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I write about journeys that gave me more than just photos – from the trek around Annapurna and the lagoons of the Bolivian Altiplano to safaris in Kenya. Some places from the blog later become expeditions. If one of them appeals to you, let me know in the questionnaire Where next?
Latest articlePantanal: jaguars on the Cuiabá River
The world's largest wetland is the best place to see jaguars in the wild. Besides them: tapirs, giant otters, hyacinth macaws and thousands of birds.
Sri Lanka: tea, elephants and the coast
Galle Fort, fishermen in the south, elephants in a national park, tea plantations in the hills and the famous bridge near Ella.
Costa Rica: toucans, hummingbirds and frogs
A small country with big nature. Toucans in the rain, hummingbirds, iguanas, caimans and the red-eyed tree frog.
Ecuador: hummingbirds in the cloud forests of the Andes
On the slopes of the Andes the cloud forests teem with hummingbirds, toucans and butterflies. Two weeks with a telephoto lens among hides, lodges and waterfalls.
India: Varanasi, Delhi and Rajasthan
A morning bathe in the Ganges, the bazaars and tombs of Delhi, the Golden Temple in Amritsar and the desert cities of Rajasthan – blue Jodhpur, golden Jaisalmer and the lakes of Udaipur.
Heligoland: gannets and seals in the North Sea
A small island in the middle of the North Sea with cliffs full of gannets and a beach where seals rest. A photographer's paradise in May.
Madeira: levadas, laurel forests and clouds below your feet
Sunrise on the São Lourenço peninsula, mist in the Fanal forest, walks along the levadas and views above the clouds from Pico do Arieiro.
USA: national parks of the American West
Yosemite and the sequoias, the ghost town of Bodie, the canyons of Utah and Arizona and a night in Monument Valley.
Bay of Kotor
By bike around a bay with a seafaring history: Perast, Risan and Kotor, known as little Dubrovnik.
Lovćen National Park
Three hours of switchbacks above Kotor, sunset over the bay and the mountains that gave the whole country its name.
Lake Skadar
The largest lake in the Balkans, fish restaurants in Virpazar and a bike ride above the water all the way to the Albanian border.
Turkey: Istanbul and Cappadocia
The mosques and bazaars of Istanbul and balloons over the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia. A short autumn trip between Europe and Asia.
Kenya: safari, Mount Kenya and the Lamu archipelago
Safari in the Masai Mara, a five-day trek around Mount Kenya, cycling among giraffes at Lake Naivasha and dhow sailing boats in the Lamu archipelago.
Indonesia: Flores, Ngada villages and Bali
The three coloured lakes of the Kelimutu volcano, the megaliths of Bena village, an islet with wooden huts near Labuan Bajo and the temples of Bali.
Peru: canyons, Choquequirao and the Cordillera Blanca
Arequipa and an earthquake, two days in the Colca Canyon, a five-day trek to the Inca city of Choquequirao, the bird islands of Ballestas and the Santa Cruz trek below the glaciers of the Cordillera Blanca.
Bolivia: lagoons, the salt flat and the mines of Potosí
Four days by 4x4 across the Altiplano, flamingos in coloured lagoons, the Salar de Uyuni, the silver mines of Cerro Rico and a festival on Lake Titicaca.
Argentina: from Aconcagua to the mountains of seven colours
From Buenos Aires via Mendoza and its Malbec wines to the foot of the highest mountain in the Americas, and on north to canyons where the rocks show every colour.
New Zealand: by car and on foot around the South Island
An old Subaru for three thousand dollars, kayaks in Abel Tasman, the five-day Rees-Dart trek, penguins in the Catlins and Ball Pass below Mount Cook.
Cambodia: Angkor and the road to the sea
New Year's Eve at the border, sunrise over Angkor Wat, the faces of the Bayon temple, Phnom Penh and cycling to Kampot.
Thailand: temples, jungle and islands
Bangkok, Christmas in Chiang Mai, a two-day trek to a Lahu village, the ruins of Ayutthaya by bike and kayaks among the limestone cliffs near Krabi.
Nepal: around Annapurna over the Thorung La pass
The temples of Kathmandu during the Tihar festival, seventeen days and 250 kilometres around Annapurna, a pass at 5,416 metres and elephants in Chitwan.