The archive
The archive presents all articles on this international edition of Sandalsand, 24 at a time. They are sorted in a chronological order.
Use the arrows at the bottom to browse four decades of travels in near and faraway countries. That may be time consuming, even though you can make large jumps. Use the search field here instead, if there is something in particular you are curious about.
Many would prefer to use the menus to find destinations of their choice, special stories about the world, or World Heritage Sites.
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.
Great Travel Songs
Are there any great songs travel songs or songs about travelling? Yes, there are and I have compiled a playlist. On my YouTube channel -...
Making YouTube videos from photos and video clips
I planned to make two entries about film-making, one about YouTube videos and the other about “fixing the photographer”. They do however link so...
Storing your media archive and keeping it safe
Storage of a media archive is a critical issue and I would like to emphasize to all the importance of having backups. The alternatives For...
Building a media archive of pictures and video clips
I was building a media archive. It was not tricky to include content from my digital photo cameras on a digital platform. It's basically about...
The art of geotagging pictures
How do you go about geotagging pictures and why? The other day I came across a New York Times article about a camera that had been in lost in a...
The making of a digital photo collection
I wanted a digital photo collection. I had this fantastic idea of scanning all my negative strips and all of my slides. Yes, indeed all family...
Working on digital video files
Working on digital video files may not be easy. This post deals with the challenges of digital video formats, making them available on different...
Making old video available on a digital platform
How do you make old video available on a digital platform? Changes in technology render old technology useless and inaccessible. The problem is that...
My journey through the history of camcorders
This article deals with my video camera recorders throughout the years, my history of camcorders. I have never had any professional cameras, only a...
Taking care of your photographed memory
How do you take care of your photographed memory? Entering the new millennium I had a digital awakening. I bought my first DV-tape camcorder in 2001...
Stave churches in Norway
The stave churches is the Norwegian contribution to the world heritage. They knew about the building technique elsewhere in Northern Europe as well....
Allotment gardens in Norway
What is an allotment garden, what is the function and how do they look like? Here is a brief introduction to this phenomenon. There are four videos...
VIDEO – Eiganes allotment garden
This video is from Eiganes allotment garden, one of four allotment gardens in Stavanger, Norway. It dates back to 1916 and has 180 plots. Read about...
VIDEO – Strømvik allotment garden
This video is from Strømvik allotment garden, one of four allotment gardens in Stavanger, Norway. It dates back to 1916 and has 44 plots. Read...
VIDEO – Våland allotment garden
This video is from Våland allotment garden, one of four allotment gardens in Stavanger, Norway. It dates back to 1917 and has 116 plots. Read...
VIDEO – Rosendal and Ramsvik allotment garden
This video is from Rosendal and Ramsvik allotment garden, one of four allotment gardens in Stavanger, Norway. It dates back to 1917 and has 110...
Where to find good travel blogs (2012)?
In the autumn of 2011 I published my selection of 23 good travel blogs. This year I present 30 more travel blogs I subscribe to. I do believe many...
VIDEO – Norway – Hardangerfjorden
Watch a video from Hardangerfjorden. The Hardanger fjord is the second largest in Norway and among the most picturesque of them all. The edge of...
Western Norway Road Trip (5) Vøringsfossen and Hardanger
A nation has its symbols aimed at defining the nation as such. Vøringsfossen and Hardanger are two defining symbols of Norway as a nation state, one...
VIDEO – Norway – Nærøyfjorden revisited
This video is from a revisit to Nærøyfjorden. It was filmed and photographed in 2012, 14 years after my first visit and video. "West Norwegian...
Western Norway Road Trip (4) Nærøyfjorden
Nærøyfjorden is one of the most spectacular of all Norwegian fjords. It is narrow, the mountains rise vertically up high above the deep blue sea,...
Western Norway Road Trip (3) Solvorn
Solvorn is a little, sleepy village in the Fjord Country. It has a very nice layout, stretching elegantly like a fan uphill from the fjord. The view...
VIDEO – Norway – Solvorn
Watch a video from Solvorn, a picturesque little village on the Lustrafjord i Western Norway. We came on a beautiful day. After you have watched...
VIDEO – Norway – Urnes stave church
Watch a video from Urnes stave church. It is number 58 on UNESCO's World Heritage List and dates from the first half of the 12th century. The Urnes...
Quotes
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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