Europe

NPL: Nordkapp to Vardø

Lyngve — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:25:14 -0500

The final leg has come, 382 km to Vardø, the most eastern town in Norway. The first part of the journey, so remote that I have to dig deep into my luggage to find a package of emergency meal. The last part of it, so windy that I'm hardly able to keep more than 10-12 km/h on flat roads.

NPL: Tromsø to Nordkapp

Lyngve — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:34:21 -0500

The road continues with great mountain scenery around Lyngen, then further to the green city of Alta, before heading into a weather battered no-mans-land, where rein deer is a more common sight than human beings.

NPL: Moskenes to Tromsø

Lyngve — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:25:37 -0500

This leg covers maybe the most beautiful part of Norway, from Lofoten and then further to Vesterålen, Andøya and Senja. Fjords, steep mountains popping out of the ocean everywhere, but still remarkable flat and easy for cycling. I had high expectations for this stretch of road, and was not disappointed (except for the headwind).

NPL: Namsos to Bodø/Moskenes

Lyngve — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:21:20 -0500

Kystriksveien (The Coastal Route) from Namsos to Bodø, also known as Helgelandskysten, contains some of the loveliest scenery on the Norwegian coastline. It is surprisingly few tourists here because most of the cars stick to E6 heading directly to Lofoten and/or Finnmark. They don't know what they are missing out, but for cyclists I hope this stretch of coast will continue to be a hidden gem with few cars.

NPL: Stryn to Namsos

Lyngve — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:44:33 -0500

I had not chosen an easy start on my NPL, preferring mountains and fjords in west instead of the flat but boring E6 in east. From Stryn it would continue in the same way, a lot of high mountain passes to cross in Møre og Romsdal, but eventually it would be much easier cycling when I joined the normal NPL route from Oppdal to Namsos.

NPL: Lindesnes to Stryn

Lyngve — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:10:40 -0500

The lighthouse manager at Lindesnes told me that the good weather would continue for at least one week. That promised good for the first leg on this NPL, crossing some awesome mountains and fjords on the west coast of Norway.

NPL: Oslo to Lindesnes

Lyngve — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:08:36 -0500

The starting (or ending) point for the NPL (Norway cape to cape) is Lindesnes. I could have taken a bus/train from Oslo, but I had never seen much of the south coastline before, so why not cycle this part too!

NPL: Stryn to Oslo

Lyngve — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:28:11 -0500

The main reason for cycling from Stryn to Oslo was to buy a good map of Norway and maybe get some spare parts for the bike. I could have made it easy and taken a bus, instead I chose the hard way, to cycle the 470 km to Oslo.

Cycling around Norway

Lyngve — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:14:00 -0500

After a longer period of travels abroad, I have finally decided to explore my beautiful home country on two wheels. The bicycle trip will last for approx 6 weeks, and be close to 4000 km in lenght.

El Teide

Lyngve — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:43:46 -0500

Mount Teide, rising 3718 metres above the Atlantic ocean, is an active though dormant volcano off the coast of Africa. The island of Tenerife is Spanish territory and Teide is thus considered the highest mountain in this European country; my main reason for visiting charter tourist hell in Tenerife.