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Manfred is creator of ThisFabTrek.com, photography and journey, a travel blog (since 2004).

I try to understand, report and photograph, enjoy, live and inhale different conceptions of life (all that TV [and the web] cannot give). I reject jealousy, animosity, bigotry. Be free!

Manfred in the desert of the Western Sahara

The mind, when pondering at night had always asked those questions. What am I doing in corporate wonderland of bank, university, office or church? Who is the other animal asleep inside, the thinker, punk, creative, or Indian, vagabond and healer, maybe artist, writer, photographer and traveler? Oh God, dare you to think. So when seeing the lies, gambles and manipulations I followed my old dream and set out for the real journey, the one that is call life lived.

Many years later having lived that life on the road and taken the turns as they have come along, I have realized one thing: Only such a small part of the planet can ever be explored and such a vast land and sea mass will always remain unknown; many swamps, jungles, deserts and oceans I will never travel. I am father of twin boys, Daniel and David, my most important. ThisFabTrek is ongoing. Photography and Journey, Stories from the Road and Life around the World, Love and Peace.

Current vehicle.

G20, Gladiator.

Chevrolet Gladiator G20, Christina in Southern California.
Current Journey, Americas.

Every truck needs a lady. The G20, the vehicle that came to me for the Americas adventures.

6 wheeled Land Rover.

Land Rover Defender 6x6
Link to Foley

The vehicle of the Africa adventures, a Foley 6-Wheeled Land Rover Defender.

Before, the MB307.

Manfred and MB307
Journey, Middle East.

The vehicle of the Middle-East and North-Cape Journies. See all vehicles.

Daniel and David with nanny Aisha, the best we ever had, black African Woman carrying white twin babies, in Bamako, Mali.

Travelled 262,272kms

Journey Journal.

contains Festival/Art photography.

"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it, to tell the tale." Living to Tell the Tale - Gabriel García Márquez.

"They never taught wandering in any school I attended. ... they never taught the art of writing a book, either. It's all so mysterious."
"Wandering is an art in itself. Wandering and writing don't mix"
"Writing demands commitment and if one thing your wanderer is allergic to is that very quality of commitment, for once one is committed he runs that very risk of failure ..." Wanderer - Sterling Hayden.

"Photography enables you to grasp a place first time round. ... Photography is a means of exploration, it's a vital part of travel, almost as essential as a car or a plane. " - Wim Wenders.

"The worst prejudice we acquire during our youth is the idea that life is serious. Children have the right instincts: they know that life is not serious, and treat it as a game..." , Egon Friedell.

"How far you gonna go. Before you lose your way back home" - Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Achtung Baby, U2.

"If you want to be a hero well just follow me." - Working Class Hero, John Lennon.

"When I think of all the things I have done, I know that it's only just begun." - I love you, Lou Reed.

"One does not escape the Sahara - the Sahara let's you go or not" - Touareg.

"Planet earth is blue and there`s nothing I can do" - This is Ground Control to Major Tom, David Bowie.

"Glory for the crazy people/in this stupid world" - Ahmed Fouad Negm.

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prep-time > 2004 > 2005 > 2006 > 2007 > 2008 > 2009 > 2010 > 2011

Galleries from Africa.

Gnaoua/Gnawa, Essaouira, Morocco.
Morocco, spent 14 months.
Land Rover on dune, sun sets behind.
Mauritania, spent 2 months.
Mali, Essakane festifal, Khaira Arby kisses an old woman.
Mali, spent 9 months.
African boys on beach in Djembering.
Senegal-Gambia, spent 3 months.
Conakry festival de la percussion, Djembe drummer.
Guinea, spent 5 months.
Cashew nuts Guinea Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau, spent 1 months.
Sierra Leone, Kent beach, Rasta men.
Sierra-Leone-Liberia, spent 1 months.
Yamousoukro, Basilica of my Lady peace.
Cote-D-Ivoire, spent 1 months.
Lake Volta Ghana, kids fetch water.
Ghana-Togo-Benin, spent 2 months.
Trackers, W National park. Burkina Faso,
Burkina-Faso, spent 1 months.
Overloaded pick-up trucks on route to Siva oasis, Harmattan heavy skies.
Egypt, spent 2 months.

Galleries from Asia.

Dusk, blue mosque Sultan Achmed, Istanbul.
Turkey, spent 2 months.
Palmyra, lady silhuette.
Syria, spent 1 months.
Petra Jordan through Siq, first glimbse of Treasure.
Jordan, spent 1 week.
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem.
Israel-Palestine, spent naerly 1 month.

Galleries from North America.

Carpark Los Angeles, California.
United States, spent 4 months.
Cardon Cactus, Baja California.
Mexico, almost 5 months.

Galleries from Central America and the Caribbean.

Ras Focus in Hopkins, Belize.
Belize, spent 10 days.
Maya mural, Chichicastenango, Guatemala.
Guatemala, spent 1.5 months.

Galleries from Europe.

