If you’ve traveled enough, you’ve probably seen your fair share of national slogans. “Incredible India.” “Malaysia, Truly Asia.” “Amazing Thailand.” Bhutan, tucked between India and China in the Himalayas, takes a very different approach. Instead of chasing tourist numbers or GDP growth, the tiny kingdom decided to measure success by something far less conventional: happiness.

Cultural relativism invites you to travel with open eyes and an open heart. Every culture holds wisdom — not just in its grand philosophies, but in the way people grow food, raise children, handle silence, celebrate, grieve, and make sense of the world. With this lens, you won’t just return with souvenirs — you’ll come home with insights you won’t find in any Western textbook.

Somewhere between the back alleys of Bangkok and the bamboo hills of northern Laos, I lost something. Or maybe I found it. Myself, perhaps? Or the self I used to be. Either way, I never came home the same.

In a world where opposing concepts often seem to stand in contrast to one another, there sometimes emerges the fascinating phenomenon known as beautiful destruction. This inspiring concept explores the complex beauty that can arise even in what appears to be chaos and ruin.

Viktor Frankl´s perspectives have been a great inspiration for me. You can control how you think and feel. This is the most liberating realization in life.

Death is a topic that is often avoided or feared in Norway. A taboo. It is not something that should be talked about or thought about. This also shapes our relationship with the natural process that we all must go through. But is it healthy? And could it be that we might have better lives by thinking more about death?