Learning languages with Duolingo
One of the reasons why I designed Walking Home to cross France was to improve my French skills. I never learned the language at school but only discovered a few years ago that speaking another language (besides German and English)
Learning Germany, pt. 2: Recalling the terrors in Berlin
Two phases of history mainly define how Germans perceive themselves today: WWII and the separation of the country through the wall. There are a few museums and memorials in Berlin dedicated to those years. But I find two especially recommendable. Topography
Travelling Sudan, pt. 5: …is a game of tennis
Yesterday I had found a little oasis in the Sahara desert: the Nubian Rest House in Karima. We get up before dawn to start our sightseeing program. Jerbel Barkal is right outside the hotel gate. As we walk around the mountain
Aswan pics
2012-07-13 - Aswan, Egypt, a set on Flickr. Aswan was our first stop in Egypt. Of all the touristy things you can do in town we went to the Nubian Museum and the Unfinished Obelisk, and we took a ride in
A few Khartoum pics
2012-07-05 - Khartoum, Sudan, a set on Flickr. Khartoum boasts a surprising National Museum. It's not very large but fairly well curated. You can also see some of the temples that should have been submerged in Lake Nasser.
Gede Ruins pics
2012-06-02 - Gede Ruins, Kenya, a set on Flickr. The jungle still hasn't fully succeeded in reclaiming this old Swahili town. But as it tightens its grip it forms some almost mystical structures. Wandering among those you learn unexpected things like
Kilwa Kisiwani pics
2012-04-22 - Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania, a set on Flickr. Kilwa Kisiwani is an Island off the Tanzanian coast, a day's ride South of Dar es Salaam. This was the first time I learnt how important the Kiswahili culture was in connecting
Great Zimbabwe pics
2012-03-31 - Great Zimbabwe (near Masvingo), a set on Flickr.Big structures, stone-on-stone (no mortar), hundreds of years old - pretty unexpected in Africa. I wish Zim was known for sites like this one
Random Ghana pics
2011-12 and 2012-01 - Random Ghana, a set on Flickr. Finally some random Ghana photographs I took along the way, in the towns of Tamale and Kumasi, in Cape Coast and in a massive traffic jam on the way to Accra.
Brenu Beach pics
2011-12 - Brenu Beach, Ghana, a set on Flickr. We spent a couple of days mid-December and Christmas in Brenu Beach. Most of these pictures I took during a sunset walk. Love the light!