For a long time I struggled with myself to fly to the Philippines. Too many conflicts in this country deterred me. In the ranking of the Global Terrorism Index 2016 of the Institute for Economic & Peace, the country is ranked 12th. The activities of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf are partly responsible for this, […]
A year ago, men attacked several tourists in a hotel in Hurghada with a knife. It was not the hotel I had checked in, but since the incident, the government has increased the security precautions so as not to lose more tourists. “All nonsense of the media in the West. Every little thing is exaggerated […]
My contact lenses felt like ice flakes in my eyes. Blizzardlike wind swept past me with up to 70h/km and made every step in the dark to a tightrope walk on the way to the summit of Teide, the highest mountain in Spain (3717m). It is also the third-highest volcano in the world. I tried […]
The dilapidated Khmer empire Monkeys were springing and spluttering from bough to bough ; and, on a piece of open ground, some peacocks were displaying, in the height of vain-glory; their superb plumage. The forests were of an entirely different character from the American forests. I did not see a single pine, live-oak, sequoia, or […]
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 […]
