Photography & travel

NAMIBIA – Wolwedans #1

While driving to Wolvedans, our next campsite, the landscape started to change. Slowly we started to see red coloured crumbled hills and variation in vegetation. Also gone the fenced thar road and welcome dirt road! My personal favourite. Driving down the Tsaris pass we stopped just after Zaris on the D827 to get a better impression of the desolate area. Once we stepped out of the car it felt like we were standing in a hot-air oven. Dusty and heavy warm wind blowing in our faces but nearly no sound. In the distance we saw some blown-by-the-wind bushes hunting each …

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NAMIBIA – Kalahari Game Lodge

Located on the southern edge of the Kalahari dessert, near to Mariental we had our second stop at Bagatelle. A short one, only one night. The main reason why we stayed here is because we have cats back home. And since Bagatelle partners with CCF, the Cheetah Conservation Fund, we decided to spent a night. Driving there was easy and monotonous. Most of it was just dusty dirt road but also kilometers of fenced asphalt roads. We preferred the dirt roads ;-) We stopped at Maltahöhe and Mariental, two sleepy townships, to get a sense of the local life. The …

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NAMIBIA – Kalahari

First morning in Namibia after an eventful flight. Our first flight got delayed by thunderstorms, a thorough check before the connection flight by the German customs resulting in a defective 400mm lens and to top it all off, only 1 suitcase arrived in Windhoek. Fortunately, we had all our luggage mixed and divided over our 2 suitcases, so it wasn’t too much of a problem. And because every piece of luggage got air tagged we could see it was still at Frankfurt airport. Deutsche Gründlichkeit? Yeah right.Waking up in Habitas while enjoying the sunrise from our Savanna room terras made …

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SARDINIA #3

In order to explore more of the island we decided not spent our whole stay at one location. Therefore we booked a couple of nights in a cosy B&B down South in Gergei. Little did we know that our ride would treat us to such stunning scenery. Driving through the Gennargentu National Park was just lovely, it sometimes reminded me of Switzerland. Especially the part between Lanusei and Lake Basso del Flumendosa with dozens of hairpin bends did. Arriving at Gergei, a small dormant village, it was quit easy to find our B&B Domu Antiga. We were warmly welcomed by …

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SARDINIA #2

Remember that exited feeling when you jump out of bed, look outside and see everything covered under a white layer of snow? Well, i felt it again this morning but for the million happy rays of sunshine! We already decided yesterday, if the weather would improve, that we would drive to Palau, take a ferry to Isola Maddalena and cross the bridge to Isola di Caprera. It’s not a big island but you can have some lovely walks and it’s doped with lovely beaches. Combine both and that sounds like a plan. The easiest way to get to the beaches …

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ÉVORA #2

All good things comes in three. And the best news is, this is only our second visit to Évora so we certainly need to go back another time! For the great food? The wines? Nature? The quietness you ask? Yes, all of them.But the main reason why we are so riveted to the Alentejo region is Villa Extramuros. A little piece of Heaven on earth. See previous post Évora for more info One of the advantages of a repeating visit is that you are even more à l’aise.You don’t need to rush to discover everything because you have seen already …

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Porto Palafita da Carrasqueira

For best reader experience go to first post of this series. At the estuary of the river Sado there’s an old fishermen pier. The scenery changes dramatically from high to low tide. Part of the pier has been renewed but most of it still looks like it will collapse any minut. The fishermen’s huts are decorated with dollies and other colourful objects. Objects that probably got stuck in their fishing nets. Another lovely spot at the Atlantic ocean is Cabo da Roca. It’s the westernmost point of the European continent with a dramatic coastline. High rocky granite cliffs and hidden …

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ALGARVE

In all honesty, this was our least favourite area in Portugal. Can’t really explain why, it simply felt that way. Something with les goûts et les couleurs… Speaking about taste. We had the BEST vegan meal ever in restaurant Pisco.If you happen to travel to the most South-West point of Portugal, Cabo de Sāo Vicente, you really have to stop in Vila do Bispo and have a meal there. We stayed on a walking distance 2 nights in a B&B Pure Fonte Velha. Too bad Pisco doesn’t serve breakfast ;-) Traveling outside the normal touristic season has its advantages. The …

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ALENTEJO

After a 3 days stay in the sparkling Lisbon we drove south to enjoy the countryside of Alentejo. A rural area with cork trees, rolling hills, sleepy villages and deserted beaches. But its biggest asset, tranquillity and hardly any, if any, tourists.During our drive, it became very clear that not a drop of rain had fallen in the last few weeks. Everything looked dry and barren, no lush green fields as far as the eye can see.Climate change not real? Think again. Not so far away from Vila Nova de Milfontes lies, somewhat remote, a cosy guesthouse Três Marias. Our …

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NIEUWPOORT

Newport, Nieuport. A small town at the estuarium of the Yser river at the Belgium West coast. Once the battleground during WWI where the war was settled, but today a beautiful coastal town and home of Jan Fabre’s statue ‘searching for Utopia’. Just before we left to spend the weekend, I impulsively grabbed a bunch of artificial roses. I don’t know why but i felt they would be part of something. The sky was heavy, rainy and grey. And those roses proved to be a colourful detail. The equestrian statue ‘Men’ on the breakwater is an artwork of Nina Beier. …

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