gastronomy – Seite 6 – rene bauer photography

Visitors from India

A few years back i met that nice lady in Bangalore who invited me to her family stay. Now she’s on a trip trough Europe and i had the honor to meet her again in Zurich for one day. There was a lot to catch up, so we had coffee and chat with her friends who accompany her. Between all the luxurious shops on the famous Bahnhofstrasse we bumped in a guy offering „free hugs“. Big fun and bright smiles guaranteed.

Despite the cool temperature and overcast we had a stroll trough the inner city, seen some ancient spots and cultural highlights. The weekly flea market caught the attention of the visitors. Just before the rain started we made it back to the main train station, where the local „Oktoberfest“-party started…

Oktober 2, 2016Oktober 2, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: europe, gastronomy, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, portrait, reportage, switzerland, tradition, travel, Uncategorized, urbanlife, waterTags: action, culture, daily life, dirndl, fleamarket, food, freehugs, friends, fun, history, india, music, oktoberfest, party, people, portraits, river, skyline, switzerland, tourism, tourist, Travel, zurich Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Namibia Selfie Project

Being a tour guide for my parents was a completely new thing. It brought me a whole bunch of experiences and challenges too. At the start i did a selfie with my crappy cellphone at train station for remembering reason and posted it on Instagram. I repeated it at airport. Somehow i liked it and went on picturing my parents in this selfie style throughout our trip in Namibia. It became a collection of selfies of our journey.

Mai 16, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, food, gastronomy, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, landscape, Nambia, nature, portrait, reportage, tradition, travel, Uncategorized, urbanlife, waterTags: adventure, Africa, agriculture, beach, blackandwhite, camping, city, culture, daily life, Desert, food, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, instagram, landscape, namibdummies, namibia, nature, Offroad, overland, people, portraits, reportage, safari, selfies, switzerland, Travel, urbanlife, Village, wildlife Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

The Himba Village

What’s the fascination of the Himba people? Is it their ancient and traditional lifestyle? Is it the bronze color of your skin? Or is it because they walk almost naked but freely and proud trough life? I hear people joking about the nakedness of Himbas, giggeling about bare breasts. I sense how people are unnaturally ashamed about the shameless nature of the Himba tribe. So were my parents rather shy in beginning of our visit in this Himba village. The locals acted completely natural, looked self confident in my camera and went on with their daily work. Of course, i went with my parents to a village open for tourists. The people are used on curious visitors, showed us how the live and what is important in their life and culture. Their proud and serious look turned into a big smile when i showed them the photos on display or tried to imitate their language. Kids played on the ground, made fun of me when i try to catch them with my Nikon and just stick some sweets in my mouth. Meat hung in front of houses, which are circled around an inner fence for the cattle. In centre is always a holy fire too. Everyone takes care it burns eternal, but the chief of the village takes highest responsibility of it. A big income are the little handicraft market, displayed on the ground. I couldn’t resist to take a souvenir myself, but the nicest remembering are the feeling how strange but natural in same time it felt to be amongst those peaceful people.

Mai 15, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, gastronomy, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, Nambia, nature, portrait, reportage, travel, Uncategorized, urbanlifeTags: adventure, Africa, children, culture, daily life, family, girl, himba, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, kids, landscape, mother, motherhood, namibdummies, namibia, nature, Offroad, overland, people, portraits, reportage, safari, Travel, tribe, urbanlife, Village, villagelife 1 Kommentar

Ombili Project For San People

San people used to be hunters and gatherers. The movie „the gods must be crazy“ gave a strong impression about their life in the Kalahari bush. However, i got aware of the ‚Ombili Project‘ nearby, which was founded to help the San people, who suffer from losing they’re natural habits. On the way to this ‚cultural village‘ i explained my parents what i know about the life of this tribe. Contrary to my expectations and explanations after arrival we’ve seen neither their nomadic huts, nor hunters with poisoned arrows. Instead we got introduced in the huge garden behind solid brick buildings and explained about their success with cattle. The Ombili project turns out to be rather an agriculture school in purpose to give the upcoming generations of San people a new future. Nevertheless there is still a corner in the village to satisfy the visitors with their images of old traditional huts, fire making with a stick and a group who sings wonderful old, traditional songs.

Mai 15, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, gastronomy, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, Nambia, nature, portrait, reportage, travel, Uncategorized, urbanlifeTags: adventure, Africa, agriculture, children, culture, daily life, firemaking, garden, kids, landscape, namibdummies, namibia, nature, nomads, overland, people, portraits, reportage, san, Travel, tribe, urbanlife, Village Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Solitaire in Namib Desert

A little spot, just south of the Tropic Of Capricorn sign, on the vast Namib desert marked as fuel station on the maps, but it’s far more than that. Not only fuel, snacks, cool beverages and cold beers are served here. It’s also the place for the most famous apple tart in Namibia. The German baker, who introduced that delicious dessert midst in the desert, passed away a few years ago. His apple tart stays for many more generations, hopefully.

The big eye-catcher are the old-timers and trucks standing around the fuel station. In colorful rusty conditions they attract people for a stroll between them and take a few shots for remembering.

Mai 6, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, gastronomy, landscape, Nambia, nature, portrait, reportage, travel, UncategorizedTags: Africa, appletart, cars, Desert, food, fuel, fuelstation, landscape, museum, namibdummies, namibia, old-timer, reportage, solitaire, Travel, trucks Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Coffee from Kilimanjaro

Early morning. Cool, pure air surrounds the highest mountain of Africa. With the first sun rays, light clouds start to gather around the peak. In the next hours the clouds get thicker and hiding Kilimanjaro behind it. The climate here is just perfect for coffee plantages. We learned the process after harvest coffee beans, peel the skin off the beans, roast it over fire and grind it to fine powder. Much fun, but also hard work and very interesting to see.

April 5, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, food, gastronomy, landscape, nature, portrait, reportage, travel, UncategorizedTags: Africa, coffee, landscape, mountain, nature, people, plantage, reportage, tanzania, Travel Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Ryokan Warabino

The Ryokan Warabino has been a peaceful oasis on my stay in Yufuin. Friendly staff, delicious food and -most of all- the quite, spacey, relaxing rooms made it unforgettable. In those days packed with lots of tours, invitations and experiences i enjoyed every single minute in my private space …most enjoyable in the hot bath tube outside.

Das Ryokan Warabino war die ruhige Oase während meinem Aufenthalt in Yufuin. Freundliches Personal, leckeres Essen und vor allem die grossen Zimmer gaben entspannende Rückzugsmöglichkeiten. In diesen Tagen mit vollem Programm genoss ich jede einzelne Minute, die ih in diesen Räumen verbrachte …am meisten aber in der von heissen Quellen gespeisten Badewanne auf der Terrasse.

Dezember 2, 2015 by Rene Bauer Categories: gastronomy, japan, travel, UncategorizedTags: gastronomy, hotel, japan, reportage, ryokan, Travel, yufuin 1 Kommentar

Japanese Gastronomy

Having a meal isn’t just put food in your body, but a social happening in Japan. It’s the time to discover the many facets of Japanese dishes as well as meeting people and talk business or just gather for a chat.

Einfach Essen in seinen Körper stopfen ist nicht sehr japanisch. Im Gegenteil; Das Essen wird als soziales Treffen zelebriert, wo man sich Zeit nimmt um Geschäfte zu besprechen oder einfach eine gute Zeit unter Freunde verbringt.