Culture - History - Art

More Zebra action…

Wandering around La Paz yesterday I started noticing that there are also tons of murals about the Zebras de La Paz. Couldn’t resist 🙂

Zebras de La Paz

Excursions

Mining Cerro Rico – Potosí – Bolivia
Bylgermany November 8, 2016December 30, 2025

The city of Potosí in Bolivia has 2 key claims to fame: at 4090m above sea level, is one of the highest cities in the world. it is the site of one of the richest silver mines in the world – Cerro Rico Well, it was until they dug all the silver out of the mountain,…

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Culture - History - Art | Excursions

Nordafar – abandoned fish processing factory near Nuuk
Bylgermany December 14, 2020December 30, 2025

The image of a large, grey, two-story abandoned building with hints of red around its window panes had haunted me ever since I first moved to Nuuk. I desperately wanted to visit this building and see what else the site contained (other images were few and far between) and finally had my chance on a…

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Culture - History - Art | Excursions | Hiking/Trekking | Outdoor experiences

Easter Island – Part 3
Bylgermany January 3, 2017December 30, 2025

Back on the e-Bike today but not as much riding 🙂 First stop – Puna Pau – where they quarried the red basalt for the topknots (pukaos). It is thought that these represented hair rather than hats, and seem to be very late additions to the Moais (only a fraction of the Moais actually…

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Culture - History - Art | Excursions

Konye Urgench – Turkmenistan
Bylgermany May 18, 2017December 30, 2025

Turkmenistan is, in a similar fashion to North Korea, a very closed country, which can make it quite difficult to visit. We needed Letters of Invitation (one of our group was refused this because in his photo he wasn’t clean-shaven and yet didn’t have a full beard … just a 5-day growth) and Visas, both…

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Food experiences

More Bolivian Food
Bylgermany November 9, 2016December 30, 2025

As you might expect, I didn’t stop sampling Bolivian food even though I’d overstuffed myself on the Foodie Tour in La Paz 🙂 Here are some of the other Bolivian delicacies I tried in my 3 weeks in the country: Salteñas It doesn’t get much better or more Bolivian than this! Essentially a baked…

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Culture - History - Art

Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Bylgermany November 24, 2016December 30, 2025

I’ve always loved classical music but rarely do I find myself listening to it (though I love it when I do), and even more rarely do I go and see it performed live. I think the last time was a few years ago when I went to see the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra playing their free…

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