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This image is from a beach in Norway, but it could have been almost anywhere in the world. By the way, if you want to read stories from Norway, in Norwegian, head for the parallel archive page at Sandalsand Norge.
Vilnius: The capital of Lithuania
Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania is an easy-going city. It has a pleasant old centre highly acclaimed by the World Heritage Committee. Also, it has...
World Heritage #0030 – Warsaw
The historic centre of Warsaw, the Polish capital suffered immensely during the Second World War, but managed to rebuild and grow. The UNESCO World...
Warsaw: A couple of days in the Polish capital
Warsaw is a large European capital with a population of a couple million depending on how you define its limits. Unless you have come to live here,...
Poland and the Baltic Countries – an introduction
Four World Heritage Sites in four capitals of four countries in eight days. That was my plan for the Baltic countries. It seemed possible, but I was...
Religious Buildings (7) Monasteries and educational institutions
In this serious of religious buildings we have to come to monasteries and educational institutions. They belong to different religions. In most...
Religious Buildings (6) Places of worship for extinct religions
Around the world we find several places of worship for extinct religions. This article is based it on my own photographed visits. There is a host of...
Religious Buildings (5) Other contemporary places of worship
This chapter finishes the presentation of contemporary religions with a look at Shinto, Tao, Hindu and Jewish places of worship. Shintoism Shintoism...
To Instagram or not to Instagram
I had this idea of limiting myself to the world of travel blogging, sharing my pictures here. Period. It would seem that I was wrong. Instagram is...
Religious Buildings (4) Buddhist places of worship
Buddhist places of worship: Buddhism spread out of India from around the 4th to 6th century BC based on the thoughts and principles of the awakened...
VIDEO – Norway – Jæren – Husvegg
This video is from Husvegg, and part a series of hikes on the coastal strip of Jæren, in south-western Norway. This one is from the hike between...
Religious Buildings (3) Muslim places of worship
Muslim places of worship: Some Muslim mosques are more important than others. The most important ones in Mecca and Medina are out of reach for...
Religious Buildings (2) Christian places of worship
Christian places of worship: Christianity is a religious faith that has triggered the building of some of the world's largest and most magnificent...
Religious Buildings (1) Introduction
This is an introduction to a series of articles presenting religious buildings in a wide definition of the term. They are based on my own visits....
Iron Wheels (2) Special rails
There are many varieties of rail transport; metro, cable car, cog track and tram to mention some. There are actually a lot more than you think of,...
Iron Wheels (1) Exciting train journeys
This is an introduction to exciting train journeys. I have registered my travels on a world map and the distance travelled on trains has been...
Welcome!
Welcome to Sandalsand.net. This is a travel blog with illustrated articles from around the world, going back to the mid-1980s. The site has moved...
Jæren – The Madland hike
This is about the Madland hike, one of many hikes on the coast of Jæren, Norway. The northern part, between Varhaug and Madland is one of the best...
VIDEO – Norway – Trondheim
This is a video from Trondheim, Norway. It is the result of a street walk to discover the most famous sights of the city. Imagine a day walking the...
Pictures from Myanmar
This is a collection of pictures from Myanmar (Burma), the result of a trip around large parts of the country. If you look up my articles from...
Myanmar impressions
Myanmar is not for the ordinary tourist. It smells, it's filthy, people are impoverished, it's a military dictatorship, minorities get mugged, and...
VIDEO – Myanmar – Traditional handicrafts
In this video you will get a look at some traditional handicrafts of Myanmar (Burma). There is a wide variety of crafts. Gold Leaf hammering...
VIDEO – Myanmar – Markets around the country
Myanmar has some exciting markets, in particular the wet markets outdoor, usually under corrugated metal roofs to protect against the sun and rain....
Inle Lake in Myanmar
This is no surprise: Inle Lake is one of the most fascinating destinations in the world. It is also a threatened destination, sagging under the...
VIDEO – Myanmar – Inle Lake
This is a video from the Inle Lake in Myanmar. In less than six minutes you will get an impression of what visitors to Inle Lake get to see on a...
I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. (David Rockefeller)
We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. (Australian Aboriginal Proverb)
There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to exist for many centuries and are still in being though they have had no help from the traveler in solving their problems. (Walter Lippmann)
A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place…. (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
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