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...it was a beautiful garden with almost no people so I decided to sit down for a bit and enjoy... Touched down in Beijing airport, immigration this time was extremely fast and straight forward, no questions at all, just a photo and an entry stamp. Customs even better, nobody there to ask anything, just go through the "nothing to declare gate". The bus to the city costed just  元 16 (€1,72 based to the exchange rate back then).  Later on, in the metro, 元 2 (€0.21) ticket, there was an x-ray check and the girl was concerned about my shaving foam. No sprays allowed and my foam looked like a spray, I thought it was about my stuff or tripod being mistaken as a weapon... I take it out of the bag and she takes it to examine. Smiling, I take it back and put some foam on my hand making gestures that this is for shaving. She understood and nodded  that it was alright. Beijing metro is clean, efficient and really nice. All in English as well, pretty crowded but...

Freedom Cafe performing at the Totem stage Sun Festival 2013 Violin, guitars, hangs, santur, it was a great performance! Musicians: Marton Bakai, Manuel Villaescusa, Christian Amín Vàrkonyi, Norbi Pavel, Dávid Balázs

That afternoon decided to visit Juhu beach on the west of the city which  is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea and stretches for six kilometers. Many celebrities live in the area and its  a sought after destination for shooting films.  There is a food court at its main entrance famous for its 'Mumbai style' street food.   It was really nice and although a popular tourist destination there were very few tourists, the majority of the people were locals who were engaging in all kinds of activities. Playing cricket, soccer, bathing in the sea (which we were advised not to as its supposed to be very dirty, skin disease might be the result), even women with their saris bathing, people chilling, families, guys trying to sell stuff, kids coming to beg, women making henna, small kites on the air and the Mumbai skyline on the horizon... the soft breeze was refreshing and we walked enjoying ourserlves and taking photos. Out of the blue a guy stopped and said he liked...

Since Indian Spirit festival is dynamically coming back this year decided to re-post my videos of 2008, this time uncut with the original audio from the stages. Sorry for the poor audio quality, was using my built-in microphone of my camera back then (Powershot S3 IS). The new uncut version of Indian Spirit 2008, original audio And the old edited version Indian Spirit festival website:  http://www.indian-spirit.de/

Preface India... you've heard stories, you've watched endless videos & photos... and then you decide its time to visit yourself. But really, absolutely nothing can prepare you for the experience. And you will need time, a lot of time. For India can't be understood in a few days, or weeks, months even... it will stimulate all your senses, all kinds of emotions will be running through you in just a single day. Especially at the start, it will hit you hard, it might try to scare you off, but you shouldn't. I found myself laughing and crying a lot during the 1st month in India. But then, after a while, this changed. Found out that in order to try to understand India I shouldn't think like a westerner but start thinking like an Indian. Definitely not trust most of the people who come to me but learn to trust the ones I go to them. And then, slowly slowly, many incomprehensible things started to make sense... and so the beauty of India started unfolding... for the...

My friend Thorunn took me to her hometown Hveragerdi ( Hveragerði) in the south of Iceland, 45km east of Reykjavik.  Going up the mountain on the outskirts of town I understood how small Hveragerdi was, with just 1200 residents (year 2006). Thorunns father offered to give me a short jeep ride on the edge of the town, we took this road. In Iceland you really feel the importance of 4x4 jeeps, just going a bit out of Hveragerdi and we had to fjord this river! Icelandic nature never stopped to amaze me, not only to the famous major sights but everywhere, simple, breath taking, beautiful... The surrounding area is part of the Hengill  central  volcano , and is geothermally  active.  The town is known for its  greenhouses , which are heated by hot water from the  volcanic   hot springs  which are also famous.  Was lucky to visit "Eden", a roadside restaurant-greenhouse where you could have a meal or ...