NORWAY

18th - 23rd of June 2012

Day 18 - 23

Day 18 - Uvdal Youth Hostel - Gol (88 km)

Day 19 - Gol - Valdresflya Youth Hostel (113 km)

Day 20 - Valdresflya Youth Hostel - Dombas (125 km)

Day 21 - Dombay Resting Day (0 km)

Day 22 - Dombas - Lokken (159 km)

Day 23 - Lokken - Trondheim (81 km)

Day 18 - Uvdal Youth Hostel - Gol (88 km)

Arriving in Gol at warmshowers hosts Damae & Stan I met Stans expectations (or worst nightmares). When I contacted him if he would like to host me he already thought he would end up repairing the German's bike and so he did ;-) After the steep long mountains my crank was damaged so far that it touched the frame with every pedalling and I needed to replace it. Luckily Stan had just the right crank at his place unused & forgot for what reason he had bought it...so he decided to donate it to the fundraising tour and I transferred the value to PhilinCon. While repairing the crank we found one of the carrier screws broken...well in the end I found myself very lucky to have met him and next to this we had a nice glutenfree dinner with glutenfree German beer :-D Thanks again for all your expetise and the donatin to the organization!

Leaving Gol a good morning exercise Serpentines!

After some cursing due to the steepness I saw a Moose trying to cross the road. Too fast for taking a photo so at least a footprint... 

With the setting sun in the mountains.

Reaching the highest mountain pass on my route, finding on top the Youth Hostel.

Arriving at 2030 I was hoping still being able to find an empty bed....the owner said they are fully booked, "Can't you see it's terrible busy!", seeing nobody around. In the end I booked the whole youth hostel for myself :-) No tourist season yet...

The reward for cycling the whole day with headwinds uphill.

Day 20 - Valdresflya Youth Hostel - Dombas (125 km)

A very cold start in the morning, putting on my exrta pair of gloves I have found at the road side.

Reindeer groups along the road in the National Park on 1200m.

Getting out of the wind - it's coffee & chocolate time. Until now I consumed 2,5 kg of chocolate ;-)

One of the very beautiful wooden Churches.

Taking the toll gravel road, avoiding the busy main road. Once the sun is covered by the sun, it is suddenly feeling -5 degrees.

Day 21 - Dombay Resting Day (0 km)

Manu from France on his German bike crossing half of Europe & the Norwegian Mountains. Good & safe Travels in Sweden!

Day 22 - Dombas - Lokken (159 km)

In the evening a friendly Dutch couple offered me some food and were telling about their expedition tour to the Muskox (animal that lives in the arctic region) herds that only occur here in Dovrefjell National Park at high altitudes. Being very jealous not having the time to do a tour, they met me on the road to Lokken and stopped me where they found one solitary male next to the road! I stopped & went to make a picture coming close to 15 m until this beast stood up making strong breathing sounds. Later that day I met a Norwegian woman telling me that you shoud not get much closer than 200 m, since they can ran very fast and might be aggressive.

Water everywhere!

Somebody knows this plant?

From the road many Fjord valleys let houses and villages look like from a model railway.

And again this time the other side of the back carrier broke again....now I put all heavy things in the front bags.

Once you have to fix your bike it looks like a bomb exploded...

For the cold days in winter Norwegians have custom made garments for their bikes ;-)

Welcome to "O"!

Day 23 - Lokken - Trondheim (81 km)

In Trondheim I met warmshowers Mihai & Anna from Romania, who were so kind to show me the city in the afternoon & go shopping some parts for the bike. They are planning to cycle around the world. What a great plan!  We had a perfect sunny day in Trondheim with a picknick at the sailboat harbour and eating buckwheat pancakes for dinner! Thanks for hosting me & very nice meeting you both All the best for your greal plan!

The olf part of the harbour in the evening sun. It seems these sunny days  are very rare up here. First sunburn so far!

The fortress on top of thill with gorgeous views on the town and harbour. Trondheim is quite beautiful & clean close to nice nature all around.

A short update on the fundraising: So far a number of people donated to the project and it reached 180€ for the Philippine Organization PhilinCon, which can protect nests with this money of the critically endangered Writhed-billed Hornbill and protect the last remaining rainforests on Panay in the Philippines. If you like to donate just click on the link on the top of the page or contact me. Thanks for everybody supporting this fundraising and of course supporting me during the trip!


Talk to you soon again. All the best from Trondheim!


Sebas