Dark Tourist or Bright Traveler

No fear. Live your dreams. Larger than life. Explore deep. Rise above. And shine over the dark. - Welcome ... to the other side !(Foto taken in Bhutan, the gross happiness dictatorship) - "Dark Tourist" is a deliberate propaganda word, to discredit those brighter travelers who refuse to be programmed by television and take an …

In the Movie: ETIC – The Danger Zone Docs. Healing the World. One Conflict at a Time.

“Kolja stands … a walking pillar … of enlightened extreme travelers who question the news” (ZDF Info) His organisation ETIC - The Extreme Traveler International Congress is a signal of hope and a better future in conflict zones. Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/915607288/85ccee2dae - Thumbs up to the Colombian Army Batallion 19 Soldier - Or watch …

At the Babylon Hotel in Baghdad

My opening scene from the movie Danger Zone was filmed at the shark aquarium in the lobby of the Babylon Hotel Baghdad. There is a giant Ishtar Gate at the entrance to the Babylon Hotel in Baghdad. The original was built by King Nebukhadnezzar around 575 BC in ancient Babylon. The remains of the original …

The Grand Hotel Djibloho in Equatorial-Guinea’s futuristic jungle capital … and my ‘Dr. Dangerzone’ speech at the ‘Most Traveled People’ summit

The planned future capital of Equatorial-Guinea, Ciudad de la Paz, is located deep in the country's mainland jungle (Rio Muni), wedged between Cameroon and Gabon, and not on the Island (Bioko) in the Gulf of Guinea, where the current capital (Malabo) is seated. Ciudad de la Paz is pretty much an artificial city built from …

The Sultan of Sulu and the Bangsamoro MILFs

Bangsamoro means the Peoples (Bangsa) of the Muslims (Spanish: Moro) on and around Mindanao Island in the Southern Philippines. The Sulu Archipelago, and in particular Jolo Island, have been the earliest areas of Muslim settlement in South East Asia, dating back to before 1.000 CE. The official flag of Bangsamoro The towering minarets of the …

The Azer Side of the Karabakh War: Agdam Ghost Town + Fuzuli Airport

"Karabakh is Azerbaijan" President Ilham Aliyev Mehradj Mahmudov (left). Foto: report.az Thanks to my good friend Mehradj Mahmudov, who is Azerbaijan's most traveled person, I had an opportunity to gain special insight into the Armenia - Azerbaijan Conflict in the Karabakh region. I think that given the large influence of the Armenian diaspora in the …

At the Donezk Front, with Nightwolves, Chechens, and a Freudian Slip

2021 Year of Mad Max + Coronation of the Virus This was my 3rd visit to the Donbass during the war. I am dedicating my last dangerzone trip to the victims of international + national socialism, of global "worm"ing, of satanic dialectics ... and of neurotoxic TV programming. My opinions are not necessarily shared by …

Inside Varosha Ghost Town + Louroujina Pocket + Kokkina Exclave, on the Atilla Line, Turkish Cyprus

The 180km long United Nations Buffer Zone aka Atilla Line or Green Line divides Cyprus (Source: http://www.militaryhistories.co.uk and own) There are 330.000 ethnic Turks living in the unrecognised "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus", and 1.300.000 ethnic Greek living in the UN-recognised Greek "Republic of Cyprus" in the South. After being predominantly Greek or Byzantian since …

Raid on Rockall

Rockall. This lonely rock in the middle of the North Atlantic ... ... is claimed by Britain since 1955, and incorporated into Scotland since 1972. Illegally - because international law doesn't allow the appropriation of uninhabited rocks. Britain exploits oil and gas in the vicinity. Despite signing the UN Law of the Seas in 1997, …

Neu-Schwabenland, Antarctica

Welcome to ... Mysterious Antarctica! Few have ever heard of Queen Maud Land (or Dronning Maud Land in Norwegian), but even fewer of New Swabia (or Neu-Schwabenland in German). Go figure why ... Capetown Airport (South Africa) is one of the two main entry points to the white continent, together with Punta Arenas (Chile). After …

