Back to the wild

After a last warm shower at our airbnb, we took a train back to the direction of Kiruna but jumped out at the Gallivare station.

As most of the cities we walked through, Gallivare wasn't so pleasant. We quickly moved to a lake next to the city to improve our fishing skills. At first it was worth it as we caught our first fish in less than 5 minutes (too small to keep it). The next hour was more... quiet as we didn't get anything else than a heavy rain on our head.

To warm us up we decided to hike the Dundret moutain next to Gallivare. Once arrived we were a bit disappointed by the hiking opportunities over there. It wouldn't be as beautiful as we were used to with the former hiking trails.

A quick research made us discover a locally famous trail called the Kallarstigen (a former 50km-track used to carry material and foods between Gallivare and the village of Porjus).

As we were reaching the starting point of the track, we met a well known local resident : THE mosquito !!! We still don't know if it is the swampy area or the summertime incoming which made them come but there were plenty of them (and really agressive). This was a wonderful way to test our self-control capabilities... not everyone succeeded 😅

Despite the mosquitos we were able to rise up our tents to be ready for the next trail of our trip :)Read more