Petroglyphs and zodiacs
- by David
- Jul 15, 2018
- 1 min read
The expanded jubilee crew headed south down the chain of Lofoten islands to see more of this stately landscape and visit a set of cave paintings left by local inhabitants here between 3,000 and 4,000 years ago.
We sped across calm seas in a zodiac boat under the gaze of ancient fjords and sea eagles stopping at the sites of abandoned fishing villages and the famed Maelstrom - a narrow channel of water with a massive tidal exchange - imagining what it must have been like to fish there in row boats a hundred years ago.
The paintings were in a cave in a cove painted by someone before the Buddha was born. Still here. Still speaking human to human.
We live. They lived. People will keep living.
It was a great trip. Here's a short video:
- david