A set of glittery, bejewelled Eiffel towers at the back of a pickup truck – where else would you expect such a sight except possibly in Jaipur, the city of gems? We had just entered …
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Not only tigers – meeting leopards in India
Everyone knows that there are tigers in India, not so many anymore, alas, but still. There are also leopards, a population that is threatened and protected, but which counts rather much higher numbers than the …
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Down to earth
Down to earth - a hot air ballon landing on farmlands near Jaipur, Rajasthan
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Up up and away
Quite a few people in villages outside Jaipur in Rajasthan, India, had two hot air balloons flying very low over their homes on a chilly February morning and I was in one of them. This …
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Durango or the Missed opportunity
We were on our way from Taos in New Mexico to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, a one day drive. It was autumn and the landscape, in itself awe-inspiring, showed gorgeous, vivid colours. By …
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It’s evening in Hoi An
How time flies! It’s almost two years ago that I visited Hoi An, the rather touristy but oh so charming town on the Vietnamese central coast. The old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, …
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The lion queen
Lions aren’t supposed to climb trees, but in the Ishasha region of the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, there are lions that do just that. I was there in December 2018, and seeing them would …
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Oh, little Tira
“Now let’s see if we can find a spotted zebra“, said our guide on our morning drive in the Masai Mara. Did I hear correctly? Did he just say “spotted zebra”?? Haha, very funny! We …
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Tribute to a gnu
Thousands of gnus were running around like crazy, in all directions, abruptly changing direction, overtaking one another, running even faster – it looked like a mad dance. It was a very wet late afternoon on …
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Sunrise at Wat Phou
The guide came to pick us up at 4:30 am and it was so dark that it was actually difficult to find the way from our bungalow to the reception area where he was waiting. …
