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Easter 2025 at Ammersee
Laid back people, a cozy apartment and child friendly garden in Riederau. Riding bikes to the lake. Pulling the newborn in a carrier behind the bike. First 13 Kilometer tour for my older daughter. Home cooked food and time shared with good friends made 2025s easter. Upon return my elder daughter asked why we couldn’t…
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Exploring the abandoned fair of Nabeul
I enjoy strolling around with my camera and discovering places that are a little off the beaten track. This place sparked memories of the abandoned airfield in Battambang as well as the old fun fair in Yangon. I was roaming around the beach when I found a door leading me into the abandoned fair of…
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What if… things were different?
So my dream was to stand on both sides of this separated country and learn for myself about the situation on the Korean peninsula. My curiosity for one of the most secluded countries in the world and the idea of taking pictures there blended perfectly when I got the chance to travel together with my…
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Dancing at Moranbong
The Moranbong park in the middle of Pyongyang is the place to be for two reasons. On weekends the elder inhabitants of the capital find their way to a complex on top of the hill to perform folklore dances. A very nice place to have a picknick with a few bottles of beer after another…
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Juche Juche
The government bases most of the countries legacy and future onto the Juche ideology. Originally developed by Kim Il-Sung the idea transformed from the marxist-leninist foundation to a truly Korean belief over the years. The meaning of a unique Korean reception may not be underestimated. A society where certain sentiments have their own descriptive words…
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Road to reunification
When I met a young south Korean guy in Bangkok the other night we started to exchange our travel plans. As it turned out South Korean citizens are denied entry to the DPRK. A question I was asked to think about However this interesting human asked me a very thought provoking question: Do you think…
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Waterparks over revolutions
Recently the Pyongyang leisure and science departments had plenty of reason for celebrations. After the SciTech complex mentioned in one of my earlier posts the city opened the Munsu Waterpark in 2013. A leisurely paradise we were visiting incognito as guests before changing into our photographer outfits once more. As you can certainly imagine the…