birds occur from the Himalayas and […]
West Africa 2012 (part I): Pendjari National Park
Cotonou & Pendjari National Park, Benin: In February 2012, I flew to Cotonou, the capital of Benin, to visit my girlfriend who had spent a couple of months in the […]
Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis)
The Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) is a small-sized bird of prey breeding in northern China and southeastern Siberia. During the winter months, however, the birds migrate all the way to […]
China 2015 (part XVII): Beijing
Beijing: Our journey along the Tibetan border had finished at the Leshan Giant Buddha, south of Chengdu. But our stay in China continued for a few days in Beijing, where […]
China 2015 (part XVI): Leshan
Leshan, Sichuan: On our last day in Sichuan, we took the public bus from Chengdu to Leshan, 130 km towards the south (for a map click here). Visitors from all […]
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