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Re: Trip to Finland
Hi guys, Sorry for late reply but now a lot is going in my life, a lot of mini projects like building sauna(yeah!  ). Thank you all for answers, like I said before every information, every link is priceless. The idea of the trip is still alive, I almost gathered money for pneumatic kayak so progress is better than I could imagine. Detailed plan for the trip will arise later but for now I think that Lapland and Hossa would be too much so I'm dropping it down on the list. Probably we will end in southern/central parts of Finland. Erkka, Ametsala, we will try to vist you guys in that time, for now it's too soon for such detailed plan.The_Hobo: The Olympic Peninsula looks great and i'ts close to Vancouver(always want to visit this city), pacific ocean and of course Roslyn where they film my beloved "Northern Exposure" - I envy you!  But sadly droughts all around the world are very disturbing  Here in Poland we also have huge problems with that. Even in Sweden there were big forest fires in this summer. Shocking. I also don't remember the 'real' winter in our area with tons of snow and freezing cold, ech Take care and play Urw! Simon September 10, 2018, 12:04:46 PM |
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Re: Trip to Finland
Hi, surprise, I'm back and... I'm going to Finland! Yeah! Once again thank you all for support, it was VERY helpful. After almost a year of brainstorm, trip plan changed a little bit: 1. I'm going alone. Mainly because we can't leave our child for so long and my wife is a little affraid:) 2. Destination: lake Saimaa, start from Lappeenranta. Why? Because I have quite good, cheap connection(direct flight from Berlin). I leave more unaccesible and distant regions like Hossa for future. Maybe next year we will plan longer trip and travel there by our old trusty volvo. 3. I rent a kayak suitable for water area THIS size. This time I was a little affraid that my funny rubber kayak will not stand waves of Saimaa. I even tried to buy kayak on Tori site but this is another story... - rental service(very kind anh helpful people) https://drakkarsport.com - kayak model https://tahe-marine.taheoutdoors.com/tm_en/oceanspirit-pe.html 4. I'm going there for 10 days, 9 in kayak. I will be very very happy to see Savonlinna but I realy don't know how much km/day I can paddle so I don't make any asumptions right now. The trip starts on 16th August, ends on 26th. 5. Camping: mainly in deserted areas, islands. Sleeping in good sleepingbag on hamock with tarp 6. Cooking: Trangia stove for liquid fuel/suitable fireplaces. Food supplies will be bought in S-market near kayak rental area. I will also bring fishing rod. But it's unlikely that I catch something because I never hold fishing rod in my hands before and I even don't have one yet Maybe I will use fish trap mentioned by Erkka.7. I will try to shoot some pictures on my trip and of course I will write word or two when I come back. Wish me luck and take care! July 24, 2019, 10:44:55 PM |
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