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
Bei Dai He Camping Trip
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...
Tibet 2006 Part I
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...
Tibet 2006 Part II
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...
6th time on the Great Wall
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...
Bai He Camping Trip
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...
5th time on the Great Wall
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...
First overnight on the Great Wall
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...
Martin and I enjoy Sanya
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...
Birthday Party
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...
Mom visits
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...
Turning 30
(Sorry ... only in Norwegian ... This is the answer I sent my brother, when he asked me to write what it felt like to turn 30) Herregud! I dag når jeg våknet opp var...
The Great Wall with Stein and Jeff
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...
2005 New Years Greeting
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We’ve just clocked into 2006 and it feels good. Last year was a great year and if the trend continues, this year will be equally excellent. I want to...
On the road again … actually … on the sea again!
Hung-over, tired and with a funky stomach: I have to admit defeat. TheNingbo solution to jetlag (getting severely trashed forcing the body tofocus on getting rid of alcohol...
First Update from China
There I was standing in front of 50 Chinese students, when thetechnical "genious" on the faculty told me that the one thing I wasrelying on, the DVD player, wouldn't work! So my...
Going Back
(This was sent to all my friends on August 23rd, 2005 ... 2 days before I boarded the plane bound for Beijing) What can I say? I'm a schmuck! Pick the most difficult language on...
Smitten
It might not come as a big shock, but when I returned to Norway I was a changed man. I had been smitten and decided to return as soon as possible. Within one month I was back in...
4th Travel Log from China
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...
3rd Travel Log from China
Good news and bad news ... I found Kashmir and the Pakistani border,but was outfoxed by Osama. I have a feeling I was hot on his trail, but I was left in the dust. So it looks...
2nd Travel Log from China
I have by now gotten out of the LBB Bar in Ningbo (though I was a frequent visitor up until I left on Sunday). My time in Ningbo and Zhoushan was excellent. Not very...
1st Travel Log from China
(This was sent to all my friends on June 30th, 2005) I woke up this morning and realized I had slept in a bar. Not a bad way to start to my travels in China. Where am I you might...
Finally
As James Brown would say "Papa's got a brand new bag". After contemplating a blog for a LONG time I've finally taken the big step and created one. This blog is going to be a...