To The Gateway of Norwegian Fjords IV

These are the last pictures(or segment of the fjord tour) I took before heading back to Bergen. And guess what! After 5 hours in the dull, grey, depressing weather, the clouds decided to lift. The sun was then piercing through clouds and finally, I get to see blue skies.

Now, I get the picture of how high the mountains are. The clouds covered about 50% of their height and this certainly showed the magnificence of the fjords. No kidding.

If you noticed, those are glaciers up there. Yes, ICE! I didn't realise that they existed since the clouds were covering them. Celaka.

This is weird. Rainbow out of nowhere.

Finally, the perfect picture of Bergen. Nice picture too. Hehehe.

We ended up eating Chinese food since Miss Goo haven't had it for about 7 weeks. The food was okay okay only la. Can't really compare back to London at least. Hehehe.

To The Gateway of Norwegian Fjords III

Well, basically visiting the watefall, we just headed back to the port and off we went back to Bergen. However, to our amazement, there was sunlight. The ray of hope I have been yearning for the past 2 weeks. Finally, we could see the fjords in their glory.

Now you get to see the peak of the mountains.

More blue skies.

Look at the contours of the mountains. Used to be glaciers around here.

Just had to take a picture of the sun. It's a rare sight.

Water about 700-900m deep. And very cold too. Don't play play.

Farm land along the fjords. About 3% of the land in Norway can only be used for agriculture.

Look there!!!

Long waterfall.

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To The Gateway of Norwegian Fjords II

Just to note I'm extremely bored now so I shall continue with my trip to Eidfjord.

So after reaching Eidfjord's port, we took about a 20 minute bus ride to Hardangervidda Nature Centre. It's the biggest natural park in Norway about 3,500 sq km. So, we had a quick run through of the centre and also we had a 20 min 180 degrees paranomic view video. It was nice.

Reindeer. Well, it's a stuffed one. :)

Trout. Yum yum.

Sheep on the roof. Serious!!!

Getting closer to Vøringfoss waterfall. Don't jump lady.

The famous waterfall of Norway, Vøringfoss. It was first discovered in 1860.

Local flowers growing in this area.

The hotel built because of the waterfall.

Their lounge. Though hmmmmmm. Service was quite poor in my opinion.

It is a 182 m free fall waterfall, the tallest waterfall in Europe.

Last picture before we headed back to Eidfjord harbour. All in all, it took 3 hours to visit the place.

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To The Gateway of Norwegian Fjords

Our day started at 6.30 a.m because we had to get the bus by 7.30 a.m. Being in Norway on the weekends, the public transport doesn't start that early. So, staying near the airport isn't that good for me to reach the bus station(where we get our special bus from), I had to stay in YMCA for just a sleepover. To be honest, I nearly died staying there not to be spoilt here. But sleeping with 16 other people isn't exactly peaceful.

Anyway, being groggy with like no sleep at all, we headed off and luckily we managed to take the bus to our port, Nordheimsund because the bus had its header heading towards Oslo. Well, we decided to ask the driver and it said, 'Yep' and phew. So, that's when our journey began. Oh ya, thanks to my backup food i.e. cheese bread, we had that for breakfast because most of the bakeries weren't opened yet. So poor Xin Yi was starving and we had it.

Our bus ride took 1 1/2 hours and finally we reached the port. I was feeling sick then because the road was whindy road and I get car/bus motion sickness quite easily. Put don't worry, I didn't go emptying my guts that fast. :)

The weather wasn't kind to us either. It was cloudy, grey and basically against us. To be honest, it is really harsh to be living here. It can rain for 90 days non-stop here. I think I'm beginning to like London's weather now.

Let the adventure begin to the Gateway to the Norwegian Fjords.

So, off we go.

Not my happiest moment but can la because it was very cold, wet and I was tired. :P

This first hotel in Norway in 1722.

Xin Yi. Her hair doesn't look too good. Lol. But seriously, it was very windy. It's due to the geography of the fjords and the surrondings. I could go on with my Aero stuff about it but shall keep it as a relaxing no-brainer outing. :P

Look at the amount of mist and rain.

The sun was struggling to pierce through the skies.

The first sight of a clear sky which of course didn't last for 10 minutes. :(

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