The River at the Centre of the World

As I can not travel as much as a would like to right now, I have to settle for imaginary travels, as through reading. Thought I could share some of my literary travel experiences too.
I have just been reading The River at the Centre of the World, A Journey up the reiver Yangtze, and back in Chinese time, by Simon Winchester. It is a very beautiful book about a very fascinating country and as I now know an amazing river. I don't know whether all the "biggest, longest, highest and wildest" really are true, but I don't care. Reading the book made me want to go there at the same time it made me feel I had almost been there too. A good combination. I can recommend it!



I also like the very beautiful cover! I wanted to put a picture of it here on the blog, but all the pictures I first found on the net had a different cover from the one I have. Maybe because I bought my book a couple of years ago and in China... But finally I found a picture.

And... the book has maps! Several maps! I love maps and I like books that have maps! :-)

Domestic Travels II

As I don’t get to travel that much right now, maybe I should write more about Sweden, from a traveller’s perspective. After all it was on the news yesterday, that Sweden made it to the top-twenty-list of tourist destinations in the world. Quite unbelievable if you ask me! I don’t think I would go here if I didn’t live here!
But still, there are nice places. This weekend I will be off to the West coast again, my beloved Bohuslän!

Hello Africa!

I am a bit fascinated by the cluster map on my blog, that shows where you people, who are visiting my blog, come from. Some of you I know,:-) but there are definetly many who I don't know.
I have to admit that I really don't know many people in USA for example, so you must be still unknown friends. But the strange thing is the amazingly white spot over whole of Africa. I do know some people living in Africa, who I think might check my blog sometimes, but still not one single red dot!!!
So if you live in an African country and happen to read my blog, please leave a comment so I know you are there!