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So I met Michel yesterday in Bergen. And serendipitously also came across Bob, Miriam and Fredrik, all of whom I met first at Haugesund. Everyone is going their own way, except Michel, who will not only go to Nordkapp, but then ride back to Belgium through Sweden; He started from

I took the wrong ferry. Instead of going to Halhjem, I ended up taking the ferry to Husavik. After leaving Stord, I thought I would take the ferry to Halhjem from Sandvik ferry terminal (not the other Sandvik I camped at). But at the ferry terminal there were signs for

I want to talk a little bit about myself because today was strange, in a good way. Last night and this morning was windy and rainy; already sapped my spirit a little. And given my knee & wrists were hurting last couple of days, and with today’s headwind I

The most frustrating thirty minutes of this trip so far has to be last night’s jammed sleeping bag zipper. It’s especially annoying because that was the only thing preventing me from getting cosy. Eventually with a multitool and an unhealthy amount of cursing I managed to unjam the

Today I waited for my ferry from Stavanger to Nedstrand for more than three hours, and the weather was less than nice. My initial plan was to go another 50km from my ferry stop to Haugesund. When I eventually reached the ferry stop it was raining, Nedstrand seemed like an

I have heard that Stavanger’s sky gets blocked by cruise ships in the harbour, but I always thought of that as a hyperbole. Today I learned, it’s not really an hyperbole. I don’t know how to enjoy big cities. Without the intellectual exercise around its history, geography

I haven’t rode the bike for two days, which is giving me an itch. I took the train to Sandnes, didn’t feel like riding on busy motorways. I did meet another bike tourer from Germany today at the Moi train station, she gave me a lot of good

I suppose the best part about my trip is not how I am travelling but the places I visit and the people I meet along the way and their perspective on the places I visit. And experiencing that is somewhat antithetical to the idea of moving everyday, my time can

Today I learned that Norway is no joke. If a route isn’t valid, there’s no quick detour. The topography of the landscape makes it especially complicated. Today I found out that on my route there’s a bridge that was under repair, and I had to turn around

So I have fixed & cleaned my bike finally. Turns out I had brake pads rubbing the disc all the way yesterday. Also fixed some of the organisational aspects of the setup, to make for easier and faster packing. Hopefully this will help me get up and on the road