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2025 is over and this article is a look back at Sandalsand's travels and articles. As usual, you will find many exciting destinations....
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Most of the content on this website describes actual trips. Some articles have a different perspective, but are all related to travelling.
Who am I? A chat with an AI
How well does an AI chatbot know me? What can it reveal about my travels and writing style? And how does Sandalsand look from the outside? Like the...
The Growing Puzzle of World Heritage “Locations”
UNESCO says there are 1,248 World Heritage properties. But look closer, and you’ll find they’re spread across at least 5,506 separate locations....
The New World Heritage Sites of 2025
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee announced 26 new World Heritage Sites in 2025. The List now includes 1248 sites of a cultural, natural or mixed...
2024 is out, here is 2025
2024 is here and this article is a look back at Sandalsand's travels and articles. This year I reached several exciting destinations. Also...
Geological Heritage Sites
Geological Heritage Sites are key places with extraordinary geological elements or processes of the highest scientific relevance. They are used as a...
Tourist or Traveller: What is the difference?
What are the differences and similarities between these two terms: Tourist or traveller? The answer might be found by exploring perceptions,...
The New World Heritage Sites of 2024
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee announced 24 new World Heritage Sites in 2024. The List now includes 1223 sites of a cultural, natural or mixed...
2023 is out, here is 2024
2023 is out and this article is a look back at Sandalsand's travels and articles. This year I reached several exciting destinations. Also, read up...
The New World Heritage Sites of 2022 and 2023
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee announced 42 new World Heritage Sites in 2022 and 2023. The List now includes 1199 sites of a cultural, natural or...
2022 is out, here is 2023
2022 is out and this article is a look back at Sandalsand's travels and articles. It was another exceptional year. There was only one trip abroad,...
More paintings about travelling
You will now get to know more paintings about travelling. Several years ago Sandalsand published an article about this subject. Right here you will...
Website Optimisation (SEO)
Website optimisation (SEO) to make it great for search engines is a long way to go. Over many years, savvy people have come up with advice on...
The New World Heritage Sites of 2021
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee announced 34 new World Heritage Sites in 2021. The List now includes 1154 sites of a cultural, natural or mixed...
2021 is out, here is 2022
This article is a look back at Sandalsand's travels and articles in 2021. It was another exceptional year. There were no trips abroad, but in return...
My backlog is growing. How do I feel about that?
These should have been days of happiness. Instead I have for months been sorry for what is happening. I have been growing a huge backlog of...
2020 is out, here is 2021
This article is a look back at Sandalsand's travels and articles in 2020, and a hopeful glance into the new year. Every year is different, but I...
What’s with a name, for example Sandalsand?
The Sandalsand name came a bit by chance. In the summer of 2011, I gradually felt I wanted to start sharing my travels on the Internet. I looked...
Bucket list for 2020 and beyond
No, I am not into cross stitching, so the featured image is a fake. The bucket list for 2020 of places I want to go is not a fake, and many of my...
2019 is out, here is 2020
When the fireworks are over and a new year has dawned, I publish an account of what happened in the previous year. This article is about 2019 in...
The New World Heritage Sites of 2019
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee held its 2019 annual meeting in Baku. It promoted 29 sites to the rank of World Heritage. The List now includes...
Welcome to a new layout on Sandalsand
We're talking about a new layout on Sandalsand. Eight years have passed since the travel chronicles of Sandalsand emerged on the Web. It is six...
Why am I posting so many “PICS” entries?
I have recently posted a number of articles named "PICS - " plus the name of a country. There is a reason for this. I have over the years...
Poems and quotes on trains
Which poems and quotes on trains are you familiar with? Travelling by train does something to you, it stimulates thoughts, and afterthoughts. Here...
Horizontal lines on world maps – the special ones
Maps of the Earth include many latitudes. They are the lines which divide the globe horizontally. Five of them have names. Sandalsand has crossed...
Bucket list for 2019 and beyond
This is my bucket list for 2019. I am by the start of a new year presenting my bucket list for the coming year or years. The list is the...
2018 is out, here is 2019
As in previous years, I will summarise what adventures I had in 2018 around the world and in Norway. There was no lack of them. Many have been...
Sandalsand is going secure and lean
What is secure and lean? The connected world has become a more dangerous place to live. I'm not talking about security as such although some might...
The New World Heritage Sites of 2018
In 2018 we welcomed 19 new World Heritage Sites. UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has held its annual meeting, this time in Bahrain. The new sites...
If Facebook was to shape our image of the world
The Facebook image of the world is not real. The physical world with continents, coastlines, islands and rivers has been with us for longer than we...