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So, now I'm on my way from Iceland to LA - staying one night in Sweden (!) at my parents house. In the meantime I'll show you my rough travel plans - but be aware - anything can change...;)

ICELAND 23-26 JULY
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LA / BIG SUR / SAN FRANSISCO 27 JULY – 9 AUGUST
Hang out with my best friend Kristopher in West Hollywood and to lots of stuff, visit my friends bar & restaurant Speranza, do some parachuting with the stuntmen from 'Point Break', might drive up the Pacific Highway with my brother Erik and his friend Philip - Erik & Philips Travel Blog , and on the way get one of the best massages in California at Esalen in the old hippie village Big Sur. (Update Mon July 27: Hmmm or maybe not, seems like my brother already left).

HAWAII / KAUAI 9-16 AUGUST
Learn how to surf (well, at least stand on the board...), hike the Napali Coast - one of the Hawaiian islands most stunningl nature reserves, stay one night at the perfect Hawaiian dream; Hanalei Bay Resort - where I used to work as a poolguard, do some snorkling, visit the Olokele vulcano and possibly swim with dolphins!

WESTERN SAMOA 17-23 AUGUST
Half way between New Zeeland and Hawaii I will stop by the Samoan Islands. I wanted to go there for a long time, after reading the book from 1920 called 'The Papalagi'. The book is written by a tribal leader of the Samoans who leaves his island in the Pacific and comes to Europe to "study" the Papalagi (the white man). He writes his observations in a book intended to be read by his tribe members. This book is a stunningly accurate study on western civilisation. The book might be a hoax, but nevertheless I'd like to find the place were this supposed tribeleader lived. And the plan is of course also to dive, dive and dive - Western Samoa has some of the best diving sites in the world.

TOKYO 24-30 AUGUST
Still working on the Tokyo plan. What I know for sure is that we'll enjoy a crazy week were we will discover the food, the fashion, the tech, the people, the design - the future. I might hook up with a photographer who've been following 'homeless' people who live under the tunnels in Tokyo, but nothing is set yet.

CHIANG MAI / THAILAND 31 AUGUST – 6 SEPTEMBER
Visit 'The Land' where my friend CM von Hausswolff built a quite...strange house. The Land is a village built by artists from all over the world, merging of ideas by different artists to cultivate a place of and for social engagement. Visit www.thelandfoundation.org We're also going to visit one of the foremost spa's in Thailand, The Amaravati, where we'll get an ancient Ayurvedic treatment.

LADAKH/INDIA 7-13 SEPTEMBER
I always wanted to visit Ladakh after I interviewed Helena Norberg Hodge who lived with, and helped, mountain people in Ladakh for years. The people from Ladakh is supposed to be the happiest people in the world, I want to discover why. I'm also going to visit a buddhist monestry and stay a night in New Dehli. For more than a decade, Helena Norberg-Hodge has been helping Ladakh, an isolated Himalayan culture, to preserve its strengths and choose carefully from the West as it modernizes. In 1986 the Ladakh Ecological Development Group (of which she is the director) was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, also known as 'The alternative Nobel Prize', in recognition of their remarkable work.

VENICE 14-16 SEPTEMBER
We'll end the trip by visiting the 53rd International Art Exhibition in Venice, titled 'Making Worlds', this time directed by Swedish Daniel Birnbaum. And of course enjoy the magic of Venice...