It's popular world wide for children to tell Santa what they would like for Christmas, but where do he live? Shall your wishlist be sent to the North Pole, the South Pole, Rovaniemi in Finland - Soumi, or to Savalen or Drobak, Drøbak in Norway, or somewhere else?

Travelling back in Biblican time was really great. The Middle East is so enriched with big wonders. Some of them I and my wife Marna experienced were The Western Wall, Tel Aviv, Jerash, massive Roman ruins, Jerusalem, and Shel Zahav. We were closed to the bomb explosion in Amman. Further more we explored the ancient city Petra, the Nabateans`culture and wonders. Spielberg liked the city enough to film the third Indiana Jones movie here, especially the Treasury. We also took our time to admire the sacred Biblical shrine of Mount Nebo, the Dead Sea and more.

Are the ancient wonders made of the Incans messages for the future? Cuzco, the capital of the Incan Empire, was built out of stone and adorned with gold. Both in the city and in the environment around, there are great wonders as Qorikancha - Coricancha - the famous sun temple of Qosqo, San Blas Church, La Companía Church - once Inca Huayna Capac's palace, The Cathedral - was built over the ruins of the palace of the Inca Viracocha, the huge stone structure Sacsayhuaman, Q'enqo - Kenko - a temple dedicated to Mother Earth, Puca Pukara - the Fortress Watchtower, Tambomachay - the Inca Baths, Laqo, Lanlakuyoq and Kusilluchayoq - old observatories and ceremonial sites, the lost city Machu Picchu and Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley - Valle Sagrado. What is so special with these monuments, and how are they connected?

In a remote canyon known as Range Creek in USA, it has lived a mysterious people. The vast majority of archaeological traces in the site are associated with the Fremont Indians, one of the early Americans. It dates between about A.D. 500 and A.D. 1350. So, what became of them? The Range Creek site was unveiled in 2004 and now archaeologists explore the area. Compared with their neighbours Anasazi in the south, the ruins are not so spectacular, but anyway the constructions and petroglyphs are real impressing...

Long, dusty and winding trails to the ancient city Petra in Jordan, go through deserts, rocks, deep valleys and narrow passages. It`s not so far from the city Wadi Musa. Outside Petra there are small caravan places which people used in the past for staying overnight and resting. Bedouin nomads use some of these places today sometimes. In the past Petra`s wealth grew as the Nabateans kept control of caravan trade routes through the region.

I was in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, city of 1000-year-old temples adorned with all the erotic positions of the Kama Sutra. The temples were rediscovered by a British explorer in the early 19th century after languishing forgotten in the jungle for centuries, and now tourists flock here.

It's made by the Norwegian adventurer Stein Morten Lund based on his adventurous journey in July 2005. The movie tells a story about the Bedouins life and culture in the middle of the desert. Nomads have been travelling in these southern Jordanian deserts since prehistoric times. Their way to survive in such harsh environment is impressing. So it's their hospitality, lifestyle, culture and traditional music. The movie covers also the fabulous Nabataean City of Petra, where breath-taking architecture is carved into rose-colored sandstone cliffs. The wonderful and mysterious building, called the Treasure in Petra, was used as background for the filming of the final scene of the movie Indian Jones and the Last Crusader. The most dramatic scenes in Stein Morten`s movie is about Lawrence of Arabia, and takes place in the amazing moon landscape Wadi Rum.

Readers of Wanderlust, Britain's leading magazine for real travellers, have updated the millennia-old list for the 21st century. Overall, 3,569 travellers' votes were counted in the largest survey of its kind ever. The results reveal what today's travellers view to be the most extraordinary sights on the planet.The clear voters' favourite is the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu, Peru, which received 52% more votes than its nearest rival, the vast temple complex of Angkor, Cambodia. The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the 7 Wonders of the World still standing, has been relegated to eighth place in the definitive updated list.

From 17th - 28th February next year you can enjoy hundreds of entertainment opportunities at the traditional Venice Carnival. It's a party with no barriers or borders, and it's arranged in one of the most amazing and famous historic city in the world. For more than 200 years, Venice has been a wonderful place for fancy-dress parties, jokes and sneers. And for over 20 years, Venice has been welcoming masqueraders, visitors and tourists who want to join the carnival and have fun in the late winter.

Venice has sinked 24 inches deeper into the lagoon over a period of 300 years, the Discovery Channel reports. C. C. I. - 18th / 28th of February 2006. CARNIVAL of VENICE

If you want to see the masks, come to Venice and enjoy yourself, but if you want to enter in the real atmosphere of the Carnival and its unique enchantment of the timeless feeling, get a costume and take part of : THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME of GALA DINNER, BALLS, COCKTAILS http://www.meetingeurope.com/carnival/carnival_progr2001.htm

Bolivia is full of wonderful og mysterious archaeological sites. In the late afternoon July 2002, I was determinded to explore one of Bolivia`s greatest wonders near Puno, the Sillustani. Inspired from exploring another prehistoric site on my tour called Tiwanaku, I went out in the Bolivian highland and arrived just in time to experience the sunset. It gave the mysterious site an even more strange atmosphere. Viewing the ruines from the old Chullpas culture, with the clear blue Lake Umayo in the background, was an unforgettable moment that really turned me on.

Teotihuacán's mythological builders in Mexico's have so far managed to hide the secrets. By using advanced equipment archaeologists have revealed more of amazing Teotihuacán's history, the first major metropolis of the Americas. Teotihuacán was built by an unknown people almost 2,000 years ago. The site sits about 25 miles (40 kilometres) north of present-day Mexico City. Temples, palaces, and some of the largest pyramids on Earth line its ancient main street. The probably biggest unanswered questions about Teotihuacán concern is why the city was abandoned around A.D. 650?

During my tour in Jordan in July this year (2005), I talked to several Bedouins about Lawrence of Arabia, his lifestyle, preparation and attack on Aqaba. Who was he really? Is the movie about him telling the truth? His full name was Thomas Edward Lawrence, who lived from 1888 to 1935. He wrote the self biography Seven Pillars, but what think the Bedouins about him?

Polè, polè! About 20,000 climbers attempt to reach the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania each year, the highest peak in Africa. Around 70 % of them succeed. Climbing high peaks can make people famous and admired. They get their names and photo in media. It also make them admired among friends and colleagues. After climbing Kilimanjaro in July 2003 one thing stands clear for me: the porters are the real heroes of Kilimanjaro.

Between weird and beautiful lunar rock formations, I could admire the sunset in one of the world`s most amazing landscapes (July 2005).

The colours on the rock around me shifted continueosly. It was definitely no neon lights as it is in Las Vegas, but mother nature`s own wonder that showed its best side.

One of the most impressig rock formations is called Noah`s Ark. Was it such Noah`s ship looked when he and his people set sail around 4300 years ago as told about in the Bible. I really wondered how Lawrence of Arabia felt it when he stayed here for a long time preparing the famous attack in Aqaba. Wadi Rum has a long tradition for ancient caravan passageway. Today there are Bedouins living in the area. The best times to enjoy Wadi Rum are early morning and late afternoon, and especially at sunset and night when the desert sky dazzle you.