{"id":5512,"date":"2026-02-15T01:14:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T00:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.udbjorg.com\/wordpress\/?p=5512"},"modified":"2026-02-15T01:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T00:14:35","slug":"bedstefars-eventyr-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.udbjorg.com\/wordpress\/?p=5512","title":{"rendered":"Bedstefars Eventyr I"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_df_book df-lite\" id=\"df_5492\"  _slug=\"bedstefars-eventyr-i\" data-title=\"bedstefars-eventyr-i\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumb=\"https:\/\/www.udbjorg.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/side08-scaled.jpg\" thumbtype=\"\" ><\/div><script class=\"df-shortcode-script\" nowprocket type=\"application\/javascript\">window.option_df_5492 = {\"outline\":[],\"backgroundColor\":\"#000000\",\"autoEnableOutline\":\"false\",\"autoEnableThumbnail\":\"false\",\"overwritePDFOutline\":\"false\",\"direction\":\"1\",\"pageSize\":\"0\",\"maxTextureSize\":\"1400\",\"source\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side08-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side11-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side31-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side26-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side12-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side03-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side14-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side02-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side24-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side06-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side13-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side04-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side01-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side09-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side12-1-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side14-1-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side01-1-scaled.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.udbjorg.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/side02-1-scaled.jpg\"],\"wpOptions\":\"true\",\"links\":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]]}; if(window.DFLIP && window.DFLIP.parseBooks){window.DFLIP.parseBooks();}<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saxo.com\/dk\/bedstefars-eventyr_bog_9788771967524\">Bogen kan k\u00f8bes hos Saxo.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prologue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A life as a tasting menu of adventure: architect, dreamer, artist of glass-mosaics, musician, writer and photographer\u2014a career lived as both maker and storyteller. A globetrotter through the Kalahari Desert, the jungles of Sumatra, Java and Borneo; a hunter of vanished volcanoes and \u201clost\u201d cities and hominids that may never have existed; a guest among Bangladesh\u2019s river nomads (the Bede) and the Tripura, the Baduy and Orang Rimba in Indonesia, and the Ju\/\u2019Hoansi-San and other Kalahari peoples. He nurtures an odd fascination with landfills and funerals. A Krobo chief once named him&nbsp;<strong>Nene David I<\/strong>; he has worked in Bangladesh\u2019s ship-breaking yards and in Angola during the civil war. He invents and builds\u2014founding a gallery; floating the ideas&nbsp;<em>Architects Without Borders<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>High IQ for Humanity<\/em>; creating&nbsp;<strong>The Adventurers Society<\/strong>. He is a member of the&nbsp;<strong>International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE)<\/strong>&nbsp;and\u2014one of the very few Danes\u2014of the&nbsp;<strong>Los Angeles Adventurers Club<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prologue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you look back along the road you\u2019ve just walked, Saint Peter\u2014curious as ever\u2014will want a debrief. What did you make of your journey? What did you experience? Were you curious? How much did you dare? Who did you meet, what did you say\u2014was it dull or was it an adventure? Did you add something to the world, or sit back and let others do it? 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