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1986 was the year of "island hopping" for us and we traveled to Bali, where we arrived late in the evening after a long flight in Denpasar.

Before sunrise in 1989, the hike through an extensive caldera to Gunung Bromo, a 2329 m high stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Java, be

The Indonesian island of Sulawesi, whose outline is reminiscent of an elephant, was formerly called Celebes, a name also made famous through the painting by Max Ernst, which has been on view in the

From Makassar (formerly Ujung Pandang) you can reach the offshore island of Samalona with small outrigger boats.

Darjeeling tea is world famous. On our trip to India, visiting this region was of course a must. We flew to Bhadrapur in Nepal and drove on to Darjeeling with land rovers.

Driving with the railway in India is an experience.

The Yiga Choeling Monastery (recently Ghoom Monastery) in Darjeeling is the seat of the Gelukpa or the yellow hat branch of Buddhism in Darjeeling.

Early in the morning we set out in the dark to the summit of the Tiger Hills with its 2590 meters to experience the sunrise over the Himalayan massif.

Phodong is a Buddhist monastery and is located about 28 kilometers from Gangtok in Sikkim.

West Sikkim is home to the famous Pemayangtse Monastery, the second oldest in Sikkim. The name Pemayangtse means something like "Perfect and Sublime Lotus".

It was only about 2 km from Pelling to Pemayangtse Monastery, which was our first cultural destination in Sikkim, so that we first moved into a hotel here in Sikkim with a wonderful view of the Him

Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim with around 30,000 inhabitants.

The Buddhist Rumtek Monastery is the largest in Sikkim and is also called the Dharma Chakra Center.

In 1980 our plane spiraled in wide curves out of the blue sky to the capital of Greece and finally landed on the short runway of Athens airport.

Olbia is an idyllic city in northeastern Sardinia, whose winding streets contrast beautifully with the inviting harbor promenade.

Our trip to Venice in 1988 resulted in so many photo opportunities that the number of films we took with us was barely enough.

Singapore and - above all - Malaysia were on our travel program in 1984 and the first stop on the famous "circumnavigation" of the peninsula led to Malacca.

On our backpacking trip through China in 1988 we also went to the Ming tombs and the Great Wall of China.

The more difficult circumstances of traveling in 1988 can hardly be imagined today - no cell phones, no ATMs, no internet, no Booking.com: so we were mainly equipped wit

Shílín (石林), in English "stone forest", is an impressive karst landscape that lies in the Chinese province of Yunnan.

Guilin is located in southeast China on the banks of the Li River (Li Jiang).