Thula Thula

The Nomad is a series of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, experiences, joy of the moments by me, Ulrike Reinhard – all around my travels. Stay tuned! Ulrike Reinhard is The Nomad 🙂 Thula Thula is Zulu and means peace and tranquility. And in Zululand, in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, Thula Thula is […]

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Contentious South Africa

In November 2022 I’ve held a Design Thinking Workshop in Imizamo Yethu, a townhip south of Capetown – and it was right there, during an evening walk that I decided to do this. Here is the first text which will soon become a podcast: Please understand this as work in progress. It’s early Sunday evening.I […]

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Roadtrip to Bombay

The Nomad is a growing collection of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, lived moments — and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) joy hidden inside them.They’re all rooted in my life, wandering freely between places, people, questions, and unexpected turns. Many of these stories eventually find their way into the book — others insist on staying a little […]

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On the road

A longer post, including motorbike rides rides from 2013 – early 2016 For the past three and a half years I’ve been exploring the roads, the highways and byways, of India on my motorbike. I’ve probably traveled more than 50,000 km all over the country – the only area I haven’t been to is the […]

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Tahrir Square 2011-2014

The following experiences are from notes I’ve taken during my various visits to Egypt duing the so-called Arab Spring. The text below i’ve written in 2014, I haven’t edited it since then. March 3, 2011. I was curious to see what life was like in post Mubarak Cairo. I met up with my friend Mohamed […]

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