Jag fryser såm en hund! *)
Karasjok - Olderfjord ~145 km
Yesterday I got to bed at finnish time, today I got up at finnish time, so at all I won an hour! Good, because today I want to go far.
Starting at Karasjok I was quite afraid of what is going to happen to me today... But: Surprise, Surprise: The "horrible" stage wasn't horrible at all! At the beginning I had to go up for a long time (45 min?) but going up there wasn't very exhausting. Slowly, slowly I went up the hill, but I didn't have to stop like yesterday. And once arrived on the highlands it was quite easy-going.
Besides: I take back everything I told about the "cultured" Norway yesterday: Today the tundra was much more sparse then in Finnland, rugged mountains and gentle hill, but MOUNTAINS, and there was even SNOW on them! And how beautiful it was!
So I arrived at Skoganvarre at ... EARLY afternoon? Here should I stay for tonight? no.
So I decided to go on to Lakselv. Secretly I wanted to go to Olderfjord, because then the chance for beeing in time on Northcape was quite good, but I still didn't know if I could do that. so little by little I went on. From Skoganvarre to Lakselv. From Lakselv I just knew the next stage for the next Camping (15 more km) and maybe then decide to go to Olderfjord. Let's see what happens...
Between Skoganvarre and Lakselv the landscape was magnificent.
Between Skoganvarre and Lakselv I was angry and happy at the same time. Happy because of the gorgeous landscape, angry because of the "military restricted area": I wasn't allowed to stop or taking pictures *grrrr* It was soooo beautiful!
However, I arrived at Lakselv in the afternoon. The sea! For the first time in my life I saw a Fjord, the arctic ocean. Wow... I just had to stay there on the hill before going down to the city centre for some moments to look at the sea...
The hour that I won in the morning I spent here at the local supermarket and the coffee shop. For recovering from the rain (for the third time I was wet to the socks) and wind (the heaviest since beginning) in the forenoon. For mental training. Olderfjord. Olderfjord? Olderfjord!
When I got out of the Coffe Shop i saw a recumbent bicycle (Liegerad). As my best friend is talking to me of this kind of bike everytime we meet (at least nearly...) I just had a look at it, took a photo of it. Than a man in bike dress came out of the supermarket. I asked him, but it wasn't his bike. He is going to the northcape as well, but wants to stay here at Lakselv for tonight. I didn't want to, so I had to go on alone. I put together all my things, and just before take-off another guy in bike dress came out of the supermarket, the owner of the recumbent bike. Mathieu was also on the way to the northcape.
"You know, there is a solar eclipse."
"Yes, that's why I'm going there!"
No, obviously dialouges are NOT always the same...
After having a look at our maps for camping sites (i had 3 maps, Mathieu one more, and in every map were marked diffrent camping sites...) I decided I would go to one that is not on my map, but only the one map of Mathieu. He asked me if I wanted to go together with him... why not? (Nevertheless, I guess I never would have asked because of beeing too shy... :o| )
It was sooo nice, for the first time on that trip I wasn't alone on the street. We (for the first time i had to use the word "we" as well...) told about our trips, where we started, where we wanted to go, talked about this and that. Nice. The Camping (last choice) didn't exist. So let's go on. Finally we reached Olderfjord. Olderfjord? Olderfjord! Yippie!
In the evening we met some other biketravelers (ya, there are lots of crazy people going by bike to northcape...) from Germany (Mathieu told me, that we could meet them: he met them some days ago ... funny, isn't it?) and Czech republic. They have been to the Northcape yesterday. The two german guys Hans and Holger started exact one day before I did. They did nearly the same route as I did. Just: I was always behind for about 130 km... funny, isn't it?
We cooked together, with one working petrol cooker and two wannabe-gas"cooker". However, having dinner with three others was much fun. In the evening we were chatting until late night - at least two of us... Only at midnight (norway time = 1 am finnish time) I got into my sleeping bag.
In the evening it was quite cold, and at night it was even colder. *brrr* And for the first time I had very, very cold feet... Those who know my feet know what that means... They awoke me at 4 am (finnish time), I had to warm them for nearly one hour, so I didn't sleep much that night...
*) (swed.: I'm freezing like a dog!)
Click: Spare time activity of norwegian teenagers?
Click: One more swamp
Click: MOUNTAINS!
Click: Tundra Landscape
Click: Lakselv and the sea
Click: That is what Fjord Landscapes look like
Having dinner at Olderfjord. Olderfjord? Olderfjord!
