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[Chyros]

Yes folks, I'm going on a holiday again, this time first back home for 9 days and then another 10 on a road trip through the fjords of Norway. I'm been looking forward to this quite a lot, since as most of you know from my incessant blabbering, Norway is the country of my ancient forefathers .

I'll be leaving Tuesday morning and will be back August 11th - I'll have internet during the first part of the holiday.

[General]

NOMAD!

Edited by General, 20 July 2013 - 16:37.

[Chyros]

Yes, I must admit, travelling is probably my biggest hobby .

(and by far the most expensive )

[General]

Next time do it by walking or with a bike, it will be fun!

[Chyros]

Oh we'll be hiking shitloads across the fjords, and I imagine we'll do some mountainbiking as well.

[Alias]

No idea how you afford all this shit on your (apparently) awful PhD wage.

Have fun nonetheless.

[TheDR]

Good luck, have fun.

Sounds like a really interesting place. It's always nice to go adventuring into your past as well.

[Chyros]

Alias, on 21 July 2013 - 08:25, said:

No idea how you afford all this shit on your (apparently) awful PhD wage.

Have fun nonetheless.

I get £3.20 an hour. It helps that I don't eat; this saves a significant amount of money . Other than a constant influx of milk and beer I don't really need any sustenance.

TheDR, on 21 July 2013 - 09:43, said:

Good luck, have fun.

Sounds like a really interesting place. It's always nice to go adventuring into your past as well.

Thanks, with a bit of luck, I might even be able to see the island Ran if I squint .

https://maps.google....h&hnear=Ran&z=9

[Major Fuckup]

Fucken hell cunt your always on holidays!
When are you not on them?

[Liten]

Chyros, on 21 July 2013 - 12:39, said:

Alias, on 21 July 2013 - 08:25, said:

No idea how you afford all this shit on your (apparently) awful PhD wage.

Have fun nonetheless.

I get £3.20 an hour. It helps that I don't eat; this saves a significant amount of money . Other than a constant influx of milk and beer I don't really need any sustenance.

I had a picture that would work wonders in this situation, but I can't for the life of me find it D:

EnjØy yØur trip tØ the frØzen nØrth Øf EurØpe.

Edited by Liten, 21 July 2013 - 16:10.

[TheDR]

Chyros, on 21 July 2013 - 12:39, said:

TheDR, on 21 July 2013 - 09:43, said:

Good luck, have fun.

Sounds like a really interesting place. It's always nice to go adventuring into your past as well.

Thanks, with a bit of luck, I might even be able to see the island Ran if I squint .

https://maps.google....h&hnear=Ran&z=9

Wait a minute, I just zoomed in and it looks like a bunch of rocks.

It's even smaller than Guernsey! All these years jibing at Bob and your even more of an islander at heart

[Wizard]

Chyros, on 20 July 2013 - 16:20, said:

a road trip through the fjords of Norway.

Don't you mean "around"? I think you might struggle to drive through a fjord

[Chyros]

Major Fuckup, on 21 July 2013 - 12:47, said:

Fucken hell cunt your always on holidays!
When are you not on them?

Awww yiss, holidays are the best thing in life!

Liten, on 21 July 2013 - 16:09, said:

Chyros, on 21 July 2013 - 12:39, said:

Alias, on 21 July 2013 - 08:25, said:

No idea how you afford all this shit on your (apparently) awful PhD wage.

Have fun nonetheless.

I get £3.20 an hour. It helps that I don't eat; this saves a significant amount of money . Other than a constant influx of milk and beer I don't really need any sustenance.

I had a picture that would work wonders in this situation, but I can't for the life of me find it D:

EnjØy yØur trip tØ the frØzen nØrth Øf EurØpe.

Thank yØu yØung SwØdish persØn .

TheDR, on 21 July 2013 - 19:37, said:

Chyros, on 21 July 2013 - 12:39, said:

TheDR, on 21 July 2013 - 09:43, said:

Good luck, have fun.

Sounds like a really interesting place. It's always nice to go adventuring into your past as well.

Thanks, with a bit of luck, I might even be able to see the island Ran if I squint .

https://maps.google....h&hnear=Ran&z=9

Wait a minute, I just zoomed in and it looks like a bunch of rocks.

It's even smaller than Guernsey! All these years jibing at Bob and your even more of an islander at heart

My family don't come from there, me and the island just share the same name, which is of some ancient Viking sea goddess who killed everyone she saw or something.

Wizard, on 22 July 2013 - 08:06, said:

Chyros, on 20 July 2013 - 16:20, said:

a road trip through the fjords of Norway.

Don't you mean "around"? I think you might struggle to drive through a fjord

Bwahaha, dat DACHT je maar!

I guess the best term is "along" but we'll be hiking and biking quite a lot as well. Basically we're taking the longest possible route between Trondheim and Bergen .

[Chyros]

Right, later today I'm flying to Norway, and as we're going to be camping in the wild all the time, I won't have any internet until I get back. See you guys on the 12th!

[Wizard]

Chyros, on 02 August 2013 - 09:29, said:

as we're going to be camping in the wild all the time

So ... just like living in Southampton?

[Chyros]

Back in Southampton, now finally with internet at home! Norway was fucking amazing - pics and a more detailed account to follow soon!

Wizard, on 02 August 2013 - 14:22, said:

Chyros, on 02 August 2013 - 09:29, said:

as we're going to be camping in the wild all the time

So ... just like living in Southampton?

[Chyros]

Sorry it took a while. I have well over 200 photos after all the pruning which I posted on Facebook, but for the purposes of this thread I'll post only a few. If you like them, the rest are just as much worth the effort though.

Atlantic Road:


Trollstigen (The Troll's Ladder (they call everything after trolls in Scandinavia)):


Trolltunga (The Troll's Tongue):


View away from Bødalsbreen glacier:



Bødalsbreen glacier:

and a video from more up close:

and a video of waterfalls you encounter on the way there:


Feigefossen waterfalls:


View from Bud:


View from Dalsnibba mountain top:

[Alias]

Some really nice shots there mate, nice view.

Reminds me a lot of New Zealand.

[Chyros]

Which is also high on my to-visit list, just a shame it's on the diametric opposite end of the world . I have several hundred more shots like this because basically everything you see is as pretty as this.

The fjords are unlike anything I've seen before, but I suspect the openness of the landscape and the valleys would be quite NZ-ish, yeah.

[Wizard]

Excellent landscape. You need to buy a Digital SLR camera if you are going to be travelling around so much

Edited by Wizard, 27 August 2013 - 09:49.

[Chyros]

Oh I'd love to, but the moneys.... I'm pretty much skint because I go on holiday so much and to such nice places .