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Goodbye to Katya and Victor who were my hosts in Murmansk.
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First the bus journey to Ivalo and the boarder to Finland.
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One of several check points on the boarder.
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On the road to Rovaniemi.
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THis is Leo, Lukas, my host's son. Our BBQ after skiing in Rovaniemi.
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Rovaniemi, on of the many trails. Thi 15km trail ends in a lake.
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First day in Hetta. A 40km tour accross the lake and south.
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A small cafe on the trail network.
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An afternoon of touring just to the north Hetta.
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This is one of the locked huts on the comprehensive trai network. Some groomed trails others not.
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Down the bed if a river.
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Inside the information centre which has a display about Sami people, lifestyle and region.
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The cabin where I am staying.
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Groomers preparing the finish area of the race.
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A few photos out of the bus window as we drive to the start of the race.
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The highly sophistocated race office.
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Getting changed on the bus befre the start.
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60 km and 3h 8m later and I am at the finish.
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Some of the winners. I got 2nd in my age group, 15th overall for 60km
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Post sauna after dinner.
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Two men drove 200km on the snow mobiles and are staying in the cabin next door.
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My ski to Pyhakero a sumit of 711m
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The top.
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A 360, not so easy on skis and uneven ground/snow.
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Going down following a stream. I could nt tell that it was out of focus, actually focused on the nearby ground.
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This has been my place of abode in Hetta.-
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Now a long bust trip from Hetta to Oulu.
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Back to Pentti's home in Oulu and the next day an afternoon walk on the sea to investigate some ship wrecks.
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In the evening we warmed smoked whitefish in the heater/oven
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