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India 2016 (part XVII): Sights of Jaipur 2

June 1, 2016by matt-travels 4 Comments

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, India 2016, Jaipur

India 2016 (part XIV): Gangaur in Jaipur

May 19, 2016by matt-travels 5 Comments

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 […]

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India, India 2016, Jaipur

India 2016 (part XIII): Kaziranga 2

May 12, 2016by matt-travels 4 Comments

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 […]

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India, India 2016, Kaziranga

India 2016 (part XI): Kolkata 1

April 29, 2016by matt-travels 5 Comments

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 […]

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India, India 2016, Kolkata

India 2016 (part V): Junagadh

March 18, 2016by matt-travels 17 Comments

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 […]

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India 2016 (part IV): Gir National Park

March 11, 2016by matt-travels 12 Comments

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 […]

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India 2016 (part III): Pushkar 1

March 4, 2016by matt-travels 9 Comments

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 […]

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West Africa 2012 (part VIII): Dakar

February 13, 2016by matt-travels 4 Comments

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 […]

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Dakar, Senegal, West Africa 2012

West Africa 2012 (part VII): Iles de Los

February 4, 2016by matt-travels 9 Comments

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 […]

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Guinea, Iles de Los, West Africa 2012

West Africa 2012 (part VI): Fouta Djalon

January 30, 2016by matt-travels 8 Comments

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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Fouta Djalon, Guinea, West Africa 2012

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