Tag: Travels

  • Crazy birds

    Early morning somewhere in the mountains of Arthur’s pass. The greyish light of a world about to dawn outside the tent. I wake up to a piercing scream that makes the blood curdle in my veins. It sounds like the creature vildvittra from the Swedish movie Ronja Rövardotter. Nightmareish, bird-like creatures…

  • How not to climb a mountain

    Lessons learned today: Me and busses still isn’t a dependable combination. We ended up on the other side of the mountains we were intending to scale, far from any footpath. Mountains are always steeper than they look. Just because it looks like a path it doesn’t necessarily lead anywhere. There are wiser…

  • More New Zealand yayness

    I like dreaming. And I do it a lot. About realistic things, unrealistic things, and things that are completely bonkers. Going to New Zealand was one of my dreams for so very long, so realistic that it bordered on a plan. And now here I am. It seems to be…

  • New Zealand

    Long time no see, huh. This writer’s block is a funny thing. The longer I put it off, the more I get to write about, and the more difficult and for some reason embarrassing it gets to actually do it. It’s not like I couldn’t have taken the time to…

  • My adventures in Kuala Lumpur

    On my way to New Zealand I spent a week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Staying with a friend to the family at their fantastic residence and getting treated like a total princess, I had a great time despite various physical distresses. Located at two degrees north of the equator, Kuala…

  • From Yggdrasil to Kuala Lumpur

    LARP survived and greatly enjoyed. For a weekend I once again became wizard Vidar Hjelm at Yggdrasil, the nordic school for magic. So much fun was had, and I didn’t feel the slightest hint of panic, for once. Clearly I have leveled up my social skills, woo! And now I’m…

  • Happy old year, and hopeful new one

    Good gods. So, so many things are happening in my life, and very soon this year has come to an end. December has been tumultuous and fantastic, much like the rest of the year. A couple of lovely melodic death metal concerts with good company (Amon Amarth and Dark Tranquility,…

  • Leaving one home for another

    Last day of work. Tomorrow I’m going back to Sweden. My heart is all over the place. I’m not ready for this. I want to stay here at this calm and beautiful place and get to know this oh-so-interesting island even better. I love working here, I love breathing here,…

  • Mountains of Madness

    To observe observing observers can be interesting. If for no other reason then for the sheer meta-ness of it. It seems to take a special kind of personality to willingly go away to a faraway island, and spend two weeks at the top of a mountain looking at the Sun…

  • Mina äventyr på La Palma

    Jag lovade min kära faster att skriva något på svenska. Så varsågod faster och övriga svenskspråkiga, här kommer en sammanfattning av mina äventyr på La Palma. Alla bilder går att klicka på för att se i större format. Där inget annat anges har jag själv fotat med min inte alltför…