Archive of month: 2018

#3 How Kilimanjaro means life

After Pamukkale I headed straight South to Tanzania, to observe how the receding of Kilimanjaro glacier is changing life around it. Once in Moshi I find myself in a extremely vivid environment and rapidly get used to moving around with motorcycle-taxi or a dala-dala. But I still have road to go to get to my […]
7 years ago

Photo from Khövsgöl Province

Tsaatan are one of the world’s smallest ethnic groups (they’re estimated to be around 200). In addition to climate change they are also facing difficulties also due to the creation of the protected area of the Tengis Shishged national park, that is constraining their movements and activities in the area.
7 years ago

Photo from Khövsgöl Province

It is becoming harder for Tsaatan people to maintain their way of life. Decrease in snow level is leaving more freedom of movement to the reindeer, making more difficult for the herders to take care of them.
7 years ago

Photo from Khövsgöl Province

Tsaatan people are nomads reindeer herders who live in the Mongolian taiga. They move their ortz according to the migrations of the reindeer in this wild environment, which is the only one favourable to their animals.
7 years ago

Photo from Khövsgöl Province

We‘re there. Tsaatan people live in ortz, felt-lined tipi tent made of wood with one opening used as a door. One of these will be our home for the next three days.
7 years ago

Photo from Khovsgol Lake

On my way to visit the Tsaatan people in Northern Mongolia, I have to cross long snowy valleys and the big Khovsgol lake that is still frozen this time of the year.
7 years ago

Photo from Lo Mantang, Nepal

The other day was my last night spent in Upper Mustang, sleeping in a traditional tea house. In the beginning it was hard to get used to the environment, but after a while you really get to enjoy the peaceful silent nights of this place.
7 years ago

Photo from Lo Mantang, Nepal

Tibetan tea, “po cha”, is the favorite drink of the people living in Upper Mustang. Traditionally, it is made from tea leaves, yak butter, hot water, and salt, all pressed together in a wooden churn. It is getting rarer and rarer to find such preparation as more and more people prefer to use electric mixers imported from China.
7 years ago

#02 Why Pamukkale is a symbol of the vulnerability of our planet

As my first foreign destination for this project I chose Pamukkale, a location threatened by its own success.This charming place is covered by a unique snow-white limestone, shaped by calcium-rich spring water that flows down the mountain. Visiting Pamukkale is above all a sensorial experience. The sight of the white patch on the mountain, the […]
7 years ago