Life is a never-ending journey

Back when we were in the planning stage, we thought that hiking the Lofoten mountains would be the peak of our polar experience. We're so glad that we were wrong, it was merely the beginning of a unique trip. We've tagged team with Ola and Mariusz and left stormy Reine, heading north. We've passed along deep fjords, mountains of attractive and untouched wilderness, went into tunnels of incredible length, through landscapes where only the road disturbed the peace.   Vågan Church (oldest church in Lofoten, 1898) The harbor in Svolvær, northern Lofoten   Typical landscape in central Lofoten We left Lofoten islands the same day, during the night and camped somewhere along the road, close to Saltstraumen, while it was raining. This experience itself was special. The only sign of human presence was the road, equipped with some sort of devices that made sounds every time cars were approaching in order to prevent wild animals, especially moose, from crossing the...

The day that ended shortly after midnight was by far the most intense and demanding of the entire trip in the Lofoten Islands. More than 10 hours to reach Hermannsdalstinden (1029 m) and then down to the shore of Reinefjord, during which we felt amazement, weariness, serenity,pure joy and exhaustion. We met Ola and Mariusz with whom we were to spend the rest of our days in Norway. All in all, the effort was entirely worth it. From personal experience, all the effort, the sweat and sometimes miss-guided anger that might have been felt during a trip, are remembered with more understanding for the situation. Many times, this kind of experience has more meaning for us because the sacrifices that we make help us in building a strong and healthy character. We went to sleep shortly after midnight. You couldn't tell the time because there was still plenty of light, as if the Sun had just hid behind the horizon. We would have wanted to spend more time photographing this midnight light ...