The highest campsite in the world on Everest, Tibet
Welcome at 8300 meter/ 27,000ft. You can park your boots in the vestibule and once the stove gets started you will have a nice freeze dried dinner within 4-5 hours! Feel free to visit the neighbours,...
View ArticleForest trail in Rwenzori mountains, Uganda
Mentioned before, but I cannot say it enough: the Rwenzori mountains is one of the most impressive places I have ever been. The first days of the tough trek went through forests and swamps. On this day...
View ArticleTibetan girl with hair blowing
Some children in this dusty little village in the Middle of Nowhere, Tibet, were curious enough to approach us, but too shy to really come close.. This little girl likely had never seen a bottle of...
View ArticleKilimanjaro from Moshi after snow
Mighty Kilimanjaro, the largest freestanding mountain in the world. After the fresh snow it looked like Kili was ok as always, but only the thin white lines are really leftovers from the glaciers. The...
View ArticleSunset at the Ice cream oasis in USA
This was taken somewhere near the edge of the Middle of Nowhere, USA. I think it was close to the border of Nevada, Death Valley side. I was driving alone through the deserted area and stopped to watch...
View ArticleLunch menu in Nyalam, Tibet
Yesterday’s post made me hungry and I remembered taking this image. Stopping for lunch in a little cafe in Nyalam, I asked if they had a menu. The young woman who ran the place gave me a big smile and...
View ArticleBoy waitin on a bus in Mendoza, Argentina
In South America the buses provide an important way to travel between cities and countries. In different classes, it is really affordable for westerners and for locals apparently as well as most are...
View ArticleBerlin Wall in 2007
Also in Europe we can go crazy in many different ways.. One of the results was the Berlin Wall: (From Wikipedia) “The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer), known in the Soviet Union and in the German...
View ArticleTeahouse family in Tibet
At the ‘tourist’ side of the Tibetan basecamp of Everest, there are many teahouses like this one. You can get cheap (mostly free) tea or get a can of coke or beer. These people live off the tourists...
View ArticleSunset on Aconcagua, Argentina
When the snowstorm at Confluencia camp suddenly stopped, we were treated to a great sunset, where the colours were changing every minute. I chose this one from a series of about 20 images, but any...
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