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On the Padiş Plateau in the Apuseni Mountains

Short hikes to caves and ponors (Romania)

Hiking the gorges of the Black Forest on the Schuchtensteig Trek

The long-distance hiking trail leads in 6 stages through the Wutach Gorge and through smaller gorges in the Southern Black Forest

Cenotes of Yucatán

Spectacular sinkholes for diving, snorkelling, swimming (Mexico)

Cone karst in Franconian Switzerland

It is no coincidence that the limestone towers in Upper Franconia are reminiscent of famous landscapes in Southeast Asia.

Calenques near Cassis

The narrow and rocky bays Calanque d’en Vau, Calanque de Port Pin and Calanque de Port-Miou

Hiking the Verdon Gorge

On the Sentier Martel through the “Grand Canyon of the Alps”, one of the deepest and most beautiful gorges in Europe (France)

Chocolate Hills on Bohol

A beautiful, very regular example of classic cone karst in the Philippines

Sagada

Despite hanging coffins and the Cave Connection, the supposed backpacker’s paradise in the mountains of northern Luzon (Philippines) disappoints.

Bay of Kotor

The “Fjord” of the Balkans in Montenegro: Hikes and Old Towns

Uvac Gorge

Deeply incised meanders of the Uvac in a rarely visited reserve in Serbia

Modro Jezero (Blue Lake) and Crveno Jezero (Red Lake)

Large sinkholes near Imotski in Croatia

Plitvice Lakes

Karst landscape with lakes and waterfalls in Croatia

Slovenian Karst

Caves, sinkholes, poljes — the term karst derives from the uplands of the same name in Slovenia

Folds of the Morcles nappe

Hike to the most beautiful folds of the Alps, which not only gives insights into the geology of the mountains (folds, overthrusts, nappes), but also beautiful views of the mountains.

Glarus Thrust and Bregaglia Granite

Short geological excursion in Switzerland

In the White Desert near Farafra, one feels transferred into a painting by Dali. Everywhere you look, wondrously shaped knobs of white chalk lime. With imagination you can find faces, animals, flames, tables and more. You don’t even need imagination to see the mushrooms. Sometimes the ground looks like snowdrifts, which look especially crazy when … Continue reading “White Desert”

Makhtesh Ramon

The “crater” Ramon in the Negev Desert in Israel was not formed by a meteorite impact, but by erosion of a fold

Tatev and Noravank

Monasteries in the South of Armenia

Persepolis and Shiraz

Winding bazaars in Shiraz and the ruins of the ancient Persians in Persepolis (Iran)

Cuba

Isn’t it fascinating how stubbornly this small country and its inhabitants defy everything that befalls them? The collapse of the Soviet Union, economic blockade, the lack that comes with it…. Who knows what will happen when Fidel is gone; high time I thought, to drink a mojito to the revolution on this green island lapped … Continue reading “Cuba”

Guatemala

How pleasant to be met by Marta at the airport! We spend the first night in Guatemala City, a chaotic metropolis with broken, crowded streets, street kids, …. In a minibus we drive down from the coffee town of Coban through beautiful tropical karst landscape. In a village with a colourful market, more and more … Continue reading “Guatemala”

Guilin cone karst

Around Yangzhou, once again, cone karst at its finest – admittedly quite similar to the corresponding landscapes in northern Vietnam or southern Thailand. The best thing is to cruise through the landscape on a bicycle (if only it weren’t so brutally hot), because between the rocky limestone mountains everything is flat. I was less prepared … Continue reading “Guilin cone karst”

Krabi

The sky is cloudy and almost every day there are one or two heavy monsoon showers – it’s obviously time for me to go to Malaysia, because the rainy season is already over there. But when it clears, the limestone cliffs shine beautifully in the sun. A bar on the beach has new furniture made … Continue reading “Krabi”

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