India 2018 (part VI): Karnala Fort
Karnala Fort, Maharashtra: At the end of June, research brought me back to India and luckily I could connect this work trip with some days of sightseeing! My port of […]
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Tanzania 2017 (part VIII): Kilimanjaro National Park
Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania: We started our drive at the Lake Manyara National Park very early in the morning to reach the start of the Marangu Route in the Kilimanjaro […]
Namibia 2007 (part VII): Namib-Naukluft National Park
Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia: Our journey took us from Homeb through the Namib-Naukluft National Park towards Sossusvlei. The scenery of the Naukluft Mountains is very beautiful and the wildlife abundant! […]
Namibia 2007 (part II): Brandberg
Brandberg, Namibia: We left Windhoek and drove through the wide savannah landscape to Namibia’s highest mountain: the Brandberg. With a maximum altitude of 2573 m, the Brandberg Massif dominates the […]
China 2015 (part XII): Tagong
Tagong, Sichuan: Our next destination after our days in Litang was the tiny village of Tagong (click here for a map). This sleepy, little settlement is quite popular with backpackers […]
China 2015 (part XI): Litang
Litang, Sichuan: Situated at an altitude of more than 4,000 m, Litang is one of the highest settlements of the world. In contrast to our previous stop Ganzi, the town […]
China 2015 (part X): Ganzi (Garze)
Ganzi (Garze), Sichuan: The public minibus brought us from Yushu in Qinghai (~3,700 m) to the mid-sized town Ganzi in Sichuan (~3,400 m). However, we wanted to see something from […]
China 2015 (part IV): Beijing
Beijing: The first couple of days in China went by real fast as we visited the major sights within Beijing’s city limits. But although we enjoyed touring the capital, we […]
Indian Robin (Saxicoloides fulicatus)
The Indian Robin (Saxicoloides fulicatus) is a small bird occurring almost throughout the Indian subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka). The birds can be found quite commonly […]
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