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Pictures add an extra dimension to a travel website. Moving pictures add even more. Sandalsand has more than 190 short travel videos, and the number is rising. The videos combine live video, photographs and music from the visited country.
You may want to check out my YouTube channel Sandalfilm directly. Find videos and playlists from my home-country Norway on a separate page.
Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me. (Federico Fellini)
I am not Fellini and I certainly do not make films about me. I only make films of what I see, experience, and discover. On my travels. There are no secret, symbolical levels a la Fellini. However, there is an intention, I might add.
In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic. (Tara Strong)
The quoted observation may not originate from one of the world’s most recognised persons. It does however point to a fact: Travel videos on YouTube, like mine, are not fiction. They are portraying a reality seen through a camera lens, without any acting, without any artificial backdrop. They may be subjective, the angles and clippings are those of the video maker, but the Wysiwyg acronym – what you see is what you get – is befitting the amateur’s travel video. What you see is what the maker actually saw, thus being real. This means of course that the travel videos are more than the results of dreams. On the other hand, does the father of Star Wars have a point?
The secret to film is that it’s an illusion. (George Lucas)
VIDEO – Myanmar – The Train Across the Gokteik Viaduct
The Gokteik Viaduct is the highlight of one of the world's most exciting train journeys. Have a look at this video about the train from Mandalay to...
VIDEO – Myanmar – The Night Train to Mandalay
The night train from Yangon to Mandalay in Myanmar is a very exotic train journey. 16 hours of shake, rattle and roll past endless paddy fields and...
VIDEO – Norway – Jæren – Skeie
This film is from a series of hikes on the coastal strip of Jæren, in south-western Norway. This one is from the hike between Hå Old Vicarage in Hå...
VIDEO – Norway – Sauda
Sauda is as far into the fjords of Ryfylke in Western Norway it is possible to get. Sauda has a rather drab town centre, but a "company town" right...
VIDEO – Norway – Haugesund
Haugesund is the main town in the region of Haugalandet, Western Norway. It has a long history, prosperous in the 19th century, and quite good at...
VIDEO – Norway – Skudeneshavn
Skudeneshavn prospered from the catching of lobster and herring and from a large trading activity with the Baltic countries in particular. By the...
VIDEO – Portugal – Douro
"Alto Douro Wine Region" is no. 1046 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. This video takes you from the city of Porto upriver to the beautiful terraced...
VIDEO – Portugal – Porto
"Historic Centre of Oporto" is no. 755 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Porto, or Oporto as it used to be called in English, has the unmistakable...
VIDEO – Portugal – Coimbra
"University of Coimbra - Alta and Sofia" is no. 1387 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. We found the old buildings more interesting than the edifices...
VIDEO – Portugal – Mosteiro da Batalha
"The Monastery of Batalha" is no. 264 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The monastery is large, tall and is set apart from the town almost like a...
VIDEO – Portugal – Mosteiro de Alcobaça
"The Monastery of Alcobaça" is no. 505 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The church and monastery were among the first Gothic buildings in Portugal....
VIDEO – Portugal – Evora
"The Historic Centre of Évora" is no. 361 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Evora was an important town for the Romans and later on for the...