The beginning of our journey

I have been playing with the idea of setting up a blog for a while. However it wasn`t until today, the first day after "the end of the world on 22nd of December 2012", in Marfa that I realized that it is really the right time to start. My current inspiration are travels with my mum around the Western part of Texas, which is culturally diverse but population limited place. The vastness of this region however awakens my senses and brings up a new stories in pictures and words to tell. So if you haven`t  been here before and fancy a little adventure to the foreign lands, read further. Especially if you are now sitting by a frosty window and a Christmas tree close-by.

Let`s start with a map of how we got here:

I won`t bore you with the details of our journey. I only say that it took about 8 hours to get here. Roads are wide and long as you would expect in America, and landscape changes from fields with cattle and live oak tress to increasingly arid desert-like countryside with mysterious random rock formation closer to Marfa.

I got us booked in to Ritta Inn which is a cheap motel just outside of Marfa. Below is a view from our bedroom door. Accommodation was clean but nothing spectacular - just two queen beds, a table and cold bathroom; however the "waw" effect came right the following morning when we woke up and saw the dark blue sky. Natural dramatic light is something what brings travelers to Marfa and change normal views to memorable scenery. You might not get my point directly from the picture below, but hopefully with more to come, you will get what I mean. There are also more type of lights that I will tell you about in connection with this 2000+ inhabitants large village. Because Marfa and lights and like a brother and a sister.