Norway - Senja Island

The next morning we commenced our drive south along the Norwegian coast. Although the road surfaces were good, they were often barely wide enough to fit one car, despite notionally supporting traffic in both directions. Fortunately, the Norwegians were smart enough to include regular 'passing lanes' so two cars could actually drive past one another.

The coastal road curled around fjords, through mountains (the Norwegians REALLY love tunnels) and incorporated several ferry crossings. The ferries were all large and took between 10 minutes and 3 hours. Although the driving was stressful at times, it would be impossible to see the amazing coastal scenery any other way. I set a new personal best taking 240 photos in a single day. This isn't even including the 500 or so that I took and then deleted right away. Anyone who's has ever shared a car with ChrisV can appreciate that he's a strong and enthusiastic singer. His specialty is dance music and he'll often doot/bleep along even if there aren't any lyrics. Sadly, he does however suffer some slight vocal limitations, primarily his inability to generate a tone even vaguely similar to the track he's 'singing'. Anyone planning to share a car with CV in the future would be wise to make a contribution to my "CV singing lessons fund" or perhaps my more expensive but effective "CV vocal chord removal operation" fund. After a long days driving, including 37 photos stops, 2 ferry crossings, a 7.4km tunnel, 2,900 doot/bleeps, 172m of mountain climbing and a stopover at the worlds largest troll (it's only a matter of time before a remote Australian town decides to build a bigger one) we made it to the Lofoten ferry.