NORWAY( AND A BIT OF SWEDEN)

THE TOURIST FLATS AT THE CAMP GROUND

VIEWS TOWARDS TROMSO

THE HARBOUR BRIDGE OF TROMSO

MY BEDROOM BUNK

THE RIVER BY THE CAMP GROUND.

THE ROAD TO TROMSO

US AGAIN

HELENA AND TONY

THAT MOUNTAIN LOOKS LIKE A SLEEPING GIANT

THE FJORD NEAR TROMSO

LEFT, A NORWEGIAN SAMI LADY SELLING HER HANDICRAFTS, AND ME SHARING OUR KATIKATI ADVERTIZER, AND RIGHT A SWEDISH SAMI MAN. tHIS IS IN nORWAY ALREADY.

OR SHALL WE READ THE PAPER AT THE SWEDISH BORDER??

STATE HIGHWAY 8, TO TROMSO

WATCH OUT FOR WANDERING MOOSE!!!

THIS WHOLE ROUTE REMINDED ME OF THE ROAD TO MILFORD, SOUTH ISLAND.

KATIKATI ADVERTISER IN NORWAY BY A SAMI STALL SELLING REIN DEER SKINS AND OTHER CRAFTS.

STILL IN FINLAND, ON THE WAY TO NORWAY BUT VIA SWEDEN.

IN NORWAY NOW, THIS ROCK( SHAPE) REMINDED ME OF LAKE WAIKAREMOANA

LOOKING DOWN A GORGE

SHARP TOOTH/ROCK

GOING INTO SWEDEN

DRINKING FROM A SPRING IN SWEDEN

GOING BACK INTO FINLAND( WE WENT FROM FINLAND INTO SWEDEN AND THEN BACK INTO FINLAND TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO NORWAY.)

Norway, Tromso.

We left at 10 am this morning, but by the time we left Sirkka it was 10.45 am.
Tony had forgotten something so we had to go to Helena’s parents to pick it up.
Tony is Helena’s boyfriend who is coming with us, in fact, he is driving in his car with us.
When we started to get into Sweden, the road suddenly was very bad, lots of holes and uneven bits.
That went on for ages. Then we went back into Finland again, over the bridge.
When we started to see the snow mountains, the whole scenenery and road so much reminded me of Fjord land and the way to Milford.
The only difference is here you drive along the Fjord and the villages are along the way.
We stopped by the entrance of an other Fjord, and beside the Road was a Sami lady selling rein deer skins and other souvenirs.
She agreed to let me take a photo with her and the other man beside her who is a Swedish Sami man, she is a Norwegian Sami lady.
When we got into Norway, there was an hour time difference. So we had to put our clocks an hour back.
The scenery at the camp site is also beautiful with a crystal clear river.
We got to the camp at 7 pm. But in reality it was 6 pm because of the time difference.
The camp site is very similar to the New Zealand motor camps, with tourist flats, cabins, a kitchen for camper and camper and tent sites. All clean and green. The snow mountains are in the view from here and there is a gondola going up the mountain just like in Queenstown.
Truly God has a sense of humour when he made New Zealand, because I recognize so much of NZ here. When he made NZ, he decided to represent almost every country in the world with the different scenery of each country.
We have a tourist flat here with 2 bedrooms, kitchen and lounge with t.v and bathroom/w.c.
Tomorrow we’ll have a look around in Tromso and then drive up to Alta.