As friends and followers may know about me, I often get obsessed about potential destinations based mostly (and sometimes solely) on geographical quirks. “Direction-most” places are obviously easy targets, but come with a little less nuance. I like to find places that are not only geographically remote, but are geo-politically inconspicuous. Also, if the place …
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- Boats in front of the colorful houses in Tórshavn harbor
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- This crazy guy finally made it to the Faroes. Bucket list = CHECK!
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- Mindblowing road-trip opportunities await any who venture out here…
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- Of course I had to strut out onto the field of the Faroese national team…Tórsvøllur
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- More sheep than people here, but they do all belong to people…
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- The epic view of Gásadalur and nearby Mykines island (home of the Faroese Puffin)
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- The point you see jutting out to the left is our ultimate destination here at Sørvágsvatn, the largest lake in the Faroes.
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- Breeah at land’s edge, shooting near the waterfall (Bøsdalafossur) that cascades over the cliff side.
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- The absolutely unreal view of Sørvágsvatn seemingly about spill over into the ocean…
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- The humble abodes of Saksun
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- En route to Gjogv (note the switchbacks)
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- Gjogv’s namesake gorge
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- If you ever want to be inspired to write your own cheesy, yet timeless, fairy tale, just stare at this image for a couple minutes. OK, good. Now, once upon a time…
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- This is (most likely) the longest continuously occupied wooden home in the world. Yes, I’m sure it has been restored over the years…it has been inhabited by the same family for 17 generations and has been on this planet for almost a full millennium.
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- The Magnus Cathedral, the oldest medieval structure on the Faroes.
