Barbara Kohmanns

Barbara är tyska och jag träffade henne på en spanskkurs i Málaga, Spanien, i februari 2001. Hon lärde sig spanska eftersom hon skulle till sydamerika och rida. Jag tyckte det lät fantastiskt. Nu, två och ett halvt år senare, är jag helt plötsligt i latinamerika och rider med henne. Här kommer Barbaras beskrivning av sig själv:

Our nature is movement, complete standstill is death." (Pascal, Pensées)

My parents celebrated my birth on 21 September 1963 in Augsburg. Very shortly thereafter we moved to Weißenhorn, a small village near Ulm. After high school I decided to move to Wuerzburg to study biology. During my time at University I used every opportunity to live abroad. In 1987 I had the opportunity to study biology in the US. I moved to Austin, Texas and lived there for one year. Back in Europe I completed my studies in Wuerzburg and in Basel.
I developed a passion for long journeys, which allow one to take time to appreciate the landscape and people. They also offer the chance to stay in the same place for a while. So I travelled several months through Mexico, the Western USA, then New Zealand, Kenya, Nepal and India.