Bukit Lawang – Welcome to the orang jungle
-
olaf
-
February 29, 2016
-
Indonesia
-
Jungle, Monkey, Mountains
-
0 Comments
We’ve got fun and games! Guns N Roses – that was the soundtrack in my head after arriving here, sitting 10 hours in a car for 250 kilometers, I really wanted to rock out! And I did, Saturday night was a big one! A pretty good live band played right at the place I stayed Indra Valley. Vivian a lady from …
Continue Reading
Pulau Weh – Back to island life
I went to Pulau Weh by plane, Pulau is the Indonesian word for island. Flying over Sumatra was just gorgeous, lush green hills and bigger mountains of Gunung Leuser National Park and the northern province of Aceh, so beautiful from above! The half crowded propeller plane touched the tarmac of the country’s most northern island after an hour’s flight. Let …
Continue Reading
Hampi – Golden rock city
After the glorious Hyderabad days I went to Hampi, getting back in the travel rhythm and exploring the old capital Vijayanagar founded by a Telugu prince in the 13 hundreds which became 3 centuries later one of the biggest Indian empires giving home to half a million people, times changed and the surreal landscape with its temples and boulders is …
Continue Reading
Kathmandu – Big city life
-
olaf
-
November 9, 2015
-
Nepal
-
Bus, City, Monkey, Temple
-
1 Comment
the capital is the biggest city in the country. twice the population of berlin although not that green in between, to me it’s a mix of indian, nepali and old european cities. The city has been hit by april’s earthquake pretty hard, still debris is cleared, cracks in masonry and wodden poles supporting houses, so the structure doesn’t collapse. still …
Continue Reading
I got robbed…by a monkey
-
olaf
-
November 6, 2015
-
Nepal
-
Anecdotes, City, Monkey
-
0 Comments
I wanted to escape the beat of the capital city, being in kathmandu, enjoying the last couple of days in nepal. the streets are dusty, you see a lot of face masks, still some cars and bikes are rolling through the narrow lanes of the old city although the petrol is still not running (big cues at each and every …
Continue Reading
Recent Comments