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INDONESIA – Gunung Bromo

In the east of the indonesian island of Java, close to the city Probolinggo, lies the Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park. The name “Tengger” refers to the „Tengger“ people living there. The national park includes the Gunung Bromo (Gunung = Indones. “Mountain”) with its 2,329 m height, its neighboring volcano Semeru, which is also with its 3.676 m the highest mountain of the island of Java, as well as three other volcanoes. Im Osten der indonesischen Insel Java, in der Nähe der...

INDONESIA – Borobudur

Not far from Yogyakarta on the island of Java you can find the beautiful monumental building and one of the largest temples in Southeast Asia: Borobudur. With nine floors, the building is designed like a step pyramid, which can be climbed. Nicht weit entfernt von Yogyakarta auf der Insel Java findet man das wunderschöne monumentale Bauwerk und eine der größten Tempelanlagen Südostasiens: Borobudur. Mit neun Stockwerten ist das Bauwerk wie eine Stufenpyramide gestaltet, die man erklimmen kann. Hundreds of reliefs...

TANZANIA – Ngorongoro Crater

Have you heard of the Ngorongoro Crater before? No? You should’ve! Here’s why: The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) is a huge area with the impressive Ngorongoro Crate in its center. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area has a size of 8300 km². Habt ihr schon vom Ngorongoro Crater gehört? Nein? Solltet ihr aber! Hier ist warum: Die Ngrorongoro Conservation Area /(NCA) ist ein großes Schutzgebiet mit dem beeindruckenden Krater im Zentrum. Die Ngorongoro Conservation Area hat eine Größe von 8300 km². The...

TANZANIA – Serengeti

The Serengeti Nationalpark is Tanzanias oldest and most famous national park and it’s best known for the big animal migration every year. You can see many thomson gazelles, large buffalo herds, smaller groups of elephants and giraffes, several thousand antelopes, impalas and grant’s gazelles. And not to forget the majestic lions! Der Serengeti Nationalpark ist Tanzanias ältester und bekanntester Nationalpark und berühmt für die riesige alljährliche Tiermigration jedes Jahr. Man kann viele Thomson-Gazellen sehen, außerdem große Büffelherden, kleinere Gruppen von...

TANZANIA – Tarangire National Park

My Safari in Tanzania started with the Tarangire National Park. From former hunting grounds the Tarangire National Park was built in 1970. Now it is home to the largest population of wildlife outside of the Serengeti. With around 2.600 km² the Tarangire National Park ist one of the five largest parks in Tanzania. Meine Safari startete mit dem Tarangire National Park. 1970 wurde der Tarangire National Park aus ehemaligen Jagdrevieren gegründet. Jetzt ist er das Zuhause von der größten Wildtier-Population...

PHILIPPINES – Kalanggaman Island

What can I say about the Kalanggaman Island? Well it’s truly a paradise. So far I have to say the Kalanggaman Island has one of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen in my life. I got there by boat from Malapascua Island, we started in the morning, but most people travel to Palompon, Leyte and from there with a regular pump boat within 1 hour or by speedboat, which takes about 40 min. Was soll ich über Kalanggaman...

INDIA – Mumbai

I spent four days in Mumbai and one of my highlights was visting Dhobi Ghat. For the ones who haven’t heard of it yet, it’s the world’s biggest outdoor laundry. Every day more than 8.000 people wash and dry the clothes for hotels, restaurants, hospitals and private households.   Ich habe vier Tage in Mumbai verbracht und eines meiner Highlights war definitiv Dhobi Ghat. Für diejenigen, die davon noch nicht gehört haben, es ist die weltweit größte Wäscherei im Freien....

INDIA – Kolkata

Kolkata is a vibrant, noisy, colorful, incredible city and the people who live in it make it special. It was my second time in India, but I quickly felt that the people of Kolkata are one of a kind. The people encountered me openly and cordially and so I felt comfortable really fast. After about a week of getting used to it, I became more familiar with the surroundings, I knew where to go shopping and how to get to...

INDIA – Taj Mahal

Agra- everything in this city centers on the Taj Mahal. Probably everyone who thinks of India also thinks about the Taj Mahal, UNESCO Worldheritage, one of the new seven wonders of the world, beautiful and unique. I always wanted to go there and when the moment was finally there, I was super excited. Quite rightly one of the seven wonders of the world! It took my breath away,  I got goose bumps when I finally saw the Taj Mahal through...

ZANZIBAR – Nungwi

The Barakara Aquarium – where you can swim with turtles! There are two aquariums in Nungwi, but you can only swim with turtles at the Barakara. Das Barakara Aquarium – wo man mit Schildkröten schwimmen kann! Es gibt zwei Aquarien in Nungwi, aber nur im Barakara kann man tatsächlich mit ihnen schwimmen. I was super nervous because I haven’t been so close to these beautiful animals before. I went slowly into the water and the tortoise started to gather around...