And it's too hard to focus through all this doubt, I keep making these to-do lists but nothing gets crossed out

sorry for the lack of updates, my mind has been somewhere else. just yesterday me and ebba got home from a weekend in berlin with a lot of laughter, yatzy, wine, an amazing bright eyes-concert (plus one in stockholm), 4 photobooth-strips (see above) and a re-visit to the old military complex.

But I wait for a letter that is coming to me, she sends me pictures of the ocean in an envelope.

The other day I sat by Faluån with my friends in the sunshine, longing for spring

I had the wildest dream last night, I was swimming with you in that cenote the heavens made with black fire, just woke up too soon.

last friday I saw northern lights on the sky for the first time in my life, it was incredibly beautiful.

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today (jan 31) me and my twinsister linnea is turning 19. it's nothing special, but having a twin is really special though. I would say that it's one of the greatest privileges a person can get. you're never really alone, even when your parted with an ocean and life sucks, you always know you have each other. linnea is moving to california on thursday and I'm gonna miss her soooo. the pictures are old scanned photos from our childhood.

A question burns beneath the centuries of dirt

second hand shopping on a regular tuesday with linnea, olivia and julia. first time I portrayed a person in the sun with my camera since septemer! longing for spring.

And watched the ocean dance under the moon

night

You were born inside of a raindrop and I watched you falling to your death.

swedish winterwonderland

Abandoned Military Complex, Berlin (Pt. 2)

Part two with pictures of the abandoned military complex outside of Berlin.

Abandoned Military Complex, Berlin (Pt. 1)

I went to Berlin to visit Moa in the end of november. One day we decided to take the s-bahn + bus out 1,5 h to nowhere to visit an old abandoned natzi/russian military complex. It was so so sooooo amazing!! We walked around for hours, going from building to building and just exploring all the forgotten places. this is part one.

India Day 28: The flight home

I left Darjeeling and took the flight to Mumbay, and flew home the next day. It was nice to land on swedish ground, but the month I spent in India was truly incredible. It's an amazing country. I hope you've enjoyed all the pictures from my trip!

India Day 22-26: Darjeeling, West Bengal

Darjeeling. Ah, Darjeeing. It was definitly the highlight on my trip. I stayed at the most amazing little hotel called Andys Guesthouse, it was located on the absolute top of the hillstation that Darjeeling is. They had an amazing roof terrace with almost 360° view! I went up at 5 AM every morning to watch the first sunrays hit the snow peaked mountains (see the first picture). I've never felt so mighty, standing up there on top of the whole city, with valleys and mountain peaks surrounding me. I wanted to stay there forever. The atmosphare of Darjeeling was incredible as well with a lot of nice restaurants and good food. If you're going to India, you can't miss Darjeeling! And you must stay at Andy's Guesthouse.

India Day 17-21: Pelling, Sikkim

After four days of travelling I finally arrived to my destination! Pelling, Sikkim. I felt like crying. After four days of travelling, I arrived to a rainy, cold, and fully-booked pelling and I hadn't eaten in 25 hours. I went from hotel to hotel in the rain trying to find a room. Finally I got a cold dark room for just one night. The electricity was out and everything felt so so bad. But after some food and one night of good sleep I woke up at sunrise to see what I had wanted to see when I first heard of Pelling. The first rays of sunlight hitting the worlds third largest mountain, Kangchenjunga. It. Was. Amazing. I then found an amaing hotel with view of Kangchenjunga from the bed and stayed there for four days, just visiting monasteries on mountain tops, walking around, writing, painting and photographed (as I did most of the time in India hehe). It was so beautilful once it stopped raining. ah.

India Day 14-15: Nainital + New Delhi

15:th-16th of October. I took the morning bus to Nainital and spent the whole day in the beautiful mountain lake city before catching the 12-hour-lasting night bus to Dehli. Back in Dehli i got a really disgusting hotel and spent one night in a windowless, small and filthy room before catching the flight to Bagdogra airport in West Bengal.

ps. is it getting boring with just pictures from india? should I show you something else in between?

India Day 13: Last day in Chilianaula, Uttarakhand

14th of October. The air was so clear on my last day in Chilianaula, that you could see the snow peaked mountains perfectly. It was really something!

India Day 8-11: Chilianaula, Uttarakhand

9th-11th of October. The days in chilianaula were some of the most relaxing days I've ever experinced in my life. I woke up to see the sun rise over the mountains almost every morning, and spent the days with just walking around, taking pictures, listening to music, paint, write, relax. It was amazing. And one of the evenings I took part of a ceremony at the tempel, it was really interesting.

India Day 7: Abandoned Primary School, Chilianaula, Uttarakhand

8th of October, Chilianaula. I walked around for some hours and found an amazing abandoned school. It was located in a beautiful forest on a hilltop. Imagine going to school there! India is an amizing playgound if you want to photograph people, all the locals loves to get photographed, especially children.

ps. sorry for my absence, i've been doing a lot of things lately, been to berlin over five days, went to copenhagen for a concert etc etc. I've got loads of pictures stocked up for you though! I just need to find some time to show them. December will probably be slower in pace though, so be prepared to get several entrys a week!

India Day 5: Chilianaula, Uttarakhand

6th of October, Chilianaula

India Day 4: Chilianaula + Ranikhet, Uttarakhand

5th of October. Took a shared taxi (20 min, 8 Rs or 1,50 kr) to Ranikhet over the day.

India: Day 1-3, From Delhi to Chilianaula, Uttarakhand

I arrived on October 2nd to a horrible and stressfull New Delhi and took the first train I coud find up towards the mouintains. On the second day of travelling I arrived to the amazing small village Chilianaula in Uttrakhand (map). All these pictures are taken there. I watched amizing sunrises and sunsets over the mountains and valleys.

my sister's wedding pt 2: the ceremony

Photos from the ceremony and separate portraits. and also somone asked for my email adress: olofgrind@hotmail.com