Taking a direction away from Stryn and towards Lote we seemingly clmbed even further on the narrow roads before heading alongside yet another magnificent lake / Fjiord to Barstadvik for our ferry to Solavager.
Amazingly we scored our 5th consecutive immediate ferry departure in a row despite H reluctantly wanting to get in the right hand ferry lane fearing oncoming traffic - until i explained to him that the road finished at the ferry and even if it didn't driving on the right in Norway has been what he's been doing for the last week !
Across the lake / fjord the roads started to pick up in traffic volume as we headed towards some large Norwegian towns. Thankfully we finally turned off taking a beautiful Fjiord drive along the Storfjiord passing through 2 of Norway's 1,000 + tunnels to a small establishment called Dyrkom positioned strangely between tunnels directly on the fjiord !
After checking in we stocked up at nearby Stordal and settled back later on for a romantic dinner on the wharf with the days magical sunset only spoilt by the machinations of the local hydro system.
After a reasonable nights sleep (or not according to H who in his own room had a choice of 3 beds 1- a cot 2 - a soft mattress on the floor or 3 - an above ground Mattress about 3 inches wide) we jumped in our car to head 100kms North towards Kristianstad and the famous Atlantic Road, a section of bridge spans that join small islands over an 8km section with some calling the Atlantic road one of the most picturesque drives in the world !
It's claim to fame is its design, its setting and its vulnerable position on the Atlantic. The bridge has been pictured being lashed by wild storms over time with the aves actually breaking on / over the road !
Of all the things that Norway has offered this felt a bit of a let down - sure it was picturesque and provided a lovely setting but its 8km length was in fact only about 3 and to give it world billing would be a great injustice to amazing roads like Australia's magnificent Great Ocean Road.
Anyway on such a magic day it was hard to argue so we took numerous photos before back tracking the 100 kms we'd come luckily finding an open Kiwi Mart (equivalent of a 7 - 11 ) along the way - about the only damned shop we'd seen open on a Sunday in Norway in our time here.
Back in Dyrkom we put together a tuna salad dinner spending some time chatting with a number of guests and visitors at our establishment
As a collection from Poland and Venuezla they provided some fascinating travel stories - our Venuezlan acquaintance told of the daily struggle for life while our Polish friends provided some great travel stories one being the time one guy journeyed to Mongolia with his girlfriend buying 2 horses and with a total budget of $1,000 spent 3 months travelling across the country.
With another magic sunset to bade us farewell and a long journey ahead tomorrow back to Bergen it was time to call it a night and get ready for the last stage of our OS adventure - Iceland !
Now I'm wondering what happened to the horses did they just run out of fuel?
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