The Travel Episodes

An Odyssey in the Philippines

Me, Love and Other Catastrophes

Fresh from a break-up, Marco Buch sets out on an emotional rollercoaster ride in the Philippines, meeting dancing killers and tattooed girls, and experimenting with Tinder.

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A Safari in Kruger National Park

The Big Five

Johannes Klaus goes travelling in South Africa’s Garden of Eden, Kruger National Park. But it’s no paradise: man is a wild and deadly animal.

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Bangladesh

Life and Death in the Empire of the Tiger

When an endangered animal becomes a threat: Marianna Hillmer journeys through the mangrove forests of Bangladesh.

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23 Days in the Antarctic

Happy Antarctica

King Penguins. An ice-water bath. Storms on the polar seas. Susanne Baade and Dirk Lehmann travel to Antarctica on the hunt for happiness.

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Vietnam

Lost in Vietnam

It’s difficult for backpackers to escape the package-deal tourism industry. Philipp Laage takes a trip to Vietnam – and comes face to face with his own shortcomings.

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Somaliland

Welcome to Somalia

Somaliland. A forlorn place, so it seems. Johannes Klaus and Alex The Swede embark on a journey to a country that officially doesn’t exist.

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The Reportages

Immerse yourself in adventure!

Under The Dome

Through Time and Space with Johannes Klaus

Under The Dome

My childhood dream came true.
We’re travelling to the South Pacific.

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Hitchhiking Through Pakistan

From Iran Through Pakistan to India

Hitchhiking Through Pakistan

Flying carpets on wheels. A tête-à-tête with dons. Despair and elation. Morten Hübbe and Rochssare Neromand-Soma on their hitchhiking adventure through Pakistan.

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The Authors

The Travel Episodes

Johannes Klaus

Blogger, Graphic Designer, Traveler. In 2011, his blog Reisedepesche won the Grimme Online Award. Since 2013, Johannes Klaus has been the editor of Reisedepeschen, a leading portal for travel stories. The Travel Episodes is his new baby. He likes German Apple Spritzer (apple juice with sparkling water) in 0.5 l bottles and lives in Berlin.

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Marianna Hillmer

Marianna Hillmer is a Hamburg native with Greek roots. She studied Cultural Studies and Law in Berlin, and worked in India, Greece and Bavaria. ‚Travelling makes you happy, and so does reading about it!‘, says the founder of the well-known travel blog Weltenbummler Mag. She lives in Berlin, and is active as an author, web designer and photographer.

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„Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?“

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The Travel Episodes

In The Travel Episodes, boundaries are blended: in inspiring travel reports, selected authors recount their adventures with text, film and photography. The focus is on the story, with no distracting elements. By scrolling, the readers are able to control the pace of the story themselves.

The episodes appear in German and English. Following the Grimme Award-winning „Reisedepesche“ and the leading platform for travel blogs, „Reisedepeschen„, with The Travel Episodes, Johannes Klaus establishes a new form of telling travel stories – with all the prospects that the internet has to offer.

Ein Land, das es nicht gibt
Johannes Klaus