While in Kuusamo I spotted a leaflet advertising watching wild bears from a hide. It was over our budget, but I would LOVE to see these beautiful beasts in their natural environment. I asked a lady about it, as I expected your chances of seeing a bear to be very low. But she said they…
Tag: Travel
Attack of the flying ants in Finland
We’ve gotten used to living with flying things in Scandinavia; Mosquitos, midges, horse flies, and standard flies. But tonight we experienced the flying ant for the first time – worst night so far!! After a wonderful night at a beautiful lake last night with no flying insects (this is a rare and joyful experience), tonight…
Meeting Santa Claus in Lapland
I’m a big fan of Christmas, so once I found out Santa lived in Finland’s Lapland, it was on my list of places to visit. He’s situated along the Arctic Circle at Rovaniemi in The Santa Claus Village. We’ve been in Finland for 2 days now and after the two small Reindeer we saw in…
Swedish Lapland
One month in what was, in my opinion, the most beautiful country…in the world!! There, I said it! The competition is still out as there’s heaps of the world left for us to see but Norway really was breathtaking. I’m actually glad we didn’t see moose or reindeer in Norway, otherwise Sweden and Finland would…
Whale safari in Norway – success!!
Andenes lies at the most northern point of Andoya island (north east of the Lofoten Islands) and roughly 400km above the arctic circle. The area of islands is called ‘Vesteralen’ and is home to more sheep than people. The scenery is less dramatic than Lofoten, but it’s blessed with being only an hour boat ride…
Goodbye island paradise
We spent five wonderful days in the Lofoten Islands, hiking 4 (small) mountains and being rewarded with some of the worlds best scenery. What I loved about the area is there’s a lot of short hikes, most of the ones we did were only 2 hours long. Not easy going though; it was rough terrain,…
Photos of The Lofoten Islands/Paradise
Here are some photos of the past few days travelling the eastern half of Lofoten. It really is an incredible place, with some of the best beaches and mountains I’ve ever seen. If you live in a campervan, like us, stock up on food in cheaper countries (thank you German Lidl’s) and wild camp –…
I lied, Norway got even better, Hello Lofoten!!
I knew the Lofoten islands would be stunning, but they’ve still managed to wow me and leave my jaw hanging low. We’ve only been here a few days and already seen such incredible scenery. The ferry dropped us off at Moskenes at 9pm, from which we headed west to the end of the road at…
The Arctic Circle and ferry to Lofoten
So we have officially crossed over the invisible Arctic Circle line. It was a bit of an anti climax, with an ugly gift shop and eatery – but hey we made it! We camped 2km north of the circle and at 690m elevation, finally had a cool breeze. We started the next day with a…
A taste of Sweden
We only spent 4 days in Sweden as we’ll be coming back through the northern section in a couple of weeks. But it was a good taster. The country is flatter, so yes, less dramatic than Norway, but bloody great driving for Pablo. The scenery reminded us of Canada; pine forests, mirrored lakes and lonely…
NON STOP TRAVELLING 