India 2016 (part XVII): Sights of Jaipur 2
Jaipur, Rajasthan: I already did some sightseeing and birding in Jaipur, but still the Pink City had many corners for me to explore. On the first day of May, I […]
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India 2016 (part XIV): Gangaur in Jaipur
Jaipur, Rajasthan: The weeks following my journey to Kolkata and the Kaziranga National Park were filled with work in Jaipur – but that did not exclude interesting new experiences! One […]
India 2016 (part XIII): Kaziranga 2
Kaziranga National Park, Assam: My first day in the Kaziranga National Park was already packed with amazing wildlife sightings, therefore I was very curious whether the next day could still […]
India 2016 (part XI): Kolkata 1
Kolkata, West Bengal: In the week following our cruise through the Sundarbans National Park, my colleague and me spent busy days in Kolkata working on our research projects. Nevertheless, my […]
India 2016 (part V): Junagadh
Junagadh, Gujarat: On the long way from the Gir National Park to Bhuj in Kachchh, my driver and me had a short stop in Junagadh. Junagadh boasts a number of […]
India 2016 (part IV): Gir National Park
Gir National Park, Gujarat: On the 10th of February, I took the overnight train from Jaipur to Rajkot in Gujarat. A car and driver were arranged to pick me up […]
India 2016 (part III): Pushkar 1
Pushkar, Rajasthan: Following the outing to the step well of Abhaneri, another day trip brought me to Pushkar, 145 km southwest of Jaipur. Pushkar is a small town surrounding a […]
West Africa 2012 (part VIII): Dakar
Dakar, Senegal: The flight from Conakry to Dakar took only 1.5 hours, but brought us into a new world. All of a sudden, we were within one of Africa’s most […]
West Africa 2012 (part VII): Iles de Los
Conakry & Iles de Los, Guinea: After our days hiking through the hills of the Fouta Djalon, we took the bus to Conakry, the capital of Guinea. Our original plan was […]
West Africa 2012 (part VI): Fouta Djalon
Fouta Djalon, Guinea: From Faranah near the Haut Niger National Park, we took the shared taxi towards Dalaba in the Fouta Djalon (for a map click here). Generally, the major […]
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