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Taiwan: The Prison Island (Lü Dao)

There is also a dark side in the history of Green Island. For the period of so called „White Terror“, from 1949 until late 1980’s, many political prisoners were held on a prison on Green Island, which got the name Prison Island back then. Nowadays it’s converted to a museum and memorial.

There are more places outside the prison walls, which played a role in those times. Most obvious the cementery, but also a cave, in which the prisons were forced to play and watch scenes and plays in order to get the right mindset for the Taiwanese society.

März 17, 2024März 17, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, history, landscape, nature, reportage, travelTags: Asia, cave, coast, greenisland, history, island, landscape, lèdao, memorial, museum, nature, people, prison, prisonisland, renebauerphotography, reportage, taiwan, Travel, whiteterror Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Winter In Turkey: Cesme

Winter in Turkey impressions #15: Cesme is a small, nice town at the coast near Izmir. A travel friend lured me there, so we could meet again, having nice diner and i got a safe overnight spot at the port. Next morning i realized this place was rich on history too. So i went for short walk to get some more impressions.

Januar 18, 2024Januar 9, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, history, Middle East, reportage, roadtrip, tinatortuga, tradition, travel, turkey, urbanlifeTags: castle, cesme, chai, coast, history, izmir, landscape, museum, overland, port, renebauerphotography, tea, tinatortuga, Travel, turkey Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Winter In Turkey: Ephesus

Winter in Turkey impressions #14: Ephesus surprised me not only with its sheer size and the huge roman theatre, but also with some incredibly well kept mosaics and wall paintings in some excavated houses. Lucky i arrived early, because i spent way much more time than estimated before. It was so amting to roam trough these contemporary witnesses from so many eras and history.

Januar 17, 2024Januar 9, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, Middle East, reportage, roadtrip, tradition, travel, turkeyTags: ancient, art, cat, culture, ephesus, history, izmir, middleeast, mosaic, overland, renebauerphotography, reportage, roman, romantheatre, ruins, theatre, Travel, turkey, unescoworldheritage, wallpainting, worldheritagesite Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Winter In Turkey: Derinkuyu

Winter in Turkey impressions #10: Derinkuyu is famous for its underground city. My camping neighbor told me about it. And since it started to snow i gladly took his invitation for the ride there in his comfortable heated van. Beside exploring this fascinating underground city, it was also nice having a nice pal to talk to.

Januar 13, 2024Januar 6, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, history, Middle East, nature, reportage, roadtrip, tinatortuga, travel, turkeyTags: anatolia, ancient, camping, cappadocia, culture, derinkuyu, history, Landrover, landroverdefender, landroverdefender110, landscape, nature, overland, renebauerphotography, reportage, snow, tinatortuga, Travel, turkey, underground, undergroundcity, vanlife, winter, wintercamping, winterinturkey Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Winter In Turkey: Antalya

Turkey in winter impressions #4: I spent New Years Eve in Antalya and surroundings, where i found a super nice family renting me out a room in their airBnB. Beside that i met again a travel mate from an earlier trip in Africa and made more friends.

Januar 7, 2024Januar 5, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: culture, history, landscape, nature, photoshoot, portrait, reportage, roadtrip, tinatortuga, tradition, travel, turkey, urbanlifeTags: antalya, aquarium, Asia, cave, friends, history, landscape, middleeast, mountains, museum, nature, newyear, overland, party, people, photoshoot, portraits, renebauerphotography, reportage, tinatortuga, Travel, turkey Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Winter In Turkey: Heliopolis

Winter in Turkey Impressions #3: Heliopolis, an ancient roman town, lies just in the mountains above Pamukkale. Get your impressions here:

Januar 6, 2024Januar 5, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Eswatini, history, humansofplanetearth, landscape, nature, reportage, roadtrip, tinatortuga, tradition, travel, turkeyTags: amphitheatre, ancient, ancientcity, ancientroman, balloon, heliopolis, history, hotairballon, landscape, nature, overland, pamukkale, renebauerphotography, reportage, roman, romanancient, Travel, turkey, winterinturkey Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Ribe, the oldest town in Danmark

On my way south, i got a hint to visit Ribe, the oldest town in Danmark. So i took a detour to stroll trough this historical place with medieval charm.

Some Impressions:

Dezember 11, 2023Dezember 11, 2023 by Rene Bauer Categories: culture, europe, reportage, roadtrip, tradition, travelTags: chruch, citywalk, danmark, europe, history, medieval, medievaltown, nature, northerneurope, oldtown, overland, park, people, renebauerphotography, reportage, ribe, scandinavia, Travel Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Danmark – Impressions From Copenhagen

No comments needed, just impressions from my stay in beautiful, bustling and interesting Copenhagen:

Photos taken at:

Little Mermaid
Kastellet
Frederik’s Church
Nyhaven
Radhuspladsen
Freetown Christiania
Tivoli Gardens
and other places

Dezember 10, 2023Dezember 10, 2023 by Rene Bauer Categories: culture, europe, history, humansofplanetearth, nature, portrait, reportage, roadtrip, travel, Uncategorized, urbanlifeTags: christiania, church, copenhagen, danmark, europe, freetownchristiania, history, kastellet, landscape, littlemermaid, mermaid, monuments, northerneurope, nyhaven, oldtown, overland, people, portraits, renebauerphotography, reportage, scandinavia, sightseeing, tivoli, Travel Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Sweden – Stockholm

In Stockholm i bumped into the Pride Parade unexpectedly. I spent long time to watch them passing by and photographing. Watch the photos from that event, which i posted earlier:

The Pride Parade in Stockholm

But of course i visited also the world famous Vasa Museum and the old town of Stockholm.

Dezember 8, 2023Dezember 7, 2023 by Rene Bauer Categories: culture, europe, history, reportage, roadtrip, tinatortuga, travel, UncategorizedTags: city, docks, europe, haven, history, landscape, museum, northerneurope, oldtown, overland, palace, people, port, portraits, renebauerphotography, reportage, royalguard, royality, scandinavia, stockholm, sweden, Travel, vasa, vasamuseum Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Norway – From Alta To Tromsø

Alta is not only a pleasant town in northern Norway, but also has some prehistoric rock carvings to offer. A nice walk at the shore lead me to impressive prehistoric art. But before i was visiting the Alta Museum for more information about the history on this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

After the endless ways inland in the past days, i enjoyed the roads along the fjords very much. Many times i felt to stop for the view or having a coffee break in a breathtaking landscape. So i arrived Tromsø too late for visiting any museum or the famous Arctic Cathedral. However, there was enough light to stroll trough the town and get an impression before leaving for the fjords again.