I had one thing on my agenda when I came back to Norway: Metal! The family might complain about this fact, but it is true. I had 2 music festivals lined up that I was heading off to almost immediately after touching the ground. I met up with Vidar and the two of us...

After a very enjoyable time in Austria it was time to head to Norway for a quick tour of the country. Steffie and me had quite an itinerary ahead of us for the weeklong stay. The fun started in the Oslo airport; we met Stein (childhood friend, currently working in...

At exactly 11:00 a.m. I opened my eyes and noted that I was fully dressed in bed. That the room was spinning indicated that I was in the preliminary stages of a severe hang-over. What was supposed to have been a quiet night out had ended with all-out drinking in my...

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HANUKKAH I hope you have a fantastic Christmas. May all your wishes come true. Eat like it's your last meal and drink like there's no tomorrow... In case you are wondering, yes the picture is from the Great Wall and yes, it was very cold...

The day after the new James Bond movie "Casino Royale" came out, I have to admit it felt very correct to be conducting my 7th visit to the Great Wall. This time it was a team building trip with the people from work. Believe it or not, but there are Chinese that have...

After spending all of July on the soaring Tibetan plateau it took exactly 2 weeks before it was time to head out on a new adventure. Since any mountain around Beijing would feel a bit bland with Everest so fresh in my memory, we decided to head to the beach. Cory,...

I'm now in Lhasa at 3700 meters above sea-level ... Tibet is a great place, where even the lowest laying area is higher than Norway's tallest mountain. You quickly learn to calculate where you're going in Tibet. Not how far it is, but how high it is. If you're not...

After coming back from the first trek where we almost fell into the potentially fatal clutches of altitude sickness, it was nice to chill out at 3700 meters in Lhasa (I say “we”, because I’m traveling with Torstein, a buddy from Norway). We...

July month had been penciled into my calendar as the month Torstein would be visiting. Needless to say the Wall was at the top of our list of things to do while we were in Beijing. Our reasons for going were two-fold. First of all, he had to become a man, as per Mao's...

Having just come back from my trip to Norway I was happy to hear that Vinnie was organizing a trip to Bai He. Vinne was the only one going that knew what we had in store and as soon as we got there I knew why he was so excited about it. To get there we shared the cost...

Mao said that you can't call yourself a man until you've been on the Great Wall. This was my 5th time on the Wall ... Does that mean that I am 5 times the man of someone who hasn't been there ... or do they start to cancel each other out? Is it possible to be...

After having a great time in Sanya and a few nice days in Beijing, it was time to top off my brother, Martin’s, visit with an overnight on the Great Wall. Though this was my 4th time on the Wall, it was the first time I'd head up there to sleep. Last time I went...

SAS gave me a good Christmas present this year … well … indirectly at least. During December they had a Christmas calendar where they sold a new destination at rock bottom prices every day. The result was that my brother, Martin, was able to secure a...

When you turn 30 you are supposed to have a big party, where everyone makes fun of you for not being married or even engaged. Thank God that's not the tradition in China! Here they just aim at having fun, no matter how old (or young) you are. Funny as this may seem, I...

My mother got a great Christmas present this year: Tickets to go and visit me in Beijing. It was a good present for me too, because it's not every day you get your mom visiting when you live on the other side of the globe. The pressure was definitely on though ......

1 picture definitely speaks a 1000 words! Believe it or not, but it was many degrees below freezing, so standing with our pants around our ankles was no picnic. I was luckily able to stay somewhat warm running back and forth between the camera while we were getting...

I'm a bad person. After having spent so much time in the mountains, desert and off the beaten track I suppose it was to be expected. I just couldn't hack having 1.3 billion Chinese around me and in the airport on my way to Beijing it boiled over. There I was waiting...