Hosted in the FARC mountains: Marquetalia, Colombia

The Colombian mountain territory of Marquetalia was declared an autonomous republic by the "Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia", or FARC, in 1948. FARC co-founder Jacobo Arenas (pictured right), surviving the government invasion of Marquetalia, wrote a book called "Diario de la resistencia de Marquetalia" ("Marquetalia Diary") in 1972. FARC founder Manuel Marulanda "Tirofijo" is pictured …

Aleppo (Syria): perfidious ISIS-Battlefield, secret NATO-Bunker, destroyed Grand Bazaar + famous Baron Hotel

We want you to come to Syria - in peace ! Because of the Western sanctions, there are currently only 3 international flights to Damascus (from Baghdad, Moscow and Tehran), so most foreign visitors, journalists or NGO staff enter Syria overland from the Lebanese border, pictured here. After a night drive of 2.5 hours, directly …

Mleeta – the Hezbollah Stronghold in Lebanon

Visit to Mleeta in Lebanon Arrival scene at Beirut Airport The (pre-) Roman temple of Baalbek is Lebanon's most famous attraction Few visitors know about Mleeta - the Hezbollah's stronghold sitting high on a mountaintop in Lebanon's South in defence against Israeli attacks. The mountain dug out was not detected by Israel until after the …

The ultimate “Gentleman Adventurer” trip: to all 3 Somalias

PG 18: Don't try this at home. You'll miss your flight. - A bit of romantic music? - Oh man The mysterious Mr. Masel Tov from Monaco called and made the Gentleman Adventurer a generous offer he couldn't resist: a trip to the world's most dangerous country Somalia in private-jet comfort and with professional protection. …

Hot chicks, cold noodles and a rocket haircut in North Korea

Even after the US embargo forbidding it's own citizens from travelling to North Korea, there are currently three travel agencies that offer entry to North Korea: Koryo Group, Juche Tours and Young Pioneer Tours. Booking and visa procedures are simple. Entry is either by daily plane from Beijing, or two planes a week from Vladivostok, …

Road to Anabar. World’s Northernmost Dead-End !

Putin' on the Rocks. An epic ice-road-trip. Across Yakutia. To the top of the world. And the end of the road. @72°49'NORTH. 10.03.2016 -45 °C Three Lads and a Lada ... ... on the Road to Anabar. World's northernmost road end. "Holiday on ice": drove 4.000 km on official roads from Lake Baikal (Irkutsk) to …

Manpupuner – at the Europe-Asia Border high in the Urals

01.04.2015     We rented a VW Tiguan 4x4 from Avis at Moscow Domodedovo Airport and drove on a slightly northern route 3.000 km towards the Ural ... ... crossing from the European to the Asian continent at this monument between Perm and Ivdel. The end of the road, Vizhay, is a ghost town, ever …

Along the ISIS frontline – from Grozny via Erbil to Kobane

05.11.2014 After attending the Extreme Traveler International Congress in Grozny, we decided to drive back home "the hard way" and to learn something about current affairs on the road via Georgia - Armenia - Karabakh - Iran - Iraq - Turkey (incl. Kobane, Kilis and Iskenderun / Ceyhan). Road Map ETIC (click for info) Start …

‘Khakassia Track’ from Altai to Tuva – First Time Offroad through a Siberian Open Air Prison

15.10.2014 It was mid-October 2014 and the first snow had fallen on the famous Tuva Track mountain road from Kosh-Agach in the Altai Mountains to Ak-Dovurak in the Republic of Tuva. Instead we opted to take the Khakassia Track 500km further north, but on lower grounds, an extension of the Togulskiy Trakt, from Biysk to …

North Pole (via Ice Camp Barneo)

12.04.2014 -30 °C - Ice Camp Barneo - -Each year in April, the Russian Geographical Society builds a spectacular tent camp for scientists, explorers and tourists. The Logistical effort to build Barneo is fascinating. They called it Barneo, because, ahem, well, it is not Borneo ! 🙂 Take off from Spitsbergen, Norway on an Antonov …

On Stalin’s ‘Dead Road’ above the Polar Circle

20.03.2014 -20 °C Together with the famous Road of Bones in East Siberia, and the Tuva Track in the Altai Mountains, Stalin's Dead Road in Northern Central Siberia is probably the most adventurous road in Russia. Contrary to the Road of Bones or the Tuva Track, there are no travel reports whatsoever to be found …

