With the need to travel from Stavanger to Bergen a number of options were available. There is a direct flight. A bus runs regular trips or one can sail as both are port cities. I chose a option that experienced first hand two of these and a third was present. As this trip is about motorcycle travels i felt the best option was to ride. The distance was short only some 220kms but it took most of the day as the speed limit is a maximum of 80kms but more important...

Aircraft ending in Uniform Foxtrot please switch to 117decimal137 and repeat. Lima November-Oscar Uniform Foxtrot Helo 4 pob (people on board) inbound to SUS (Stavanger University Hospital St Sv Svithun) ETA 1859 requesting immediate airway clearance for medical emergency. As my hotel is part of the complex in minutes I was at the LMZ (landing Zone) to watch the Airbus Helicopters Deutschland EC 135 T3 arrive. It is one of 40 aircraft owned by the Norway Ambul...

When in Denmark, Prinecess Mary, an Australian from Tasmania, was unable to see us when we visited the Royal Residence. So it was a great surprise when arriving at Stavanger harbour to be able to have the presence of Queen Mary 2 while enjoying morning tea. If that wasn't a treat also present was Koningsdam from The Netherlands. Let me explain both QM2 & Koningsdam are great cruise vessels from Cunard & Holland America Line both having slipped into the...

In my last blog entry I spoke of visting 6 countries in 5 days so why did it take four days to find Norway? Physically entry to Norway was a diversion off the main road into a customs area with nothing to declare exit was via a manned Police line. However no attempt was made to stop me so I just road past into Norway. So it didnt take 4 days? Well physically I had two day in the Capital Oslo, then another day travelling South to Kristiansand but neither of t...

The title photo best portrays the present state of Oslo the Capital of Norway. On one hand it contains great buildings such as the Royal Palce and the Munch Museum. It is the home to the Kon Tiki & Ra II rafts used by explorer Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) who crossed the Pacific Ocean on his balsa wood Kin Tiki raft in 1947. Close by is the home of Norway's maritime history at The Fram Museum so culture and history prevail but downtown Oslo is different. Evi...