Grundarfjardarbaer

When I was young

and walked alone,

alone I lost my way.

I felt rich

when I found company.

Man delights in man.

 

from Havalmal the Icelandic Tao.

Travels among threatened languages

“Languages embody the intellectual wealth of the people that speak them. Losing one of them is like dropping a bomb on the Louvre.” (Ken Hale, MIT) 126

Wilfred Thesiger

The soul selects its own society: Tomas Espedal’s Tramp

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Singapore Walk

Some time ago one of us lived in Singapore for a number of years. That was post September 11 and in the days of SARS. The streets were deserted, tourism was down, for a little while life there was slow and peaceful.

Gadinchela, Bhutan*

Where in the world would a tour guide spend a week by the bed of a sick tourist, even sleeping on a sofa in her room at night rather than leave her?