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When you have travelled on and off for some years, you will have stayed at hotels that are easily forgotten. Other hotels have left their marks in...
Everything from Special Articles
The “Special articles” is a top-level category. It includes categories which hold the actual posts with travel related material. Look into the “Specials” menu.
Most of the content on this website describes actual trips. Some articles have a different perspective, but are all related to travelling.
Travel apps – Hotels, flights, transportation, communication, handyman
This is the second of two posts offering advice on which apps to use for travelling, near or far. This post deals with travel apps categorised as...
Travel apps – Maps, navigation and guides
This is one of two posts offering advice on which apps to use for travelling, near or far. We'll first concentrate on the very basics: Maps and...
Another 10 European city breaks
Here are another 10 European city breaks. This is the third article in my series of European city breaks, the places you can fly or drive to in a...
Updated terms of use and privacy policy on Sandalsand
I have updated my terms of use and privacy policy. These days you will already have received a number of emails from companies which store data...
World Heritage Day 18 April
Today is the World Heritage Day. 18th of April is the "International Day for Monuments and Sites". In 1982 the International Council for Monuments...
The world’s documentary heritage
Everyone is familiar with the UNESCO World Heritage List. It has over a thousand places of unprecedented universal cultural or natural value. The...
Intangible cultural heritage, what is it?
It's like a mystery: What part of our cultural heritage is characterised by the representations, the expressions, the knowledge and the skills that...
The elusive goal of visiting all World Heritage Sites
For many years I have worked consciously to visit UNESCO World Heritage Sites wherever I travel. I first choose a place or a country to visit, then...
A disintegrated Europe – what would it look like?
Is Europe on the road to self-destruction? Secessionist movements are gaining momentum, and history proves they will be successful. The forces of...
Where’s that plane heading?
Have you ever gazed up at the sky above, spotted a plane and wondered where it was heading? And more: Where did it depart from, what kind of plane...
Bucket list for 2018 and beyond
I am by the start of a new year presenting my bucket list for the coming year or years. The list is the manifestation of my dreams or concrete plans...
2017 is out, here is 2018
A new year offers new opportunities, but also a chance to evaluate the year that passed. Sandalsand can be found in several channels. This article...
Sandalsand’s 6 Year Anniversary
A 6 year anniversary calls for a celebration! I realised earlier today when I posted a new article, that the article counter was showing 800. I...
Blogroll (2017)
On my blogroll I keep track of recently published articles on a number of travel websites (blogs) as well as a handful of magazines. This post was...
Reader Survey
Find a link to a reader survey form where you can provide feedback about your experiences. Please contribute to the improvement of this website....
Bucket list for 2017 and beyond
I am by the start of a new year presenting my bucket list for the coming year or years. The list is the manifestation of my dreams or concrete plans...
2016 is out, here is 2017
In 2016 I visited four foreign countries, spending 20 days, and was able to add four new World Heritage Sites to my own list. That was the...
Ticking places off a bucket list
Travellers have a tendency to set up a bucket list, meaning a list of things to do or places to go before they die, or "kick the bucket" as the...
The ultimate list of great travel movies
Find the ultimate list of great travel movies right here. This post sums up 40 movies worth watching. Read why and watch the trailers. I have used a...
Travel movies – One location
Are travel movies set in one location possible? We would generally view a travel movie as something that depicts movement from one place to another....
Travel movies – Two or more people
This is about travel movies; Two or more people off to discover the world and themselves. We have come to the third list of great travel movies. In...
Travel movies – Lone man or woman
This is a list of travel movies, in particular about a lone man or woman off to discover the world and him-/herself. This article is part of a...
Bucket list for 2016 and beyond
I am by the start of a new year presenting my bucket list for the coming year or years. The list is the manifestation of my dreams or concrete plans...
2015 is out, 2016 is here
In 2015 I visited five foreign countries. Somehow I managed to spend 33 days travelling, and was able to add six new World Heritage Sites to my...
3 tips to create good blog content
The content of a travel website like mine deals with trips and destinations. Each and every time I ask myself this: To what detail should my trips...
Counting countries or the art of exaggeration
Have you ever wondered how far you've travelled, how you got there, for how long, and to how many countries? Well, I have. My statistics are found...
Don’t we all love passport stamps?
Do you still have your passport stamps? In a previous article I presented short stories from extra-ordinary border crossings and described the...
The true size of countries
What is the true size of a country? Of course, a map is a lie. It cannot fully represent the real world simply because it is two-dimensional. Now,...
International backpacker routes
You are now going to study a map with all the major backpacker routes around the world, all major traveller hubs, and a series of secondary ones. I...