Roadtrip Russia (5) ‘Road of Bones’ in Winter at -62°C

14.02.2013 Russia's M56: "Highway from Hell" and "Road of Bones" 4.200 km through the "Pole of Cold" ... 3 days and nights ... nonstop driving with temperatures never warmer than -30 °C ... ... even below -50° C for 2.000 km !!! (like on planet Mars) It was also the coldest winter in Russia in …

Aid Drive to Dadaab, the Somali Refugee Camps

World's largest refugee camp 10.08.2011   We flew to Mombasa with private cash donations and stocks of medical equipment, destined for the drought struck refugee area of Dadaab. In a rented Toyota RAV4 we drove via Malindi and Lamu to Garissa in North-Eastern Kenya. The area is 95% Somali inhabited and looks and feels totally …

Blitz Trip to Benghazi (Arab Spring)

We were probably the first "tourists" in this newly emerging Libyan capital 23.06.2011 Two Players in the Conflict Country <---> ==> Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Leader of the "Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" since 1969 vs. Mustafa Abdul Jalil of the "Transitional National Council" leading the new "Libyan Republic" since 2011 (Source: Wikipedia) - Benghazi …

The UN-easy Way: Jeddah (Saudi) to Juba (South Sudan)

A rough overland drive of 4.000km - plus an UN-easy missionary flight - to attend the birth of a new nation: South Sudan 14.01.2011 - 25.01.2011 Our route: Saudi-Arabia View over Riyadh from Prince Al Waleed's Kingdom Tower The perfect GLOBE cigar lounge in the 31st floor of Al Faisaliyah Tower in Riyadh - Heavy …

General Aviation

Logbook Unknown Plane My first Parachute Jumps at Kassel-Calden Foto: jochen-schweizer.de Piper PA-46 Malibu (P. Falke) Silverstone Learjet 40 (M. Münzing) Le Bourget Beechcraft Premier 1 (Raytheon) Indianapolis Beechcraft King Air (Raytheon) Chicago Learjet 40 (H.-J. Stuck) Silverstone Cessna Citation Bravo Ibiza - Marrakech Falcon 2000 (Schumi) Maldives Hawker (Schumi) Valencia Hawker (Schumi) Oberpfaffenhofen Hawker …

Extreme Traveler – Watch Out !

ARISTO ME-193  EXTREME TRAVELER International Chronoscope On the ARISTO Website: The watch for "Big Travelers" who go everywhere The ME-193 is a homage to Swiss-German adventurer Kolja Spori, who traveled to all 193 countries in the world, wrote the bestseller "I was everywhere" and founded the club of the most traveled persons in the world "ETIC". …

In a World on Fire 🔥

Extinguish TV. Light a Cigar! Cigars in legendary circumstances. In the Colombian Andes. On the "Peace Road to Marquetalia". At the founding place of the FARC. In the Extended Range Cigar Lounge in Agdam Karabakh. In the Donbass Trench. At the legendary Baron Hotel in Aleppo. At the Sabha Hotel in Aleppo. With the 'Most …

At the KSK Special Forces in Calw

The KSK Visitor Center is located at the KSK HQ in the Zeppelin Barracks in Calw near Stuttgart. The entrance is free.

Protected: ‘MTP Summit’ Bonus Session with Dr. Dangerzone – How to Defend against a Smear Assault

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The Masonic Hotel + Museum Schloss Rosenau + the nearby destroyed hometown of Alois Hitler

After my visit to the masonic hotel in Loket, Bohemia, Czechia, I now visited the only other masonic hotel I know of, the Schloss Rosenau in the Bohemian Forest (Waldviertel) of Austria. This slightly overpriced (€220+) castle hotel is located about 100 km north-east of Linz, in a remote rural area that is rarely visited …

Crossing Çanakkale Bridge: a Turkish Power Weekend celebrating 🇹🇷 Construction, Cuisine + Culture

We went on a power trip for more than 1.100 kilometers from Istanbul to Bodrum: visiting the world's newest and longest suspension bridge, the biggest and craziest canal digging project, the deadliest fighting drones, Turkey's most famous food temples, the original Trojan Horse, the not so Virgin Mary, and even the Seat of Satan. All …