This is a collection of Sandalsand's pictures from Japan. Most images are from Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima and the island of Okinawa. If you look...
Everything from 1980's
This category include trips in the 1980’s, more precisely from 1985 through 1989. There are a few older posts as well. Seek them out in the Destinations menu. Posts with photo galleries from these years are also included in this category. World Heritage Sites are included if the first visit to it was during this decade, irrespective of it being a world heritage or not at the time.
I went abroad also a few times in the 1970’s and the first half of the 1980’s. But it was not before my first major trip in 1985 that my travels took up speed. It went to East Asia and lasted for almost six months, still my longest journey ever.
Travel back in time with Sandalsand. Cut straight to all journeys from the 1980’s, 1990’s, 2000’s, 2010’s, 2015’s and 2020’s.
Pictures from the United Kingdom
This collection of pictures from the United Kingdom is the result of trips to different parts of the country (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern...
Pictures from China
This is Sandalsand's collection of pictures from China. They are the result of trips to different parts of the country over many years. If you look...
Pictures from Thailand
This is a collection of pictures from Thailand. They are from a long journey in 1985 and a revisit to Bangkok 30 years later. The first time I spent...
World Heritage #1018 – Ephesus
In Ephesus we may visit one of the most distinguished buildings still standing from the Hellenistic-Roman period in Turkey. The UNESCO World...
World Heritage #0059 – Bryggen
Bryggen is in the middle of Norway’s second largest city, Bergen. The wooden buildings and alleys will take you back a few hundred years. The...
The Jotunheimen hikes – Besseggen
This last day in Jotunheimen was devoted to the ridge of Besseggen, Norway’s most famous mountain hike. We chose the most common alternative...
The Jotunheimen hikes – Leirvassbu to Gjendebu
This is a hike from Leirvassbu to Gjendebu in Jotunheimen (19 km). Any mountain hiker is accustomed to walking uphill, behind the next...
The Jotunheimen hikes – Spiterstulen to Leirvassbu
Join me on a hike from Spiterstulen til Leirvassbu in Jotunheimen (15 km). This is a great hike in a wide valley with a number of peaks over 2,000...
The Jotunheimen hikes – Spiterstulen to Galdhøpiggen
Norway’s highest peak Galdhøpiggen is normally climbed from the mountain lodges of Juvasshytta or Spiterstulen. We had stayed on the latter...
The Jotunheimen hikes – Glitterheim to Spiterstulen
Join me on a hike from Glitterheim to Spiterstulen in Jotunheimen. Yesterday had been a long hike from Gjendesheim and we saw no reason to conquer...
The Jotunheimen hikes – Gjendesheim to Glitterheim
Join me on a hike from Gjendesheim to Glitterheim (23 km). This is the first of six in Jotunheimen (literally “Home of Giants”), a large...
Pictures from Chile
This is a collection of Sandalsand's pictures from Chile. They cover the country from north to south almost the entire length. If you look up all...
Impressions from more than a month in Chile
Finally in this diary from Chile I will, as before, try to write down a few summarising views and impressions from what we experienced during our 43...
Towns and places in the central parts of Chile
Back to Santiago, Valdivia and Valparaíso in the central parts of Chile for the last two weeks before the long way home from South America. This...














