We did consider heading to the Russian border ... for about 5 seconds! It's a bloody long way up to the Nordkapp, and when you get north of Alta, the road splits; left to the Nordkapp, right to Russia. But it's still many hundreds of kilometers from there to the border, and the scenery that far north is nowhere near as interesting as in the fjords. In two weeks you're going to be putting in many many miles, and for us the extra just wasn't worth the bragging rights to say that we'd been to the border. Crossing was never an option either, as you'll need carnets, etc. to get across.

In brief the route was ferry to Bergen; mooching around the fjords (Geiranger, Trollstigveien, etc.); Trondheim to Tromso to Alta along E6; the Nordkapp; back down E6 to the Lofotens; ferry to Bodo; E6 to the fjords; more mooching; then home. Currently I'm working on a detailed route for my website, which'll include photos, costs, route, and maybe even some video. I will post here when it's done, which is likely to be later this week.

On the accomodation front, we used cabins at campsites almost exclusively. NOK 300 a night for two people is about as cheap as accomodation will get in Norway. We tried a hotel in Hammerfest, to be told that a single room was going to set us back about NOK 800. So we headed back to the campsite.

Enjoy your trip Gary and Niki.

Iain