NORWAY 1996

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This is a travel description of a trip to the southwestern part of Norway in 1996. I made the trip together with my dad.
Most of the first day was used to get to Norway - the fast ferry was cancelled because of too much wind, so we had to the the normal ferry to Larvik. We arrived in Larvik late at night and was lucky to get a cabin a little outside Larvik. The next day vi drove west through Evje to Tonstad. In Tonstad we continued north up Sirdalen (Sir valley). In the upper part of Sirdalen we took the road to Lysebotn that lays at the end of Lysefjorden. The weather: it started fine, but in the evening it was raining. Tonstad

Tonstad
Tonstad

Tonstad (34 kb)
Sirdalen

Sirdalen
Sirdalen

Sirdalen
Roadsign on the road to Lysebotn

The road to Lysebotn is an experience - there's a tunnel turning 340 degrees
Heading for Lysebotn

Heading for Lysebotn
Horse on the road

Suddenly there was a horse standing in the middle of the road...
Over the plateau to Lysebotn

Over the plateau to Lysebotn
The road climbs down to Lysebotn

The road climbs down to Lysebotn
The Lysefiord seen from Lysebotn

The Lyse fiord seen from Lysebotn (21 kb)
The following day the weather was fine. We went over Urvassheia, the mountains that separates Sirdalen and Setesdalen. Then up through Setesdalen to Haukeligrend and over Haukeligfjell. The end destination this day was Odda in the bottom of Sørfjorden. Sheeps on Urvassheia

Sheeps on Urvassheia
Urvassheia

Urvassheia (60 kb)
The Setesdal a little north of Valle

The Setesdal a little north of Valle (51 kb)
View over the Setesdal from the Setesdal museum

View over the Setesdal from the Setesdal museum (42 kb)
Going down to Haukeligrend

Going down to Haukeligrend (40 kb)
Going down to Haukeligrend

Going down to Haukeligrend (41 kb)
Haukeligfjell

Going over Haukeligfjell (50 kb)
View over Haukeligfjell

View over Haukeligfjell
Seljestad

Seljestad with the glacier Folgafonna in the background - probably the best view on the trip! (24 kb)
One of the arms of the Folgafonna glacier is the Buar glacier - it is close to Odda, so the next day we went to see the glacier. Water from the glacier

Water from the glacier (68 kb)
...more running water

More running water (44 kb)
The Buar valley

The Buar valley (62 kb)
The edge of the Buar glacier

The edge of the Buar glacier
The edge of the Buar glacier

The edge of the Buar glacier
The edge of the Buar glacier

The edge of the Buar glacier (66 kb)
The Buar glacier

The Buar glacier (63 kb)
Sørfjorden

After having seen the Buar glacier we continued up along Sørfjorden (52 kb)
Sørfjorden

Sørfjorden (35 kb)
Sørfjorden and Øsafjorden

Sørfjorden and Øsafjorden (32 kb)
Hardangervidda

We continued up through the Måbø valley to Hardangervidda. In the distance the glacier Hardangerjøkulen can be seen (44 kb)
Hills ahead...

As this sign shows we meet som steep hills from Geilo south to Uvdal (Uvdal is on the way to Rjukan)
View over Rjukan

And finally we arrived in Rjukan (40 kb)
Gausta

South of Rjukan is Gaustatoppen with an altitude of 1883 m (43 kb)
View from Gausta

View from Gausta (64 kb)

Updated August 12, 2001 / copyright Finn Møller
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