The past few days have been so much fun and an overload of incredible scenery. From the beautiful Geirangerfjord we drove the national tourist route from Geiranger north to Andalsnes. The weather is still scorching hot; Our chocolate no longer snaps, but bends, and our dirty hiking socks dry hard like cardboard. Apparently Norway hasn’t…
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Fjords, Glaciers and magnificent mountains
Sognefjord is the longest and deepest fjord in Norway at 204km and 1308m respectively. It has many other fjords veering off it like branches of a tree. We spent a couple of days driving around the fjord and sleeping in idyllic spots next to the calm waters with the occasional seal visitor. I’ve realised Norway…
Beautiful Bergen and a taste of whale
We got pretty shit weather for the whole of the Hardangerfjord drive, but it still looked beautiful and the rain only made the valley of waterfalls more impressive. The driving has been a bit stressful as the roads are so narrow and the Norwegians like to leave a huge gap between them and the wall….
The mighty hike to Trolltunga
The hike to Trolltunga is said to take 8-10hrs, it’s 22km return, and 900m elevation gain, but you are rewarded with the incredible ‘trolls tounge’ at the end. I wasn’t too keen on the idea, my longest hike was probably in the sweltering jungle of Nepal searching for rhinos for about 30km on foot, it…
Route 45 and the midnight sun
The most direct route to the Stavanger region in the south western corner of Norway was route 45, which travels diagonally across the country. I wasn’t aware that it’s the highest altitude road in Southern Norway. Poor Pablo, but lucky us – it’s been an incredible drive. There wasn’t many other cars using the road,…
Travel sickness, and the ferry to Norway
Rotten fish, that’s what the car deck smelt of as we stepped out onto the luxury Fjord Line ferry. The floor was all wet and it smelt exactly like a fish market in Asia; it was rather unpleasant so we left Pablo in the stench and found ourselves a seat well away on the 7th…
A short trip to Denmark
It’s been quite a significant change here compared to Germany; everyone speaks fluent English, very smiley, polite, friendly and courteous. They’re much better drivers than the Germans too, they actually indicate at roundabouts!! park in between the lines and don’t get up your arse. We visited Denmark’s largest wilderness area (bless ’em) which was Thy…
Stocking up for Scandinavia
The past few days have been rather uneventful as we’ve driven straight through Northern Germany towards Scandinavia. It got as exciting as Craig and I finding baked beans for the first time on this roadtrip. After being deprived of them for over a month, I was practically doing the conga up and down the aisles….
The ‘burgs of Germany
We’ve left the incredible alps and had a few days driving through the countryside and visiting some small cities. Regensburg was our first stop, I was expecting a lot as it’s said to have Germany’s only totally intact medieval centre. Don’t get me wrong, it was lovely to stroll around and picturesque but not a…
An interesting trip to the mechanics
So as I said in the last post, Pablo’s exhaust had totally cracked due to some industrial rubber band snapping and causing too much pressure on the already rusty exhaust pipe. We killed a day at a small lake near St.Gilgen, this area of Austria – Salzkammergut is their version of the Lake District and…
NON STOP TRAVELLING 