I’ve seen elephants all of the world, but they have always been tortured animals kept in captivity. But when visiting Tarangire national park in Tanzania, I saw more elephants than I’d seen in the rest of my life, but they were free! These huge graceful animals were just plodding about the countryside and didn’t seem to give a damn about all the tourists driving around in trucks to come visit them.
Tanay was making a video of our trip back Magdeburg on the train, so I snapped this picture of his setup with my new camera.
I bought a Ricoh GRIIIx and this is the first picture I took with it 🙂
Basia and I saw a raccoon in Plänterwald today. It was adorably cute and came very close to us. It kept diving in and out of this rubbish bin, hunting for food.
Basia and I lost our hiking group, so decided to make a detour to Pfauninsel, which translates to Peacock island in English. It has a total of 30 peacock’s roaming about the island, along with more who live in protective cages.
They feel something, then think in depth about their feelings, and then validate those feelings as their new conception of reality, never having to expose that process to the objective light of anything/anyone external. And the problem is that subjectively of course, that feels exactly the same as a truth arrived at by more rigorous means. – Phill Minns 2022-05-09
This is a plan under development …
ATTENDEE LIMIT = 20
MUST DO NUMBER COUNT AND MAKE SURE NOBODY DROPS OFF INADVERTENTLY.
DATE = Saturday 2022-06-04
This event is being run in conjunction with the Psychedelic Society Berlin (https://www.facebook.com/groups/364225797498545) and is open to anyone with an interest in the wonderful world of psychedelics. Our intention is to create a pleasant atmosphere for psychedelic fanatics to meet and enjoy nature together.
We will be starting at S Heerstraße at 11:00am (look for the mob of hikers standing outside the station). From there, we head straight into the forest and slowly meander our way over Drachenberg, around the spy domes of Teufelsberg, then head down the hill to the der Havel river, and follow the coast for a bit.
If the weather is good, we will then stop by the waters edge for the rest of the afternoon at Badestelle Grunewaldturm (https://goo.gl/maps/VLrGp71YCoUhNRnq9). Anyone who wants to head home earlier, can make a short walk up the hill to Grunewaldturm where you can catch a bus (218 Pfaueninsel leaves at 16 and 46 mins past the hour).
Rough guide to the route:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1k0LkOo-TBOgGKaDDCRCzXF_emxNqFR7T&ll=52.49442471637654%2C13.224894000000011&z=14
You can download a GPX version here … https://ryan.hellyer.kiwi/files/2022/05/psychedelic-hike-1.gpx
Details:
Meeting point: Heerstraße S-Bahn station (look for the mob of hikers outside the station)
Start time: 11:00am sharp
Finish time: No idea, but probably before 17:00
Distance: ~7.5 km +/- 1 km
Bring: A good attitude and stuff for a picnic (blanket, food, drink, sunscreen, mozzie repellant etc)
Cost: Spending an afternoon with like minded fans of psychedelics
Cancellation: The trip will be cancelled if weather doesn’t look good.
Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear. Note that attendance is entirely at your own risk.
Would you like to organise a hike? If so, please get in touch! We always love to have new organisers, and if you aren’t sure what is required, just ask and we are happy to provide assistance with anything you may like to know.
There’s a heated discussion currently about whether Finland and Sweden should join NATO. The Russian government views this as a provocation, despite NATO having never shown any indications of threatening Russia.
Imagine a world where the conversation was about whether Russia should join NATO. This could have happened if the Russian government didn’t shove it’s own head up it’s backside looking for non-existent enemies.
