After we left Sweden and went back into Norway we stopped at a town called Røros, a town famous for its 333 year old copper smelter that closed in 1977. It was a great old town with lots of old buildings and history. From there we went the long way to meet with Michael Prosser at Sjoa Rafting. We went via route 63 and Trollistigen, or Trolls Road, it was amazing, the valley leading up to it was that deep with mountains so high that the GPS kept loosing signal. W...

After heading out of Norway into Sweden in the hope of finding finer, warmer weather and a cheaper cost of living we were disappointed to find not only was it as cold as Norway, but is was now raining! Well not to start with, it didn't start until the second day we were there. Sweden was a bit of a disappointment, most of the country we traveled through had logging either happening or in the recent past, it was also relatively flat, particularly after Norway. We ...

After having such a nice time and weather in Finland we were hopeful of getting to Nordkapp in ideal conditions, well it is good to be hopeful so long as you don't get too disappointed when reality doesn't live up to your hopes! The weather was great as we headed North and we were constantly amazed by the scenery and knew we were getting closer as we started going through tunnels and over bridges, the last tunnel is seven kilometres long and descends 250 metres t...

By the time we post this we will be in Norway, but we had to write about Finland while we were still in it. It is a fabulous country and the history quite extraordinary, how the early people survived in Lapland with its winters we could only guess. We found the people to be a lot like Australians, easy going, relaxed, friendly, willing to help and overall happy. It has been a great trip from the south to the north, on the way we travelled through some beautiful f...

Is is great to be in a country that has a slower pace! We didn't get far into Finland before we stopped for the night. We stopped in a place called Hamina, we only stopped for one night and stayed for three! We stayed in a caravan park with a beach on the Gulf of Finland and the water was good enough to swim in, not too cold. From there we went to Helsinki and stayed there for another three nights. We did some sight seeing and went for another dip in the waters....