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Contents

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Prologue

Chapter 1: First travels and early dreams

1.1 Vienna and Salzburg after World War II

1.2 Sun over the Adriatic

Chapter 2: Switzerland and France by bicycle

1.1 The way from Salzburg to Paris

1.2 The way back

Chapter 3: Yugoslavia 1966 - 1998

3.1 A vanished country

3.2 Novi Pazar and the Adriatic coast

3.3 Mostar 1966, 1990 and 2001

3.4 Slavonic hospitality

3.5 A journey into history

Chapter 4: Ireland 1971 and 2011

4.1 Arrival in Ireland

4.2 The Skelligs 2001

Chapter 5: USA 1993; an epic car journey

5.1 Why do we travel?

5.2 An epic car journey

Chapter 6: The German Democratic Republic 1994

6.1 The Iron Curtain

6.2 Dresden and Leipzig

Chapter 7: Ecuador 1995 – 2001

7.1 Quito 1995

7.2 Rucu Pichincha 1995; an adventure in the Andes

7.3 Guayaquil 1995

7.4 Lost on Cotopaxi 2001

7.5 The Avenue of the Volcanoes; Baños around 2000

7.6 Ethnic diversity

7.7 The girl from the jungle

7.8 The man from the jungle

Chapter 8: Chile

8.1 Santiago de Chile

8.2 Viña del Mar on Election Day

8.3 The Pan-American Highway; Christmas and New Year in Chile

Chapter 9: Venezuela 2000

9.1 First impressions of Caracas

9.2 Dangers

9.3 Hiking on El Avila

9.4 Taxis, robbers and Siemens-girls

Chapter 10: Brazil 2003 and 2004

10.1 Land of the future

10.2 A dream became reality: Brasilia

10.3 Fortaleza

10.4 The Favelas of Rio de Janeiro

Chapter 11: Africa 2003

11.1 Moshi and Mount Meru

11.2 Mount Kilimanjaro

Chapter 12: Argentina

12.1 Córdoba and Buenos Aires

12.2 La Plata

12.3 Salta

12.4 A trip to Iguazu

Chapter 13: The Austrian Alps 2007, 2013 and 2018

13.1 In praise of slowness

13.2 The Gesäuse National Park

13.3 Climbing-adventures

13.3.1 A long alpine traverse 2007

13.3.2 A climb with an exciting finish 2013

13.4 From hut to hut on the Austro-Italian border 2018

Instead of an epilogue: declaration of love to Spain

Pictures

Cover Photo: Paraty, Brazil

Wounds of war in Mostar

The author on Benchoona Mountain, County Mayo

San Francisco Church in Quito

Scrambling route to the summit of Rucu Pichincha

El Cotopaxi

The crater of Cotopaxi as seen from the summit

Market in Otavalo

Lago Caburga and Volcan Villarica

Canyons of Morro Branco

The summer palace of the Emperor of Brazil

Paraty

Samba dancer

View of Kilimanjaro from Mount Meru

In the village of Marangu

Las madres de la Plaza de Mayo

La Gran Aventura

On the Michelli Strobl via ferrata

Wolayersee Hut, Karnischer Höhenweg

Austrian shelter from World War I

Uncle Erich in World War I in the Dolomites

A section of the Karnischer Höhenweg