Travel & destinations
This section is home to musings, thoughts and ideas that have come to me through experiencing people and places around the world
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A Unique Taste of Salt and History at Salineras de Maras
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It must have started something like this: Salty water came out of a small spring on the hillside. The flow rose and fell with the seasons. Some surfaces that were submerged when the flow was high dried out when the flow lessened. Left behind, was a white substance.
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The Hidden Purpose of the Inca Ruins at Moray
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Historians and scientists agree unanimously – and with absolute certainty – that the concentric circular terraces of Moray were made for an important purpose.
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The Urubamba River
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Within an hour of landing in Cusco, I found myself standing at a bridge near Ollantaytambo, taking in this most pleasing scenery.⠀“This isn’t how Peru is supposed to look”, I thought to myself. “This is how Alaska is supposed to look. Where are the colourful, pipe-smoking ladies with bowler hats, where are the pan flute…
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Happy New Year 2015/16
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Dear friends, new and old, As suddenly as it arrived, 2015 has ended and 2016 is at the gate. As it is, the year stands empty – but it is brimming with potential. It is my sincere wish that the upcoming year will be prosperous, rich in experiences and filled with happiness – and similarly…
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Happy New Year 2013/14
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Dear Friends, old and new, With 12 small glimpses from a memorable and eventful 2013 I would like to wish you and your loved ones a happy 2014. To those of you that I have seen a lot of in the year that has passed I say: “until we meet again”; to those I’ve seen…
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…and that is why we call it the green turtle
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“Many people ask us why we call the green turtle the green turtle. And we always tell them that we call the green turtle the green turtle because the green turtle is … green” — quote from a tour-guide at the Ras al Jinz Turtle Reserve I have a hard time to believe that they…
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Taj Mahal – finally
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It took me a lot of years from the first time I saw Taj Mahal in a Pakistani (!) restaurant in Oslo until I made it there for a visit. It was worth the wait.
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Wadi Bani Kharus
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The brilliant thing about Oman is that everywhere you turn there is a beautiful mountain. A couple of weeks ago I drove the mountain road that connects Wadi Bani Awf and Wadi Bani Kharus – it was spectacularly beautiful. Easily within reach and “doable” on a day-trip from Muscat, this was a first time –…
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Bilad Sayt – "the" Omani post card
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Prominent in every travel guide, the #1 photo in any travel magazine on Oman – Bilad Sayt deserves the attention. Whether coming down from Birkat al Sharaf or coming up Wadi Bani Awf, nobody can be prepared for the sight that greets them. And the people… as friendly and congenial as you will ever find…
