Jun 12, 2020 | Africa, Blog, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, Photography, Sierra Leone
The second part (click here for part 1) of my photo series “One year of Africa in pictures”. Again, I will give you the technical data of the photos, as well as little stories about how the pictures were taken and how to get better results for your own...
May 24, 2020 | Africa, America, Asia, Blog, Europe
Actually, I did not intend to write about my seven year anniversary. Somehow, I didn’t find the number all that groundbreaking. But then I posted this anniversary picture on my social media channels and received so many nice and loving comments that I decided to write...
Apr 23, 2020 | Africa, Blog, Ghana
As usual, I had no problems at the border. Three super friendly border police greeted me with the typical cool “everything easy” laugh. Of course, they also wanted to go to Germany. I was given 90 days for Ghana, despite having been told something...
Mar 24, 2020 | Africa, Blog, Ivory Coast
“Bonjour Madame, please wash your hands here,” were the first words I heard in the new country. Wow, these are completely new methods, which gave me some hope to find better hygienic conditions. As you know, hope dies last. The border policeman took...
Feb 1, 2020 | Africa, Blog, Liberia
I crossed the border from Sierra Leone to Liberia (MAP) quickly and without issue, my visa, which I had arranged through an agency in Monrovia, was ready to pick up at the counter. Organizing it online, I had saved myself the detour to the embassy in Freetown, the...
Jan 19, 2020 | Africa, Blog, Sierra Leone
To act for oneself: How do I write about such a poverty-stricken country? How can I report objectively about a country without stepping on the toes of the local population and treating them unfairly? They are people who became dear to my heart. I don’t want to be...
Jan 5, 2020 | Africa, Blog, Mauritania, Morocco, Photography, Senegal, Western Sahara
A review of the year in pictures. Before continuing with the reports about my experiences in Africa, I would like to present some of my most beautiful visual moments of the past 365 days in Africa. For interested photographers, there is also the information...
Oct 17, 2019 | Africa, Blog, Guinea
Guinea was different – Guinea was great. What I liked most about Guinea were the people. Friendly and unintrusive. Almost no begging. Pure relaxation. But to make things clear, Guinea wasn’t a walk in the park either. The border station was in a total no...
Sep 20, 2019 | Africa, Blog, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
I had set myself three tasks for the Casamance, the south-western part of Senegal. (MAP)The first one was to take a break! To seal myself off. To calm down.I desperately needed some time alone. Distance from the hustle and bustle, the many people, the continuous noise...
Jul 23, 2019 | Africa, Blog, Gambia
“What’s your mission?” the border official bellowed into my ears when I asked for a stamp at the tiny border crossing at the very eastern end of the small and undistinguished country on the Gambia River. Phew, finally people are speaking English again was...
Jul 2, 2019 | Africa, Blog, Senegal
“Are you married?” was the first question I was asked in the country. “No”, I answered briefly. “But you are getting old. You must finally marry now, otherwise it is too late”.The young man then turned to his buddy and said...
Jun 5, 2019 | Africa, Blog, Mauritania
“You’ll see, when you’re out of Morocco, you finally made it to Africa” I was told this again and again. And when I got closer to the Mauritanian border, it felt exactly like that. The border post was already noticeably more run-down than the one on...
May 3, 2019 | Africa, Blog, Morocco, Western Sahara
Guelmim, on the 89th day of my Moroccan stay. The next day I should have left the country, but I was still about 1300 km away from the Mauritanian border.As arranged the evening before Mohammed met me at the café in my hotel in the morning to get started on my visa...
Apr 7, 2019 | Africa, Blog, Morocco
The blokes whom I had the pleasure of listening to on New Year’s Eve, were real musicians. Really remarkable what a positive atmosphere they created and how they appeared to almost play themselves into a state of ecstasy.Jbel Sarhro, a mountain range that you...
Jan 27, 2019 | Africa, Blog, Morocco
I left Missour on a gravel road and was happy about my newly won freedom. Not having the police on my back anymore was just brilliant and from then on nothing stood in the way of camping. The landscape was rather unspectacular. But even the unglamorous stretches, with...
Jan 4, 2019 | Africa, Blog, Morocco
I’ve been in Morocco for seven weeks now. Or better yet, surprisingly only seven weeks, because it feels like I’ve been on African soil for countless months now. A lot of exciting things have happened in the last few weeks. Or even more precise – in...
