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To wake up in another country in your own bed.
Estonia, Narva, Paldinski, July 2018 In your own house, in your own bed: in the morning you wake up and suddenly you are in a...
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Saint Lucia
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Saint Lucia embodies the essence of the Caribbeans. Life moves at a relaxed pace, with a touch of Rastafarian influence....
I do not want to wait until retirement to have fun
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WRC Rally Cup
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Roma and Sinti in Rumania
November 2016
Andrea asks me habla Espagnol? She gestures: she is hungry. The three gypsy girls circle around me like a...
Beachclub Samotrakhi Greece
Tourism and the EU
June 2011
More than 30 years ago my wife and I had a wonderfull time camping on this relatively unknown Greek island....
Svetlana, Olga and Diana, Platskart
Railroads are the arteries of Ukraine Western Ukraine, August 2016
“No time to print your ticket!” the platinum blond station attendant tells me through the small...
CYCLING TOUR
Maria Bakalo in Lviv
Ukraine, Lviv, December 2017 2018 Lviv
Lead picture: Maria Bakalo (Masha) during a rehearsal of a new performance. I met Masha in 2016 and revisited her...
Morning at Ahmed Beach Bali
Indonesia, 2013 Ahmed Beach
It is early morning at Amed beach, the fishermen who left before sunrise return in their small boats and the catch...
Newspapers in Tallinn
Estonia, August 2011 Tallinn Just outside the city centre of Tallin in front of a Sovjet style building we are suddenly surrounded by a herd...
Saint Nicolas song
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Civil support for ZSU (Ukrainian Army)
2023 11 Ukraine Tyachiv Drohobych Lviv Misha has been at the frontline for nearly a year. I meet him on a freezing day at the...
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To wake up in another country in your own bed.
Estonia, Narva, Paldinski, July 2018 In your own house, in your own bed: in the morning you wake up and suddenly you are in a...
Uljana and Rostyk: Sam Smak natural bread backery
Lviv, Ukraine December 2017
Rostyk and Uljana have had many jobs. Rostyk made music freelance and studied at University but at the same time traded...
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