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About the videos
Pictures add an extra dimension to a travel website. Moving pictures add even more. Sandalsand has close to 200 short travel videos. They combine live video, photographs and music from the visited country.
You may want to check out my YouTube channel Sandalfilm directly. There is also a page with playlists from destinations across the globe. In addition, find videos and playlists from my home-country Norway on a separate page.
The featured illustration above is from the Gorkhi Terelj national park in Mongolia.
Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.
I am not Fellini and I certainly do not make films about myself. 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.
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.
Videos
VIDEO – Myanmar – The Train Across the Gokteik Viaduct
The Gokteik Viaduct is the highlight of one of the world's most exciting train journeys. Watch this video. Have a look at this video about the train...
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 video from Skeie 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...
VIDEO – Norway – Sauda
Watch a video from Sauda. The town is situated as far into the fjords of Ryfylke in Western Norway it is possible to get. Sauda has a rather drab...
VIDEO – Norway – Haugesund
Watch a video from Haugesund, the main town in the region of Haugalandet, Western Norway. It has a long history, prosperous in the 19th century, and...
VIDEO – Norway – Skudeneshavn
Watch a video from Skudeneshavn. Skudeneshavn prospered from the catching of lobster and herring and from a large trading activity with the Baltic...
VIDEO – Portugal – Douro
This video from the Douro region takes you from the city of Porto upriver to the beautiful and famous terraced vineyards. "Alto Douro Wine Region"...
VIDEO – Portugal – Porto
This video is from Porto, or Oporto as it used to be called in English. The city has the unmistakable atmosphere of an historically important city....
VIDEO – Portugal – Coimbra
This video is from Coimbra, the ancient university town in central Portugal. Some scenes are from the university and some from the town centre....
VIDEO – Portugal – Mosteiro da Batalha
This is a video from the Mosteiro da Batalha in Portugal, one of the country's prominent World Heritage Sites. "The Monastery of Batalha" is no. 264...
VIDEO – Portugal – Mosteiro de Alcobaça
This is a video from the Mosteiro de Alcobaça. The church and monastery were among the first Gothic buildings in Portugal. The impression of...
VIDEO – Portugal – Evora
This video is from Évora, an important town for the Romans and later on for the Portuguese until the 18th century. After this the town turned into a...