Pulau Dewata Bali is rightly called the “island of the gods” or the 1000 temples. Every second building is a temple or shrine and the Hindu culture permeates the everyday life of the inhabitants. Every morning, the scent of incense flows through the narrow streets and at every door and every shrine are small offerings […]
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 […]
Rock climbing in Badami
Badami in the north of Karnataka is not one of the most beautiful cities that you must have seen in India – but surely it is for climbers worth a visit. The town offers some cave temples as well as a huge pool of water called Agastytirtha which as accompanied by a Bhutanatha Temple. I […]
Boulder mekka in the realm of monkey gods
Hampis cultural heritage In the Hindu epic Ramayana Hampi is referred to as the realm of monkey gods (Kishkindha). This seems to me still quite obvious once you become aware of the monkey bands in the area running over rooftops daytime and nighttime and watching the people from a safe distance from the tops of […]