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Most of the posts in this section are part of series. In the following bullet list, the links are to the first post in each series:
- This Week in Nature: The basic four elements of nature
- Defensive Structures: Fortresses and the like
- European City Breaks: 32 cities
- Religious Buildings: Religions all over the world
- Iron Wheels: Trains and other vehicles on rails
If you are looking for regular travelogues, head for the Destinations page. If you want to learn more about the world around us, and how Sandalsand deals with it, look into the other pages in the Specials menu: Writing and publishing and Travelling. Did you know that Sandalsand is on YouTube?
The illustration above is from a flight along the Himalayas.
Religious Buildings (10) After death – Burial sites as World Heritage Sites
What happens after death? Some burial sites are also World Heritage Sites. Rich people, like kings, emperors and nobles have for thousands of years...
Religious Buildings (9) After death – Cemeteries as final resting places
What happens after death? We will have a look at cemeteries as final resting places. All religions and cultures have rites in dealing with death and...
Religious Buildings (8) Houses for the deity or its premier representative on Earth
What do we mean by houses for the deity or its premier representative on Earth? This chapter in the series about religious buildings is a rather...
Religious Buildings (7) Monasteries and educational institutions
In this serious of religious buildings we have to come to monasteries and educational institutions. They belong to different religions. In most...
Religious Buildings (6) Places of worship for extinct religions
Around the world we find several places of worship for extinct religions. This article is based it on my own photographed visits. There is a host of...
Religious Buildings (5) Other contemporary places of worship
This chapter finishes the presentation of contemporary religions with a look at Shinto, Tao, Hindu and Jewish places of worship. Shintoism Shintoism...
Religious Buildings (4) Buddhist places of worship
Buddhist places of worship: Buddhism spread out of India from around the 4th to 6th century BC based on the thoughts and principles of the awakened...
Religious Buildings (3) Muslim places of worship
Muslim places of worship: Some Muslim mosques are more important than others. The most important one in Mecca is out of reach for non-Muslims. But...
Religious Buildings (2) Christian places of worship
Christian places of worship: Christianity is a religious faith that has triggered the building of some of the world's largest and most magnificent...
Religious Buildings (1) Introduction
This is an introduction to a series of articles presenting religious buildings in a wide definition of the term. They are based on my own visits....
Iron Wheels (2) Special rails
There are many varieties of rail transport; metro, cable car, cog track and tram to mention some. There are actually a lot more than you think of,...
Iron Wheels (1) Exciting train journeys
This is an introduction to exciting train journeys. I have registered my travels on a world map and the distance travelled on trains has been...
Travel quotes
Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents.
Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.
The road must eventually lead to the whole world.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.