The Spirit of Buryatia
“Is this your machine?” asks a young policeman, showing a picture of our ambulance on his phone. “Ours”, we...
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The Two Temples of Posolskoye
On a hill covered by a green carpet of grassland, stand white walls of the Orthodox cathedral. Metallic sounds of a...
Mongolia – Intimate Conversations of Foreign Souls
A heart the size of a fist and a white sponge of lungs. A bloody liver lies beside a large stomach. Next to it,...
Russia – the streets without white bears
Metallic sounds of trombones and a rhythmic beat of drums. Loud cries in a foreign language. White and green wigs...
Thaipusam – the way of finding bliss
In Singapore, the Sri Thendayuthapani Hindu temple resonates with the rhythmic music of drums, bells and...
Tidal Waves
“You will catch bait for barracuda”, one of the fishermen explains to us. Earlier in the day, a long wooden boat...
Buddhism at the hanging rock
On Vesak Day, 2017, my husband and I found ourselves on the tear-shaped island of Sri Lanka, home to a population...
Damnoen Saduak – Thai market that rocks
An older man, tucked under a reed hat, stirs with a long ladle content of an aluminium pot that steams on a...
Maeklong – Thai market for adrenaline rush seekers
Folding awnings shade a narrow alleyway covered with makeshift market stalls. They mostly consist of plastic...