Mega road trip started - one of my bucket list

[crazy88]

I've been to jvaskyla for work twice, and loved it there. I didn't get to see too much, but what I saw was great. Enough to make me want to go back for a proper visit. 

 

Loving the thread and pics, thanks for sharing! 

[Jaco2k]

I am at a motel now in the middle of nowhere, so - no phone coverage and relying on what I assume is nearly a dialup connection from the motel

 

I am already deep inside Norway, drove some awesome mountain roads and have 4k videos (if you can see anything between the mosquitos...) and awesome photos.

I am sleeping 3h away from the Nordkapp, so I reach it tomorrow but... what a joy to drive these roads. They remind some of those Top Gear roads they were using. No photo or video will make justice to the dimension of these landscapes: Huge mountains (some peaks with ice and snow), gigantic valleys, wide rivers inbetween and the road weaving between the mountain and the river.

 

I almost cried

...more photos when I get hold of a better connection. And I could not be driving a better car to enjoy this moment.

[Jaco2k]

A small teaser so that I don't kill the place's connection:

 

 

[Jaco2k]

Oh, and the consumptions for day 2 of travel (the other day I spent mostly stationary in a city along the way)

 

[Jaco2k]

The place where I spent the night:

 

Ongajoksetra
Mathisdalen 481, 9518 Alta, Norway
+47 458 45 080

https://goo.gl/maps/zEJDMUTiJwL2

[Jaco2k]

Anti-climax: Reached the Nordkapp and there is thick fog with 10m visibility

...having a coffee and slice of cake that I paid 12€ for while waiting if it clears a bit, but it is unlikely.

To rub salt on the wound, when I entered, the girl told me "...but 2h ago it was clear blue skies" :(

[spinnaker]

That place (Ongajoksetra) looks amazing. Would be fab to be there in the snowy season.

Edited 9 August, 2017 by spinnaker

[Gaz]

6 hours ago, Jaco2k said:

Anti-climax: Reached the Nordkapp and there is thick fog with 10m visibility

 

Sounds like you're blessed with the same kind of luck that I have 

 

Still envious of your trip though.  Much awesomeness 

 

Gaz

[Jaco2k]

One more from the way, but the best will be the videos, which will take me a while to go through when I get home

 

[Jaco2k]

Funny story about this last pic I posted:

 

I saw a nice landscape and pulled over to make a few photos and videos.

In the same parking, there was a new Skoda Fabia with Finnish license plate parked and outside there was a couple making photos of the landscape.

As I am getting out of the car, the guy steps back to photograph his car (turns out it was the girlfriend's car...) and I thought "he is doing just the same I am"

We ended up striking a conversation, and he told me "I have one of these right back home - the Fabia is my girlfriend's car"

[Jaco2k]

And the daily consumption log - still great, even with loads of mountain roads today:

 

 

Also, tucked in to sleep now - checkout the fog, since I am back up in the hills on another awesome place where I won't be able to see the view...

 

 

 

[Jaco2k]

As bad as the weather was yesterday, not bad to wake up today to this view, which I could not see at all when I arrived with 5m visibility, which is to say I could barely see past the car hood:

 

 

[fergiet]

Great view.

[Auric Goldfinger]

Fantastic scenery 

 

Gutters need cleaning out though

[Jaco2k]

A break for coffee along the way:

 

 

And the daily consumption log - would have been 5.8l but I got bored and had some fun with a Audi A3 and also later on some twisty mountain road

 

[Jaco2k]

I am back in Sweden, right by the Finnish border and I will not post anything on this subject before I edit all the footage, but the main takeaways:

 

- Norway is mindblowingly beautiful - if you ever have the chance, GO! And make sure you drive or you miss the whole point.

- Everything is freaking expensive, specially food

- The petrol VRS is much more economical than you would expect - done 2800km on this trip so far and still have 700 to go tomorrow, but it has been always under 7l/100km (except today, when I was a bit naughty for around 200km...), but even then I averaged 7,2l/100km on a 600 and something km trip (need to check the car computer tomorrow)

- I will be back

 

In a nutshell, had a blast!

 

[crazy88]

Great thread, love the pics and sounds like a great adventure. Looking forward to more of the pics. 

[Jaco2k]

41 minutes ago, crazy88 said:

Great thread, love the pics and sounds like a great adventure. Looking forward to more of the pics. 

 

Videos will come, but will take some time till I edit them.

 

On the meanwhile, here is a teaser with one of the raw videos straight from my phone - it is in 4k, so if you have the chance, watch that way.

 

https://youtu.be/62RIwq7agF8

[spinnaker]

That is some epic scenery!

[Jaco2k]

At long last starting to edit the videos and go through all the content - there will be some really nice footage in there, but it takes time.

 

...on the meantime, some of my reindeer encounters during that trip

 

 

[WaHoo]

That looks like a truly epic road trip and something I would really like to do myself. 

My only proper road trip so far in the vRS was a couple of days up around sections of the NC500 which is up the Scottish Highlands, although it's a stunning place it doesn't have quite such dramatic scenery......in my opinion. Low cloud cover, mist, fog and rain didn't help though!

[Jaco2k]

Fog? Tell me about it... I had less than 10m visibility at the Nordkapp - took me over 15 mins to find it from the parking

...but I was there.

[WaHoo]

Nowhere near as bad as 10m visibility but enough to obscure the view

[fergiet]

Glencoe looks great in any weather and the road is great, (except in summer, far to many cars and coaches).  If you haven't been the road to Applecross is stunning.

Just watch out for the midges!