Click: Tent City
Yesterday I got to bed at finnish time, today I got up at finnish time, so at all I won an hour! Good, because today I want to go far.
Starting at Karasjok I was quite afraid of what is going to happen to me today... But: Surprise, Surprise: The "horrible" stage wasn't horrible at all! At the beginning I had to go up for a long time (45 min?) but going up there wasn't very exhausting. Slowly, slowly I went up the hill, but I didn't have to stop like yesterday. And once arrived on the highlands it was quite easy-going.
Besides: I take back everything I told about the "cultured" Norway yesterday: Today the tundra was much more sparse then in Finnland, rugged mountains and gentle hill, but MOUNTAINS, and there was even SNOW on them! And how beautiful it was!
So I arrived at Skoganvarre at ... EARLY afternoon? Here should I stay for tonight? no.
So I decided to go on to Lakselv. Secretly I wanted to go to Olderfjord, because then the chance for beeing in time on Northcape was quite good, but I still didn't know if I could do that. so little by little I went on. From Skoganvarre to Lakselv. From Lakselv I just knew the next stage for the next Camping (15 more km) and maybe then decide to go to Olderfjord. Let's see what happens...
Between Skoganvarre and Lakselv the landscape was magnificent.
Between Skoganvarre and Lakselv I was angry and happy at the same time. Happy because of the gorgeous landscape, angry because of the "military restricted area": I wasn't allowed to stop or taking pictures *grrrr* It was soooo beautiful!
However, I arrived at Lakselv in the afternoon. The sea! For the first time in my life I saw a Fjord, the arctic ocean. Wow... I just had to stay there on the hill before going down to the city centre for some moments to look at the sea...
The hour that I won in the morning I spent here at the local supermarket and the coffee shop. For recovering from the rain (for the third time I was wet to the socks) and wind (the heaviest since beginning) in the forenoon. For mental training. Olderfjord. Olderfjord? Olderfjord!
When I got out of the Coffe Shop i saw a recumbent bicycle (Liegerad). As my best friend is talking to me of this kind of bike everytime we meet (at least nearly...) I just had a look at it, took a photo of it. Than a man in bike dress came out of the supermarket. I asked him, but it wasn't his bike. He is going to the northcape as well, but wants to stay here at Lakselv for tonight. I didn't want to, so I had to go on alone. I put together all my things, and just before take-off another guy in bike dress came out of the supermarket, the owner of the recumbent bike. Mathieu was also on the way to the northcape.
"You know, there is a solar eclipse."
"Yes, that's why I'm going there!"
No, obviously dialouges are NOT always the same...
After having a look at our maps for camping sites (i had 3 maps, Mathieu one more, and in every map were marked diffrent camping sites...) I decided I would go to one that is not on my map, but only the one map of Mathieu. He asked me if I wanted to go together with him... why not? (Nevertheless, I guess I never would have asked because of beeing too shy... :o| )
It was sooo nice, for the first time on that trip I wasn't alone on the street. We (for the first time i had to use the word "we" as well...) told about our trips, where we started, where we wanted to go, talked about this and that. Nice. The Camping (last choice) didn't exist. So let's go on. Finally we reached Olderfjord. Olderfjord? Olderfjord! Yippie!
In the evening we met some other biketravelers (ya, there are lots of crazy people going by bike to northcape...) from Germany (Mathieu told me, that we could meet them: he met them some days ago ... funny, isn't it?) and Czech republic. They have been to the Northcape yesterday. The two german guys Hans and Holger started exact one day before I did. They did nearly the same route as I did. Just: I was always behind for about 130 km... funny, isn't it?
We cooked together, with one working petrol cooker and two wannabe-gas"cooker". However, having dinner with three others was much fun. In the evening we were chatting until late night - at least two of us... Only at midnight (norway time = 1 am finnish time) I got into my sleeping bag.
In the evening it was quite cold, and at night it was even colder. *brrr* And for the first time I had very, very cold feet... Those who know my feet know what that means... They awoke me at 4 am (finnish time), I had to warm them for nearly one hour, so I didn't sleep much that night...
*) (swed.: I'm freezing like a dog!)
Click: Spare time activity of norwegian teenagers?
Click: One more swamp
Click: MOUNTAINS!
Click: Tundra Landscape
Click: Lakselv and the sea
Click: That is what Fjord Landscapes look like
Having dinner at Olderfjord. Olderfjord? Olderfjord!
Click: Tent City
koerndl - 30. Jul, 00:00
