First of all, I would like to introduce you to the “Lungi”. The “Lungi” is a long strip of cotton, that men in the Indian state Kerala wear instead of pants. It can be worn at ankle length or simply folded and fixed, so that it reaches only until the knees. The second method is most popular when walking. When we arrived in Chochin by plane,...
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We arrived in Dubai on a bus from Muscat, and the difference between the cities was nearly an overstimulation of the senses. Dubai is big, like really BIG, there are skyscraper as far as the eye can see, modern public transport, many people all over, and more shopping malls than we could count. We planned to stay in town for two nights, and then move on to India by...
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What do you know about Oman? Right. Probably nothing, or next to nothing. Which was the case with us, and which is also the reason we decided to go there. (Also, we wanted to catch a boat to India from there, since it’s the closest country in the Middle East to there. But no sir, not possible. Reasons for that require a seperate post about travel issues, I...
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So – there we stand, in front of Al Khazneh, the main and most famous attraction of Petra, the city of stone (seen in the picture above). A rather special moment for me: Ever since I first saw Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, seeing this has been on my bucket list. But, as it appears, it has probably been on the bucket list of lots of other people, too. Even...
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It is so quiet I can literally hear the blood rushing through my veins. Absolute silence. I open my eyes and see the milkyway bend over me. Millions of stars, and I stare at them, trying to capture the beauty of this sight. The air is chilly and clear. We lie on our self-arranged bed of mattresses and blankets beside a Bedouin tent in the desert of Jordan –...
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