I am walking
When I saw this gigantic man on a facade of a parking garage in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) I started humming: I’m walking, yes indeed I’m talking For you and me and I’m hoping That you’ll come back to me I’m walking, yes indeed I’m talking For you and me and I’m hoping That you’ll [...]
Touch the Sky in Dubai
Construction started in September 2004 and images of its spectacular inauguration in January 2010 – at the hight of the global financial crisis – went around the world: The Burj Khalifa in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). It’s a skyscraper of countless superlatives: with 829.8 m it is the by far tallest structure ever built, the building with most floors, [...]
On your marks, get set, go! Happy 2013.
No matter in which timezone you live, there are only few hours left until you can start the new year 2013. A few days back I was at a camel race in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and while photographing the milliseconds after the start I was thinking: Isn’t every new year like a start of [...]
Eid Mubarak
In a few hours, Muslims around the world enjoy one of two major holidays: Eid al-Fitr – the celebration marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Families and friends get together to thank God for the gift of fasting, in which they avoided food & drink from dawn to dusk. The best clothes are worn, presents [...]
Happy New Year 2012
Three, two, one – happy New Year 2012. I happened to be in Abu Dhabi (UAE), among thousands of fans at the Coldplay concert during this unique moment of the year. Well, maybe not that unique, as with a little bit of traveling around the world everyone is able to celebrate the first day of the [...]
Come and kiss me!
Forget Bentleys and private jets. When you live in the middle of the desert, what you need is a good camel. Admittedly the times, when caravans crossed the desert, loaded with food and other trading goods is long gone in the United Arab Emirates. The animals are also not used anymore as means of transport [...]
Cricket − at least every 3rd person on earth knows its rules
No, cricket is not the most popular sport on earth. But almost. Actually only beaten by football (soccer). It’s obviously difficult to come up with accurate estimations, but there are for sure far more than 2 billion people around the globe calling themselves “cricket fans”. You could call me something like “a fan in spe”, [...]
Lucky to see an Arabian Oryx
Close encounters with bigger animals are always exciting. Even more so if they happen surprisingly like when suddenly this Oryx was standing in front of me in the desert (United Arab Emirates). Afterwards I learned that the Arabian Oryx is one of four species (the others are native to Africa) and only was saved from extinction [...]
Put your feet up in the air
After watching a flight show in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) earlier this year, I read a bit about the aviation’s history: Flying like a bird was probably always a desire of human kind. 1700 BC the dangers of it were explored in the Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus. Still way before Christ was born, kites were dancing in [...]