Florence cathedral, deatil front.
Italy, spent 3 months.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Scotland, spent 1.5 months.
Cliffs of moher, Ireland.
Ireland, spent 2 weeks.
Orthodox country church, Dreptu Romania Bistrita, wooden with guilded domes.
Romania, spent 1 week.
Midnight sun Norway.
Scandinavia-Finland, spent 1 months.
Salamis.
Cyprus, spent 2 weeks.
Beach in Rhodes.
Greece, spent 1 months.
Twins in Torun.
Poland, spent 1 months.
On pebbles in Latvia.
Baltics, spent 2 weeks.
Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg.
Russia, spent 1 week.
St. Remy boys.
France, spent 3 months.

The Fab Back pages, pictures are linked with their stories.

Garifuna in Livingston, Guatemala.
Flores to Rio Dulce, Livingston to Antigua.
Maya Pyramids sticking out of the jungle, Tikal, Peten, Guatemala.
Maya Tikal, the El Mirador hike.
Mam man and daughter, Western Highlands, Guatemala.
Guatemala Dec2011.
Fiesta de quince anos. Mitla, Oaxaca.
Fiesta quince anos, Oaxaca Nov2011.
Calle Aldama Indio mural. Near Guerrero, Mexico City.
Mexico, Frida, Teotihuacan.
This is not North Korea, actually it is nurses marching on independence Day march in Cuernavaca, Mexico
Mex. Independence Day, Sep2011.
When the waves come. Pacific Ocean, Boca del Cielo.
Pacific Beaches, the waves come.
My boys in St. Quentin, the Lacandon Jungle.
Chiapas, Zapatistas, Lacandon.
Ras, Hopkins, Belize.
10 days Belize Aug2011.
My boys on top of van are reluctant to come down.
My boys during repairs Jul2011
First pink flamingo encounter Rio Lagartos.
Chichen Itza and Flamingos Rio Lagartos.
Uxmal, The Adivino, the Pyramid of the Magician. Maya site, Yucatan, Mexico.
Uxmal, Edzna and mission churches.
Up 20km from Papacatepeti volcano, my boys start Mexico.
The boys start Mexico July2011.
Gnaoua in Essaouira with drum jumps high.
Drum jumps high, Essaouira 2011.
Red Hot Mexican Chili Peppers.
Mexican road May2011.
Burt out Ford Explorer, Copper Canyon.
Copper Canyon May2011.
Cardon Cactus sunset Baja California.
Baja California Apr2011.
Pelicans California.
South after Oregon Apr2011.
Segou, Festival sur le Niger 7th edition.
Segou Festival, Feb2011.
Two camels kissing?
Jan2011. Down south, all terrorists?
Monument Valley.
Grand Canyon, Navajo Nation.
Joshua Tree.
Joshua Tree, Death Valley, Nov2010.
Surfer California sunset.
Portland to San Diego, Nov2010.
Flattery Cape, WA.
Seattle, Olympics, Oct2010.
Taxis, Manhatten, New York.
New York, Oct2010
My twin boys Daniel and David, look out from our MB307 van, Col d'Allos, France.
Holland, France, Italy Aug2010.
Theater Kapija, Sweden Abbekas.
Sweden, Denmark July2010.
Tattooed lady driver in American Vintage Car in Vasteras Power Bigmeet, Sweden.
Power Bigmeet Vasteras, July2010.
Boys on snow on a lake, Strynefjellet.
Glaciers, southern Norway.
Red boats in the harbour of Bodo, Norway, lit by midnight sun.
Chasing midnight sun; Nordkapp journey.
Suburbs, when it rains, St. Petersburg..
St. Petersburg, June2010.
Boys in hats on Latvian beach watch a bug on a stick.
The Baltics, June2010.
Boys in Torun.
Warsaw, Toruń, Gdansk, May2010.
Christina, sunset dance, Prassonissi.
Crete, Olympia, Athens, Delphi.
Cappadocia.
Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Ephesos.
Yellow flowers, Salamis, Cyprus.
Cyprus, Mar2010.
Scratching head in Israel/Palestine.
Scratching head Israel/Palestine Mar2010.
Giza Great Pyramids.
Egyptian Pyramids, Islamic Cairo.
Bread is cycled in Cairo.
Eastern desert, flash floods, Sinai, Cairo.
Felucca Aswan
Aswan to Luxor, Egyptian Temples.
Alexandria, man lighting a cigarette, Egypt.
Hurghada. Egypt Dec2009.
Petra, Jordan.
Petra. Jordan Dec2009.
Jerash, Jordan.
Jerash. Jordan Dec2009.
Palmyra Tetrapylon at night.
Palmyra, Nov2009.
Friendly Syrian men in Ar-Raqqah.
Aleppo to Deir az-Zor, Nov2009.
Turkey, Mardin, olives.
Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Nov2009.
Mount Ararat.
Mount Ararat, Lake Van. Oct2009
Storm hit Holy Redeemer church, Ani, 1000 A.D.
Ani, ancient abandoned city.
Dome Ishan cathedral, Georgian church.
Erzurum-Artvin-Kars Oct2009.
Tortum Lake, Eastern Turkey.
Trabzon-Erzurum Oct2009.
Sultan Ahmed, Blue Mosque Istanbul.
Sultan Ahmed, Istanbul Sep2009.
Ladas in Sofia.
Bulgaria, Aug2009.
Sunset Grand-Popo, Benin, palms and beach.
Legend, Togo, Benin, Niger Apr2009.
Ghana, swaying palm trees.
Slavery and beaches, Ghana Mar2009.
Burkina, Faso, Arli National Park, family of Elephants.
Kicking the dust, Burkina Feb2009.
Mali, Dogon Country, Hand of Fatima.
Dogon Country, Jan2009.
Liberia, 6x6 Land Rover Defender, stuck in mud hole, muddy roads.
Liberian jungle roads, May2008.
Footballer on Lumley beach, Aberdeen, Freetown, Sierra Leone, sunset.
Lumley beach, Sierra Leone May2008.
Guinea Bissau, journey with the twins, Daniel and David.
Guinea Bissau. with twins, Apr2008.
Bassekou Kouyate
Festival sur le Niger. Feb2008.
Doundoun girl, Guinea Conakry.
Djembe d'Or, Conakry. Nov2007.
Sayon Camara.
Sayon Camara, Guinea. Nov2007.
Doyen, Sotikemo, Kouroukoro, Guinea.
Fouta Djallon, northern Guinea. Oct2007.
Mauritania desert mountain range, Green grass, Sahel rainy season.
Green Grass of the Mauri desert. Sep2007.
Alpi Apouane, Monte Pisamino, Vagli Sotto, Italia|Italy, Apr-Jun 2007.
Giro d'Italia with the twins. Apr-Jun 2007.
Concours National de la Percussion, Guinea Conakry 2006.
Percussion Competition, Conakry Dec2006.
Doundounba or Dundunba, Guinea Conakry 2006.
Doundounba, Conakry Dec2006.
Ballet Sanké Guinea Conakry 2006.
Ballet Sanké, Conakry Dec2006.
Jacques and the start of the Guinea adventure, Mount Nimba, N'zérékoré Nov 2006.
Jacques, N'zérékoré Nov2006.
Isabelle Fiadeiro, Nouakchott Nov 2006.
Isabel Fiadeiro, Nouakchott Nov2006.
Hasna, Vienna and we get married.
La fête de marriage. Vienna Sep2006.
Rachid Taha, Essaouira 2006.
Rachid Taha, Essaouira 2006.
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006.
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006.
Mahmoud Guinea, Essaouira 2006.
Mahmoud Guinéa, Essaouira 2006.
Djeneba Seck Singers.
Djénèba Singers, Segou, Mali, Feb2006.
Sekouba Bambino.
Sekouba Bambino, Segou, Mali, Feb2006.
Amy Sacko, Bassekou Kouyate.
Amy Sacko, Segou, Mali, Feb2006.
Dancers of Habib Koite.
Habib Dancers, Segou, Mali, Feb2006.
Djenne, Mud Mosque.
Mud Mosque, Djénné, Mali, Jan2006.
This was Essakane, Khaira Arby in Essakane, Festival au desert.
Kaïra Arby in Essakane, Mali, Jan2006.
This was Essakane/Tibuktu/Timbouctou Festival au desert, Touaregs/Tuaregs and camels.
Touareg/Tuareg in Essakane, Mali, Jan2006.
St.Louis to Atar, Mauritania.
Beach and Dunes, Mauritania, Dec2005.
Ile Goree Festival
Ile Gorée Diaspora Festival, Nov2005.
Senegal adventure.
Senegal Adventure, Oct2005.
Western Sahara trip, the Tan-Tan page
Nouadhibou, Mauritania. Sep2005.
Western Sahara trip, the Tan-Tan page
Western Sahara. Jul2005.
Diabate on Essaouira Festival
Gnaoua Festival. Jun2005.
Man in the Tannery in Fes Medina
Fes and Casa. Jun2005.
Merzouga and Hasna
Merzouga trip. Jun2005, meeting Hasna.
M#Goun in the back, Marika in front
Atlas crossing. May2005.
Land Rover in the Dunes, 3rd Axle in the air
Testing Land Rover. Apr2005.
morning coffe in the dessert watching the sunrise
M'Hamid to Foum Zguid. Mar2005.
Driving Black Valley in Kerry, Irelenad
Ireland, Dec2004
Scotland, Heidrun and start of winter
Scotland, Nov2004
Ullapool, Haensel, brother of Heidrun
Scotland, Sep2004
Outer Hebrides, coastal walk
Lewis, Scotland, Sep2004
Land Rover, early morning, sound of Bernaray
Hebrides, Scotland, Aug2004
Steven, Jon, myself at the end of the West Highland Way, Fort William
Fort William, Scotland, Aug2004

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