
2 Mar 2012
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Fife - Scotland
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Hello from a newbie(ish) from Scotland. Norway here we come!!!!
Hi everyone, after being registered here for a couple of years and only reading lots of posts, buying the original Horizons DVD, doing an organised tour round the East of India and many trips within Scotland and UK myself and my mate are going to cut our travelling teeth on a trip to Norway and hopefully the Arctic Circle.
We're pretty clued up but not arrogant enough not to accept any tips, advice and hep we may of overlooked.
So as there is no direct ferry from the UK to Norway we are - Going Newcastle to Amsterdam, arriving in Amsterdam at 7.30am
- Riding up to Frederikshavn in Denmark to get a 7.30pm ferry to Oslo on the same day.
- We would of gone to Kiel which is closer but the ferry leaves at 2.30pm and doesn't allow us enough time to get there from the Dam.
Once in Oslo it gives us 14 days to get to the Arctic Circle and back. The first target is Bodo and any further up is a bonus.
We'd like to experience the people, culture and country more than mile munching for the sake of it. Obviously the Fjord region is a must but any advice about places to see and visit on the way up or back (Remembering we only have 14 days in Norway before our ferry back to Denmark from Oslo) would be great.
We know that- Speeding is very much frowned upon and is a no no (So that's me taking my V-Strom then instead of my B-King ;.)
- Take all documents and an International driving licence helps if there is a language barrier
- When in the mountains and Fjords 100km might take us all day to do
- Smile loads!!!
So any advice on where to go, where to stay, places to visit and any laws or customs we've overlooked would be great.
Initial thoughts are to get up to Bodo quickly then come back down nice and easy taking in the sights and landscapes more.
Thanks loads everyone!!!
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