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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 – Mongolia – Landscape
This is a video from a landscape in eastern Mongolia, and includes the tunes of beautiful Mongolian music. It was filmed from the train on the...
VIDEO – Mongolia – The Gobi desert
This video from the Gobi desert in Mongolia was filmed from the train on the railway from Ulaanbaatar to the Chinese border. It is accompanied by...
VIDEO – Mongolia – Ulaanbaatar – Sukhbaatar Square
This is a video from Sukhbaatar Square, the central square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It was shot on the National Childrens Day, June 1st. First...
VIDEO – Mongolia – Ulaanbaatar – Buddhist monastery
This video is from a Buddhist monastery called the Gandantegchinleng Khiid. It is an important, active and central monastery in Mongolia's capital...
VIDEO – Mongolia – Ger
This is a video from inside and outside a Mongolian Ger. It is a traditional portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling....
VIDEO – Mongolia – Ankle bone shooting
This video shows a group of Mongolian men practising indoors for the national championship in ankle bone shooting. According to Wikipedia Shagai...
VIDEO – Russia – Trans-Siberian Railway
This is a video from the Trans-Siberian Railway (actually Trans-Mongolian) from Moscow to Ulaanbaatar. It shows life on board, the stations, and the...
VIDEO – Russia – Lake Baikal
This video from Lake Baikal is shot from the train on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Lake Baikal is no. 754 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. According...
VIDEO – Russia – Moscow – Kremlin
This video is from the magnificent religious and secular buildings and treasures of the Moscow Kremlin. "Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow" is no. 545...
VIDEO – Russia – Moscow – Metro
This is a video from the Moscow metro. It is one of the world's most famous, and must certainly be the one with the most beautiful stations. Here is...
VIDEO – Russia – Moscow – Moskva River
This is a video from the Moskva River (Moscow). Cruising on a river boat is a relaxing way to see some of the major sights in the Russian capital....
VIDEO – Russia – Sergiev Posad
This video is from a visit to Sergiev Posad, the centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. "The Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in...