Kirukkalkal

The next day, we vacated the place and stopped by the Geiranger town for a tasty hot chocolate breakfast at Geiranger Sjokolade where we also grabbed locally made chocolates. Next is our longest ferry ride in a fjord to get to Hellesylt. 2.5hrs of amazing ride that curved several times giving everchanging views of the mountains around, some snow-capped and little towns at the foothills of those mountains. The location of some of the towns squeezed into those what appeared as narrow valleys seemed that the only way out would be by the waterways in the fjord. There were plenty of waterfalls of different heights and breadths and the entire environment would make won yearn for a longer ferry ride that would last forever! As always, all these fjord ferries has a tiny restaurant inside with hot drinks and delicious choices of food, tastefully done! After we landed at Hellesylt, then we drove towards Stryn and then onto Loen area. The Loen area is also at the edge o...

While the visitor center felt like a winter wonderland, further drive beyond that led us to an unbelievable landscape with greenery in the foreground, streams of water along and tall snow covered mountains around. Norwegians had constructed roads to places that seemed like they just wanted to drive around for enjoyment as we could see no other purpose for it (okay, that’s an exaggeration!).  At this point, it is really difficult to describe the roads going through the landscapes that kept changing from icy tundra to a regular snowy mountain. These roads have just been opened for the season and can really see the pure whiteness of the snow all along that was sometimes scary due to the wilderness we were driving through. But everywhere there were cabins/structures indicating that there is hardly any space in this region that is too far away from civilization.   The majority of the drive towards our next destination, Geiranger, was so enjoyabl...