Turns out the ferry to Tromsø is a cruise ship, MS Havila Castor; it’s basically a massive hotel with lobby and everything, the cabins are essentially like hotel rooms. It’s not as big & grand as other more mainstream cruise operators but the shower was refreshing after three

As I lay on a bench at the harbour trying to sleep off the night I realised I really miss being on the road and sleeping out in a tent; nothing is ever as simple. I can see why some people don’t tend to stop, and go on for

Today initially my plan was to take a day at Honnigsvåg before biking to Nordkapp; but after eating an excellent cinnamon bun at a grocery store at Storbukt, I decided to go for it. I reached Nordkapp mid afternoon; mildly annoyed by inconsiderate tourist car traffic. Met Balazs, Ruben, his

The tunnel’s entrance was staring at me. I thought I wouldn’t even make it to the tunnel tonight; but the campsite at Repvåg I was relying on, has been converted into a hotel, so they didn’t have a tent spot. Hence, I thought I would camp out

Today I crossed the Finnmark plateau. It was a dreamy bit of landscape, with long straight stretches of almost nothing. Probably my favourite ride to date in this trip. I have stopped using the water filter. The refreshingly cold mountain spring water is terribly good. Today was quite hot, so

The road is getting more and more spicy. Sometimes the bike route goes through broken roads that are unmaintained, and overgrown. Those roads are also the most intriguing to ride through, because they are fantastically empty and abandoned. I also had to side-step a pretty sizeable landslide today, which was

I am a little disappointed at myself today. I thought I had mastered the art of managing wind & rain, but I haven’t. By the end of today, I was cold and tired; I made my way to a campsite, and promptly used the shower and the laundry dryer.

I was hoping to find a spot like last night today to camp out, but I couldn’t find any, so eventually ended up at a commercial campsite. The weather has been cloudy as well since the morning rain. Today’s ride was uneventful; I am finding myself trying to