Tuesday, November 25, 2014

ARCTIC KINGDOM FLY-IN POLAR BEAR SAFARI--VERY SHORT

6 AIRPLANE FLIGHTS NEEDED TO REACH THE DESTINATION.




QUITE COLD WEATHER OUTSIDE THE LITTLE PLANE


THE MAIN CABIN WITH KITCHEN AND DININGROOM

MINUS 30 DEGREES CELSIUS.  I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH COLD BEFORE.

THE CABIN I SHARED WITH SUE FROM AUSTRALIA

WARM INSIDE !!!

JASON, OUR CLEVER INUIT GUIDE

THE FOXES WERE AROUND MOST THE TIME, HOPING FOR FOOD!


PHOTOGRAPHING IN THE COLD.  I HAD 2 CAMERAS WITH ME, ONE FOR OUTDOOR, KEPT IN AN OUTER ROOM OF THE CABIN AND ONE IN THE DININGROOM, SINCE WE OFTEN OBSERVED BOTH FOXES AND POLAR BEARS FROM THERE.

POLAR BEAR MOM AND CUB IN THE FAR DISTANCE.  WE SAW THEIR TRACKS NEAR THE CAMP THE NEXT DAY

READY !!! (ME IN WHITE) AND PAM IN PURPLE (SHE ARRANGED THE TRIP FOR ME)



AT THE CLOSEST THE BEAR WAS ABOUT 5 METERS FROM US (BUT THEN WE WERE BEHIND THE ELECTRICAL FENCE)


JUST AFTER SUNSET


POLAR BEAR AT NIGHT LIT UP BY A TORCH

NORTHERN LIGHT (HOWEVER MY CAMERA WAS NOT WELL SUITED FOR NIGHT-PHOTOGRAPHY)

VERY COLD !!!

THE LAST DAY A STORM HIT US SO WE HAD TO STAY AN EXTRA DAY !

FELT AT HOME SEEING THIS !!!

FINALLY BUSHY COULD ARRIVE

PRETTY UNDERGROUND PASSWAY AT CHICAGO AIRPORT O´HARE

Saturday, October 25, 2014

MOTORCYCLE-TRIP IN HIMALAYA, PART 2 , 3 AND 4

FREQUENT BANANA STOPS BECAUSE PEALED FRUIT WAS MORE SAFE

"GRAND OAK MANOR" IN BINSAR

THE VIEW

AND THE ROAD !!!

LOVELY GIRL IN KAUSANI

CLOSE TO KAUSANI THERE WAS A GANDHI MUSEUM

MULERIDING UP TO CHANDRASILA, 4090 M. ABOVE THE OCEAN




LOGFIRE IN THE EVENING

EVERYONE HAS A MOBILE !





WE RAFTED DOWN TO RISHIKESH, ABOUT 30 KM DOWN GANGES

RISHIKESH

THE BEATLES WERE HERE IN 1968


MANY DIFFERENT CEREMONIES BY THE HOLY RIVER GANGES




Wednesday, October 22, 2014

MOTORCYCLE-TRIP IN HIMALAYA, PART 1


ARRANGED BY INDIAN ADVENTURES.NO, WE ARRIVED IN DELHI OCT. 4, 2014

FROM LEFT:  ÖYVIND, FRANK, ELLEN, LARS, PER, HEIDI, ANETTE AND MYSELF.  JOEL TAKES THE PHOTO



OFF EARLY OCT. 5 TO JIM CORBETS PARK AND TIGER CAMP, WHERE OUR BIKES WERE.


UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT SEE ANY TIGERS, BUT FRESH TIGER PAW-PRINTS


DEER IN CORBETS NATIONAL PARK

AND  STRANGE BIRDS

DRIVING 70 KM WE ARRIVED IN PANGOT




AND FROM PANGOT WE DROVE 66 KM TO MUKTESHWAR OCT. 7


WE GOT REALLY WET!!!




THIS IS THE WHOLE ROUTE, BEING PRESENTED LATER IN BETTER MAPS.