After a 9-hour train ride, in which we (Maria from Khajuraho accompanies me) were involved in a conversation with Indians for about six hours, we arrived in Agra very tired. My first impression: I will stay here longer. But that changed quickly the next day when I met the Indians in an unpleasant, very enterprising […]
The business of death
Hooting cars, blasting rickshaws and mopeds and screeching bicycle bells combine to create a deafening noise potpourri that torments my drumming field. Varanasi – the holy city on the Ganges and the holiest city of Hinduism! And it’s so unbearably loud in the city center that I have to hold my ears more often. I […]
Rookie mistakes and records on the Manaslu Trek
What happens if you send people on a journey?They begin to think about God and the world, but above all, they deal with themselves. And this happens even if you go hiking in a group, as there are always passages in which one will walk alone and only accompanied by the sound of ones own […]
Kathmandu – Between debris and longing
Dear friends, today I am writing from Kathmandu with its pleasant 25°C in the sunshine. I left India so quickly because I wanted to go trekking before the start of the monsoon season in Nepal. Together with Jenny I explored Kathmandu – the capital of Nepal. We met in Hampi and decided to meet in […]
Hyderabad’s dilemma is symptomatic of the whole of India
Hyderabad is the capital of the newly created Indian state of Telangana in 2014. With 6.8 million inhabitants in the actual city (more than Berlin) and 7.7 million in the agglomeration, it is the fourth-largest city in India and the center of the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the country (source: Wikipedia). The city can look […]