Finland has been a surprise for us, beautiful countryside, with next to nobody in it. We have seen Moose (elk), Reindeer and today after a trek through the woods almost to the Russian border we saw up close brown bears. The wide life is tough, like the environment, no little birds and soft cuddly animals....
The sun does drop to just below the horizon at around 10pm, but the night doesn't come, so you feel like you can drive all through the night, but fatigue creeps up on you.... We found accommodation last night beside a large lake, a log cabin for two, including a sauna. We made use of the lake (bloody cold) and then the sauna (bloody hot). But both of us struggled to get a good sleep, due to it being light all night.
We are now close to the end of the European chapter of the rally, our final day tomorrow before crossing the border into Russia, and hopefully meeting up with team Kangakhann in St Petersburg.
The sun does drop to just below the horizon at around 10pm, but the night doesn't come, so you feel like you can drive all through the night, but fatigue creeps up on you.... We found accommodation last night beside a large lake, a log cabin for two, including a sauna. We made use of the lake (bloody cold) and then the sauna (bloody hot). But both of us struggled to get a good sleep, due to it being light all night.
We are now close to the end of the European chapter of the rally, our final day tomorrow before crossing the border into Russia, and hopefully meeting up with team Kangakhann in St Petersburg.
Albino Reindeer
Not easy to capture on camera, a Brown Bear
Finland meets Russia
Hi Great progress well done you said you had not seen any other teams On Adventurist map Serpico team are just north of you and did the same route into the far north circle Hope your meet up with Kangakhan goes without a hitch. L & S
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