- vive la différence!

Karen National Liberation Army soldiers. Three generations of KNLA have fought the oppressive the Burmese government, which has carried out a campaign of systematic murder, rape and forced labour against the Karen population since 1949.

Thosrsteinn Asgeirsson

Sauna at Seven Seas

In the shelter of these forbidding area, heroic characters made their homes, living by spending days at sea hunting sharks from open boats. Criminals and outlaws who had fled justice for this remote place beyond the reach of the law, often sought shelter with the farmers in Strandir and if lucky, got fare with foreign yachts heading for new adventures. The northernmost part of Strandir is now deserted and its nature is reverting to a wild, unspoiled state, creating a paradise for travelers.  Another old tradition, hunting seals for fur and meat, remains alive on these rocky shores, an ancient survival skill that is misunderstood in the age of synthetic clothing and synthetic food. Nature offers ample luxury to those who know how to harvest it, not only from seals, but also down gathered from the eider ducks nests that inhabit Strandir in abundance. In turn for the favour, the farmer keeps foxes, arctic skuas and other predators away. True to nature’s principle of sharing and compensating, a cold land yields the warmest production in the world.