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I met Manuel today. He is probably the only person I have met on this trip so far, who has his priorities straight. When I met him he was carrying steaks, vegetables, cheese and all the good kind of food! He is cooking all of that while being on the

Tromsø

Tromsø doesn’t feel the same it did 6 years ago. It feels bigger and busier. Or maybe it’s just me. I also didn’t visit any museums this time around, or any place else. I mostly found myself planning the last bit until Nordkapp; and doing heaps of

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The rain started earlier than was forecasted; I ended up stopping & wild camping, right before Tromsø. Doug told me how to handle cold and rain in a camping situation, and so I did. Managed to put up the tent without getting the inside wet; before getting cooled off, dried

Skaland

Right after the ferry to Gryllefjord today, when I started riding, my shifter stopped working. Fortunately, I managed to fix it by fiddling with the cable. I was a little bit worried that I would have to ride with a single speed until Tromsø. I will need to get this

Andenes

Short day today. I wanted to cross over to Senja with the ferry but then thought of taking it easy. The ferry goes only three times a day from Andenes to Gryllefjord, and by the time I would reach Senja and then finding a spot to pitch my tent, it

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An employee at yesterday’s campsite and a cyclist today insisted that Andøya is unlike anything I have ever seen. They were not wrong. It’s a very interesting landscape. Lot of sheep frolicking around. Hopefully I’ll be able to sleep with all the bell noise. Good night! Nøss,

Børøya

Today is the first time in about eight years where I had a full conversation entirely through Google Translate. I met an Italian lady who barely speaks English, and we spoke quite literally by talking into our phones. She is also going to Nordkapp! Today’s ride included a planning

Valhall

Today when I went into a tunnel, I didn’t realise it going under the sea; as in I had to go downhill and then uphill again. I decked my bike up with lights and went in, but tunnel was quite spacious and my lights didn’t do much. The

Flakstad

Reached Lofoten islands earlier today; the sheer number of people visiting here took a toll on me. It’s clear the infrastructure and roads here aren’t really built to handle crowds of this size. Way too many cars, camper vans, tents and vans in campsites. I almost broke camping

Rest day at Bodø

Turns out the infamous mission involving Gary Powers and a U-2 spy plane in 1960 was supposed to end in Bodø, where I am now. His U-2 spy plane was shot down in the Ural region by a Soviet surface-to-air missile, after he started his mission from Peshawar, Pakistan. It