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Capital Of The Inca Empire
The old capital of the Inca Empire Cusco is located in the Andes so it is possible to have some view over the city from different sides. On the way through the streets of Cusco up to the platform of a church with a good view over the Inca city.…
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Wonders Of Travelling
On the way from Frankfurt to Doha in Qatar where I would have an overnight stay before continuing my journey to Hong Kong. The Fragrant Harbour decided to show itself from a mythical side. And suddenly there was this while flying over Vietnam on the way from Hong Kong to…
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Lines And Canals Of Nazca
The Cantalloc Aqueducts are located four kilometres west of the city of Nazca in Peru. They were built by the Nazca culture and are part of a system of aqueducts called puquios which was built by the pre-Inca civilisation of Nazca about 500 CE. The way from Lima to Nazca…
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Deepest Blue
Blue. Deepest blue. Light blue. With horizon. Anything else, no, just blue. There are many beautiful views from the window seat of an airplane, but then it comes the moment when it is clear why earth is called the blue planet. And although everything is just radiating the shortest wavelength…
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The Civilised Uncivilised
“The uncivilised has behaved in the highest grade civilised while the civilised thanked in the highest grade uncivilised. As he would be lost if we wouldn’t help him there will also be a time when our whole civilisation will cry for help out of problems it caused by itself.” Karl…
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The Place To Look Out From
Rolf’s Place is an old colonial building which previously had been a private residence and is nowadays a hotel. It is located some distance outside of Nairobi. It is a remnant from the colonial past of Kenya. It had been a German protectorate from 1885 till 1890 and a British…
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Masterpiece Of Obama Senior
Bomas of Kenya is a museum village in Langata, Nairobi, Kenya. Bomas interprets to homesteads and displays traditional villages belonging to the several Kenyan tribes. It is one of the largest auditoriums in Africa. Bomas of Kenya was established in October 1971 under the ingenuity of Barack Obama Senior. It…
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The Unknown Yet So Familiar
In the footsteps of Dr David Livingstone. “It all means something, and yet nothing to me. I can see there’s so much to learn, it′s all so close and yet so far. I see myself as people see me, oh, I just know there’s something bigger out there. I wanna…
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And The Wind Laughed
“And the wind laughed, and the wind laughed through the trees… Come with me I’m going back, I’m going back to East Africa.” (Phil Collins) The Giraffe Centre is a wildlife conservation facility located in Lang’ata near Nairobi, Kenya. It was established to protect the vulnerable Rothschild giraffe, that is…
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A Giant Leap On African Soil
Finally I would set foot on this fascinating continent. A small step for me, a giant leap for me as well. Africa welcomed me in the best way possible. For the second time I was flying by business class after getting an upgrade, but this time even with a window…
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The World In A Few Days
I got a sunburn because I walked under the hot desert sun in Dubai, I got wet because walked through rain and permanent humidity in Hong Kong, and I didn’t sleep one night. Raindrops kept falling on my head… First cold rain in Munich and Frankfurt, then warm rain in…
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Towards The Desert Sun
At places like Babylon and Dubai people tried to reach the sky, and still the desert sun remains high above. The Burj Khalifa, previously known as Burj Dubai, was built from 2004 till 2009 and opened in 2010. Some of the steel used in the building originated from the Palace…
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