Simon Barke
People, cultures, adventures
My work on an international space mission gives me the opportunity to visit research groups all over the world. I spent some extended time in the United States, China, and Tanzania. I made many friends overseas, and Gainesville, FL, USA, and Moshi, Tanzania, quickly became my second (and third) homes.

What is considered normal in Tanzania, turned out to be one of my most fun and exciting trips: going off-road to Ol Doinyo Lengai (see video below). If you would ask me for an egocentric meaning of life, it would be meeting diverse people, getting to know fascinating cultures, and going on exciting adventures. My private travel highlights include a 10 day 3,500 miles US West Coast trip (Los Angeles, Mesa Verde, San Francisco), camping in the Maasai Mara, Tanzania (with real Maasai and wild elephants), observing a total solar eclipse all alone (just with one friend and a tortoise) in the Turkish outback, crawling through narrow bat caves in the jungle of Borneo, Malaysia, riding horses next to world's most beautiful waterfalls in Iguazu, Argentina/Brazil, and going by train from Beijing to Hong Kong in the coldest winter I ever experienced.

Land Rover in East African Outback (video, 0:48)
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Image: Tanzania, back to Mount Kilimanjaro's Machame Camp after an amazing six-day hike. It is quite embarrasing to see how big of a crew you need to get four European tourists up the mountain.
Credit: rock-explorer.com
Image: Tanzania, back to Mount Kilimanjaro's Machame Camp after an amazing six-day hike. It is quite embarrasing to see how big of a crew you need to get four European tourists up the mountain.
Credit: rock-explorer.com
Contact

Dr. Simon Barke
701 SW 62nd Blvd
Apt D-22
32607 Gainesville FL
USA

+1 352 507 9970
mail@simonbarke.com

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