INDIA | from the south to the north in pictures

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They all say you either love it or hate it – in my case, it was clear I love it already when I was about 5 years old. Even though I was never actually there back then, I was crazy about all the shiny, rattling and glittering gifts my aunt brought me and I always wanted to visit this mysterious country where elephants ruled the streets and you were allowed to eat with hands. Besides, Mowgli was also living there and Jungle Book was one of my favourite bedtime stories. Finally, in 2005 it was time to absorb all of India´s smells and colours.

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TUNISIA | 1 week holiday on Djerba with day trips around the country

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Flying south to get some last sun before the winter comes was a great decision and it´s hard to believe that we only had to pay around 200€ for the flight and the hotel, for a week! We flew from Slovenia on a charter flight and booked the whole thing LASTMINUTE. It was one of those rare times I booked a holiday like that but this was decided under special conditions. Tourism was just developing and there were many new hotels being built on DJERBA, where we were situated. We could not stand a week just lazing on the beach so we did lots of day trips in order to see at least a bit of the country.

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SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC | 3 weeks road trip from Johannesburg to Capetown

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OUR FIRST TIME IN AFRICA.  We were all excited about seeing the WILDLIFE for the very first time. The country is so big and has so much to offer, that it was hard to decide where we all want to go and what we all want to do, even though we had 3 weeks time. We RENTED A CAR IN JOHANNESBURG, visited KRUGER NP, spent some days in SWAZILAND, continued the road trip to DURBAN and along the coast to OUDTSHOORN and finally ended up in CAPE TOWN, where we caught our flight back home. We saw the big 5, the penguins, amazing coastline, big cities with modern fancy buildings, but also walked the streets in the less developed TOWNSHIPS, took a look at N. MANDELA´S PRISON CELL, we tasted delicious WINES, danced with the ZULU, observed OSTRICH being hatched and said “hello” to the LOCAL KIDS for about a million times. Over all we had an awesome cultural experience!

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ESWATINI (SWAZILAND) | short north to south trip as a part of a longer SA road trip

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 This tiny sovereign state in Southern Africa is ONE OF THE SMALLEST ON THE CONTINENT. 200 km north to south and 130 east to west it is easily discovered in a short period of time, but even though it is small, it is still diverse. I have to admit, we visited it because we were on our South African trip and in the near anyway, so we thought lets drive through, not knowing what to expect really. The small developing country is an absolute monarchy, ruled by the KING MSWATI III. The local population are struggling with major health issues, mostly HIV/AIDS, so that the life expectancy is at 50 years of age.

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