The ride that never came

After a sunny & rainy night, we woke up at 9AM. As we still had no gas bottle, the breakfast was short & light.
The day goal was to get to Enentekio in Finland to start our first trek.
It began really well as the first car we crossed stopped to pick us up and dropped us 25 kms further in Vintangi.
Next strategic target was Keresuando, 100 kms away from there.
We became a bit less lucky with the weather and hitchhiking. Fortunately we were hosted by a young Swedish and French couple until the first car we took in the morning came back again! Another 50-km step was made thanks to him :)
We thought the last 50 kms to get to Keresuando would be easy as it sounds but we suddenly had to review our plan as no ride came (even if we still looked fine at this time!). We didn't have any other option than taking the bus to get to the Finnish border.
Once we crossed this border we couldn't count on the Finnish hospitality with hitchhiking... and were forced to book a cab as the clock was ticking and our willness to get to Enentekio in the evening was pretty high.
We eventually arrived at 11PM to establish our camp site next to the taxi-boat which will make us cross the lake to reach the starting point of the trek :)En savoir plus