Voss to Ålesund: Wow.


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Distance 420 kms 261 miles
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Distance 8,006 kms 4,975 miles
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

Leave at 9am. Straight into the mountains, fabulous roads, zigging and zagging. Up above the snow line.

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Zig and Zag
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Bert skiing in July
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Above the snow
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Sheep have taken over the picnic tables
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Above the fjord

On top of one of the passes I meet a bunch of French kids. They want to talk about basketball, Paul Pierce, Tony Parker. When I tell them I've seen Larry Bird play they are really impressed. The little girl is chasing sheep around the parking lot. Vinje-Vangnes, ferry to Dragsvik 43 kröner. Fabulous views from the ferry accross the fjord. The 13 to Moskog, the 5 to Byrkjelo, the 60 to Stryn. Lunch on a lake. Stryn to Stranda on the 60. Ferry to Spjelkavik, Alesund.

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Gretta on the ferry to Dragsvik
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Waterfall from ferry
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From ferry looking east
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Mountains above Dragsvik
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From the ferry looking north
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North of Dragsvik
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More zigzag, on the way to Stryn
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From the pass
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"Hey, this is my road!"
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River
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Route 60 number 1
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Route 60 number 2
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Hellesylt 1
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Hellesylt 2
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Hellesylt 3
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Hellesylt 4
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One of many tunnels today
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Sun

Everything is booked so I end up in a youth hostel. First time on this trip I've been in a hostel. Liam, Irish kid 24 years old doing a Norway trip by bus. He makes me a cup of coffee, man is it good. Dinner fish and chips. The city is dead, I don't understand how everything is booked if there is no one around. Laundry back at the hostel. Two Swedish couples on a Honda CB1000 and a Yamaha show up later. Chat with them for a while about the best roads to take. Sleep in a dormitory with about 20 people...yikes...and it wasn't cheap.

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Alesund port
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Alesund canal
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Bert gets stuck in a youth hostel in Alesund, even though we're not so young anymore. (Speak for yourself, says Bert)