Exploring the World
Latest adventure
One country, one ocean, one step at a time
Traveling has been a lifelong passion for us. I started traveling before I was born (or so my parents tell me), but didn’t get around to blogging about traveling before 2005. Prior to that I wrote travel updates in letters and emails to anyone I thought could be interested.
Margrethe and I joined forces in 2015. Before then she had done a lot of traveling that she documented on Facebook and Instagram. Now we travel together and make blog posts with pictures and short videos, to help us remember our adventures and hopefully inspire you to get out there and experience the World.
An unquenchable thirst for adventure
Sailing across the Pacific twice, crossing half the World on the Transsiberian Railroad and exploring Norway’s long coastline are just some of the trips we’ve done in recent years. Delve into our trips and be inspired to create your own unforgettable memories.
Sailing in Norway
Exploring unknown treasures
Sailing Stella Polaris
Across the Pacific
French Polynesia
Diving with sharks
Dengue fever
Already on our first night on Koh Tao Kjersti started feeling poorly. Fever kicked in and she was in no mood to play. The next day she opted to stay in bed while I went...
Freediving on Koh Tao
After 8 days on Koh Samui it was time to make the jump to a different island. Koh Tao, a short trip away, tops the throne over where the most people in the World get their SCUBA...
Koh Samui: The Hangover movies comes to life.
After an eventful, but short stay in Frankfurt, we had a fantastic flight (on the brand new Airbus 380) with Thai Airways to Koh Samui, via Bangkok. On the the flight from...
First stop on the Thailand Trip : The Emergency Room in Frankfurt Airport
At exactly 04:30 this morning, the alarm went off and our day of traveling started. I had 30 minutes to shower, shave and finish packing before my mother showed up to drive us to...
A long weekend in London
Forever has passed since I last traveled anywhere. At least it felt like that, because I haven´t really traveled anywhere since coming home from the sailing trip 2 years ago. I...
A 2nd shot at mom’s 60th Birthday
Last year Martin (my brother) and I "kind of" miscalculated and invited my mom's friends to a splendid vegetarian coooking class to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday. When we were...
Haze rendezvous
DAY 1 At the crack of dawn I jumped out of bed and threw on my uniform. Next came a quick breakfast where I wolfed down a couple of eggs on toast, before I cleaned up my cabin by...
My first proper motorcycle trip
After buying a KTM 990 Adventure, a motorcycle that can take me around the World, it was high time to go on a proper adventure. Christer and I had decided to drive to Germany and...
Farewell to Facebook
I've decided to quit Facebook. I've basically been on Facebook since it was opened up to the general public. At first it was great, I got connected to tons of people that I...
Australia
We left Noumea fully planning to sail to Coff's Harbor, but plans change (as they often do when you're dependent on the direction of the wind). We actually had decent wind for...
New Caledonia
After an awesome time with the volcano on Tanna it was time to lift anchor and move on. We had a really nice sail to New Caledonia, where we sailed straight to Noumea. We had...
Tanna and the Volcano
Tanna in Vanuatu is all about the volcano, so needless to say when we were there, we were all about the volcano. It was awesome. We spent an entire afternoon and an hour after...
An illegal stop in Fiji
When we sailed away from Tonga the plan was to sail straight to Tanna in Vanuatu. That did not happen, because the winds abandoned us 20 nm away from the Lau islands (part of...
Hanging in Tonga
The trip from Niue to Tonga was a fast one. Our stay on Tonga was almost faster. It basically boiled down to hanging out in Vava'u for a couple of days, before we did a couple of...
Adventures on Niue
Whales, Speight's, road-tripping, cave-diving, snorkeling, curry and nightclubbing sums up our sensational 2 1/2 days stay on Niue. Talk about a whirlwind tour of the island. We...
A relaxing stay on Palmerston
If you haven't been to Palmerston, don't plan on flying here. The nearest airport is 2 days away on a fast moving motor boat. The normal way to get here is on a supply ship that...
Partying on Bora Bora
Bora Bora has been amazing. It is a picture perfect island and I understand why many people go here for their honeymoon. When we arrived we found a small bay on To'opua right...
Seeing the sights on Moorea
I was very happy to make the short sail to Moorea, because I had heard so many good reports about it. I can honestly say that it delivered in full. What was nice was that Don and...
Tearing it up in Tahiti
After what seemed like way too short a time in the Tuamotos, we sailed to Tahiti. We went there to celebrate Jacob's 30th birthday and to do a crew change. When I say Tahiti most...
Amazing Tuamotos
If you close your eyes and try to picture what paradise would look like, chances are you’ll be imagining Tuamotos. Small islands and atolls covered in sandy beaches and palm...
Sailing the Marquesas
When I say that I'm in the Marquesas, most people have no clue where it is. I actually think that very few people would be able to find these islands on a map unless they knew...
Crossing the Pacific
When we crossed the Pacific, the longest sail we did was from Galapagos to the Marquesas in French Polynesia. It took us 20 days and 18 hours from when we lifted...
On our way
We have just sailed from Galapagos and are on our way to French Polynesia.You can keep track of our progress by pressing THIS LINK ... or THIS ONE.On the first one I'll try to...
Amazing Galapagos
The word amazing actually does a poor job at explaining how unbelievable our stay on Galapagos has been. I sit here on anchor just off San Cristobal in Wreck Bay reflecting on...
Galapagos
A quick update from Galapagos, more will follow soon. This was just after first landfall on Galapagos. We have had an amazing time here so far and in the next couple of days I...
La Playita, Taboga and Las Perlas
I can't explain how good it felt to finally be in the Pacific. Our plan was to be on our way as soon as possible ... That plan kind of backfired, because we ended up spending...
Through the Panama Canal
We were more than finished with Colon when the Canal Autority finally gave us the green light to go through the Canal. We were going together with a small flotilla of boats that...
Waiting in Colon
The Pacific team is finally united. They arrived on the boat a little after midnight and we proceeded straight into some beer sampling, so that we would know which beer to bring...
St. Lucia to Panama
When I last posted an update I was in Mustique with my charter guests. We sailed from Mustique to Bequia and from there all the way to Soufriere on St. Lucia, had an...
Grenada to Mustique
We arrived on Grenada after a 93 nautical mile motorsail against wind, waves and current. I attempted sailing at first, but when the current was so strong that I was only able to...