The Janwaar Trilogy

Early in December 2023 I released Skater Girl Asha – the first book of the Janwaar Trilogy (see below). Since 2012 I am extremely involved in India, even though I wasn’t allowed to go there after Covid, my visa applications have been rejected multiple times. Surprisingly this January I was granted a visa and I […]

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My first steps with ChatGPT

Yesterday I finally got my account with OpenAI. I was hesitant to use the technology because I didn’t want to be part of making these things even smarter. Yet my curiosity took over and I started to playing around. I wasn’t more than 10 minutes on OpenAI. A few very simple questions about myself and […]

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Tankwa Artscape

The Nomad is a series of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, experiences, joy of the moments by me, Ulrike Reinhard – all around my travels. Stay tuned! Ulrike Reinhard is The Nomad 🙂 The Tankwa Artscape is an artist residency program in South Africa’s rock desert, the Tankwa Karoo. It takes place at the Tented Camp […]

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WE_Nato

The Nomad is a series of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, experiences, joy of the moments by me, Ulrike Reinhard – all around my travels. Stay tuned! Ulrike Reinhard is The Nomad 🙂 I’ve written this in 2014. “Expect the unexpected” is the motto of each and every DLD (Digital- Life-Design) conference organized by Hubert BURDA […]

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TAZARA – The Tanzania-Zambia-Railway Adventure

The Nomad is a series of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, experiences, joy of the moments by me, Ulrike Reinhard – all around my travels. Stay tuned! Ulrike Reinhard is The Nomad 🙂 I’d heard about this Tanzania-Zambia-Railway many years ago and it was always in my mind to do this trip once. The rail line […]

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The Guy Who Walked Namibia

This is Owen Kataparo Muhenjeq, an activist who walked Namibia to raise awareness for environmental issues A friend told me, if you go to Epupa Falls (North West of Namibia at the border to Angola), look out for Owen. And this is what I did. I arrived at the Epupa Falls Lodge, right in front […]

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The Hidden Gem of The Swakop Riverbed

Swakopmund is one of the most well-known tourist destination in Namibia, it’s a hub conncecting the Namib desert in the south with the Skeleton Coast in the north. Only 30 km and 30 minutes away is a spot called Gaonikontes, an oasis in the Swakop riverbed. The last time there was water in the river […]

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The Life between Hotel and Township

The Nomad is a series of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, experiences, joy of the moments by me, Ulrike Reinhard – all around my travels. Stay tuned! Ulrike Reinhard is The Nomad 🙂 The Life between Hotel and Township I stayed for 24 nights in a hotel in Swakopmund on the coast of western Namibia, 352 km […]

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Maltahöhe – The Revival of a Desert Gateway

The Nomad is a series of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, experiences, joy of the moments by me, Ulrike Reinhard – all around my travels. Stay tuned! Ulrike Reinhard is The Nomad 🙂 Maltahöhe in Southern Namibia has German roots. It was founded in 1899 by Henning von Burgsdorff, a former officer in the German Schutztruppe, […]

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Spitzkoppe – The Matterhorn of Namibia

The Spitzkoppe is a group of bald granite peaks located between Usakos and Swakopmund in the Namib desert. It is a 1.5 hours drive from Swakopmund, the last 30 km are dirt road. The granite is more than 150 million years old and the highest outcrop rises about 1,728 metres above sea level. The peaks […]

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