It has taken me over a year to get to an emotional place where I can post about my trip to Svalbard. It was profound and life altering. The first step in the process is to sort thru the thousands of photographs. Remove the absolute rubbish. Decide which ones are about moments that are personal, and those that may be interesting to other people. It is like deciding which of your children you want to show off. I have decided to split them into three piles. Rocks and Ice, Plants and Animals, and People and Trip Notes. All of the photos are my own. Please let me know if you are going to use them elsewhere. I have added a few notes. If you want to just look at the photos, click on any one and you will see a slide show at the bottom. There are a couple of very amateurish videos. They will not show up in the slide show, but I think they are worth looking at. Svalbard is a group of islands belonging to Norway, but you reach them by pla...
Adventures of an odd traveler, suggestions for slow walkers and those with limited mobility. And stuff about origami.