We love adventure, but some adventures are best experienced in book form. Climbing K2 is such an adventure. In 'K2 on life and death', Fredrik Sträng describes the 2008 expedition to K2, when eleven climbers lost their lives. You do wonder why they put themselves through this, but it is also fascinating to follow them up the mountain.
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Today, Kenya has voted in favour of a new constitution, and according to DN, the election went smoothly. Things were different in 2007/2008, when 1,300 people were killed in violence between different ethnic groups. We were going on holiday and had bought a plane ticket to Nairobi.
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Now we have settled in here at Pite Havsbad. We are nicely situated with our motorhome at the campsite and have had time to learn a little more about this place. Here are some interesting facts for you who might also want to visit Pite Havsbad!
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Today we have done rafting in the river Vindelälven. The organisers are called Forsknäckarna and the trip started from Ekorrsele, between Umeå and Lycksele. The uppermost rapids were level 4 (levels 1-6, where 6 counts as harmless with danger to life). The highest waves were about 3 metres high. A real adrenaline rush!
We had booked a rafting trip in the Vindelälven river at noon, but when we arrived at Forsknäckarna in Ekorrsele, between Lycksele and Umeå, there had been a misunderstanding and the boats were full. We were offered our own tour at 16.00, and in the meantime we got, at no extra cost, both food and a high-altitude course. A fair deal we thought!
Yesterday it was time for horse riding in Idre. I have ridden a lot when I was younger, and think that riding is a fantastic way to experience nature. Peter and Billie have ridden a bit and Pontus once, but all three were positive about today's adventure! We got nice horses and got to follow the guide Mia on a wonderful trip in the forest and on the mountain.
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Last night it was time for a beaver safari in a canoe. A guide took us and a group of Dutch people to Grövelsjön. It was a bit warmer coming down from the mountain and beautiful and calm on the lake, so we had a really nice canoe trip. This is a great thing to do for a whole family, when everyone can get involved together and have some excitement about seeing some cool beavers.
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The first stop on our campervan trip around northern Sweden was the Sala silver mine, where we went 155 metres down into the mine by lift. It can't have been fun being a miner here: 12 hours of work a day in the cold and dark. But the 1.5-hour guided tour was very interesting!
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Today was a full day in Furuviksparken in Gävle. This is a really nice park with wild and domesticated animals, water park, fairground and a whole adventure island. Peter's brother and their neighbours brought eight (!) children to the park. Peter's youngest son Billie (14) came with us.
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This is the fourth and final part of our little story about the 2006/2007 motorhome trip in New Zealand. The trip continued on the South Island and ended in Christchurch, where we left the campervan and flew to Auckland and then back home... One of the best trips we ever made!
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