A proverb says: smile to the world and the world will smile to you! It's good to bear in mind when you travel around the world meeting people with different culture and lifestyle. It's not always easy to understand the expressions from faces. The body language accounts for circa 70 % of the communication. One of the most important things is to understand is the signals from the face, especially the smile: it's genuine or false? How can you understand the difference?

Take BBC`s "smile"-test and see how good you are to interpret a smile.

In 1947 some Bedouins searched the cliffs along the Dead Sea for a lost goat, and stumbled over jars filled with manuscripts in a cave, the so called Dead Sea Scrolls. This discovery become a world sensation, but it was just a start for more discoveries in the caves along the Dead Sea. One of the biggest mysteries is who made these scrolls. Another question is the preservers of the Dead Sea Scrolls hiding the truth about the content because some parts of it are different from the Bible? And will there be more to find on the shores along the Dead Sea?

In Iceland, not only the sun stays up late, but pub crawls start when punters in England are already being thrown on to the street after last orders.

They live in a large textile home, protected from the heat, cold and wind by handwoven walls and ceilings. The tents are divided in two parts: one for men and one for women. Jordan's Bedouins live in the vast wasteland. All throughout the south and east of the country, they live in characteristic black goat-hair tents. These are known as beit al-sha'ar, or "house of hair." I had the great pleasure to stay with Bedouins in these tents many places.....

We were deep in the jungle in Papua New Guinea. Silently danced the Mud Men warriors towards us with cat soft moves. Suddenly they pull their bows and aimed at us with the arrows. Our hearts beat, and for a while we stopped breathing......

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.

The travel market and oil business in Norway goes hand in hand. Now it`s a big boom in both markets, and Norwegians travel more. They are travelling people - just as their forthfather, the Vikings, they like to explore the world and achieve unique adventure. Many of the experienced travellers search for new adventures and destinations. It`s clondyke time for travel agencies and tour operators who manage to sell tours to Norwegians now!

Truth or just a myth? From the Tasmanian Tiger's early appearances in rock art in Australia`s regions Kimberley and Arnhem Land for about 6000 years ago, to its extinction for 70 years ago, gives its mythical status.The mystery of its existence has been compared with England's Beast of Bodmin Moor and Scotland's Loch Ness Monster. Garry Linnell, the Editor-in-Chief in the Australian Magazine the Bulletin, offered a $1.25 million bounty for they who could bring evidence for the tiger`s existence. He said there had been no firm evidence of a living Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, during the three-month offer.

The Obelix are one of the ancient Petra`s over 800 monuments. Hidden between small passages and high cliffs there are plenty of buildings, tombs, baths, funerary halls, temples, arched gateways and colonnaded streets. These monuments have been carved out from sandstones by its inhabitants, the Nabataeans. They can be best enjoyed by watching them early in morning and in the late afternoon when the sun warms its multicoloured stones.

Some of the most famous monuments are Al-Siq, The Treasury, Street of Facades, The Theater, The Royal Tombs, The City Center, Qasr Al-Bint Temple, Al-Deir, The Lion Monument, The Garden Temple Complex, The Triclinium, The Renaissance Tomb, The Broken Pediment Tomb, and The Roman Soldier Tomb. I took my way all the way to the top, and there I could admire a fantastic view over the whole ancient site (July 2005). I could also see the High Place of Sacrifice, but the most fascinating monument was the Obelix. It was a real mystery rising up there on the top ......

With clean sandy beaches and crystal clear water, Aqaba is just perfect for both relaxation and water sports. Here it`s great opportunities for sunbathing, swimming, para-sailing, water skiing, jet skiing and more. Aqaba has also a dramatic story. When the Israelites of the Exodus reached the north shore of the Gulf of Akaba, a small village was already there. Later history, as told about in the Bible, called this village Ezion-geber, but where is the remains? The Bible refers to the area in (1 Kings 9:26) "King Solomon built also ships in Ezion-Geber, which is near Elath in Edom, on the shores of the Red Sea." This verse probably refers to an Iron Age port city on the same ground as modern Aqaba. Ezion-Geber, biblical seaport on the Gulf of Aqaba corresponding to modern Aqaba-Eilat. During the 12th century the Crusaders occupied the area and built their fortress of Helim, which remains relatively well-preserved today. During World War I, Ottoman forces were forced to withdraw from the town after being conquered by Lawrence of Arabia and Arabians.

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Jordan is full of Biclican places. It`s like travelling back in time and re-experiencing the incidents. According to the Bible in Exodus 12:37, 600,000 adult Hebrew men left Egypt and wandered with Moses first to Mount Sinai. and 40 years later their descendants invaded the land of Canaan. As it stands in the Bible, the Land of Israel (Hebrew: Eretz Yisrael) was "promised" to the descendants of Hebrew patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by God, making it the Promised Land. It was also called "a land flowing with milk and honey". Over 2000 years later I could admire this land from a spot in west Jordan on a clear blue day......

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The myths about the British adventurer Lawrence of Arabia are many. The truth was not just like the story in the movie about him where the actor Peter O'Tool appeared.

To find more about him and what happened in Wadi Rum, I went far out in the red sand area. It was a real desert revelation. Lawrence of Arabia stayed in this area before the famous trekking through the desert, attack and conquering in Aqaba.

I experienced the sound of silence by sitting on top of one of the sky-high sand dunes, which was beautifully set against the eroded rocks.

I passed the seven pillars of wisdom, described so vividly by Lawrence of Arabia. I was touring deep into a moonlandscape. It was a astonishing and timeless place with massive shaped mountains rise out of the rose-red desert sand. The most unique shapes were the rock bridges. In the evening I could admire the beautiful sunset. I also studied a inscriptions written by the Thamudic and Nabatean people from ancient time. But the most interesting thing for me was finding the cave where Lawrence of Arabia hidded, and take a look inside .......

It was a salty and hot experience descending down to the Dead Sea, the lowest spot on earth. This sea between Jordan and Isreal is believed to have healing powers because of the super salty water. It was great enjoying the afternoon in July 2005 swimming around in the sea water and bathing in the sun. Actual the expression of swimming is not completely correct while I rather was floating than swimming. It was really amazing that it was no need to use efforts to float on this water. I also took some mud treatment that made me almost unrecognisable.

The area around the Dead Sea it`s a also a Biblical site. Sodom and Gomorrah, the site where Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt, is believed to have been located close to the Dead Sea.