I have come across the name Daniel Kahneman in the press recently, and now I have read an article about his work. Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist, and works on basic questions people have like “Rather rich and healthy than poor...

I am very glad that my stay in Bali managed to make up for the pretty costly and unsuccessful trip to Irian Jaya. Even if this was not the best time to visit Bali, I am satisfied with the results. I love Bali – it is one of my...

After breakfast at a Japanese café, not far from my Hotel Okura Tokyo, I took a little walk and thought about returning to Japan. I am very impressed with Tokyo and would like to see more of traditional Japan. I would also like...

In the Park Hyatt Tokyo Hotel I had decided on short notice to move to the Hotel Okura Tokyo. Hotel Okura is not far from the business centres and the Imperial Palace. Hotel Okura also holds traditional rituals like the Japanese...

I waited for my guide in the lobby of the Park Hyatt Tokyo Hotels, and enjoyed the pleasant ambience. After greeting each other, we discussed the next days’ tours with typical Japanese politeness.

We started our tour with a...

The day of arrival yesterday was very eventful. A 10-hour flight from Frankfurt to Tokyo, around 3 hours by taxi through downtown and a helicopter flight over one of the most dazzling cities in the world. I won’t have time for...

With a flight from Frankfurt via Japan - Tokio - my journey to Indonesia began today. My destinations for underwater photography are Raja Ampat - Irian Jaya - and Bali in Indonesia.

This time I am using the Lufthansa First...

The Japanese airline - Japan Airlines (JAL) - writes in their customer magazine - JournAL - Issue 58 - January 2007 - about my work and my next journey to Japan (Tokio) and Indonesia (Irian Jaya - Raja Ampat - Bali). I will...

The thirst for energy of the up-and-coming industrialised nations such as India and China, with their 2.5 billion inhabitants together, will strongly increase the demand for uranium for atomic energy in the near future. The...

The American company Kodak is selling its X-ray business from its Kodak Health Group for about 2.5 billion dollars, in order to concentrate on its core business in digital photography. I just don’t understand this decision, as...