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- Jun 7, 2022
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 329 m
- SwedenNorrbottenKiruna KommunMertajärvi68°22’4” N 22°11’11” E
Pallasjarvi to Narva
June 7, 2022 in Sweden ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Next to the lake, we had to wake up on time to be able to catch the bus ; we couldn’t enjoy the beauty of the place we were at.
We had to walk 5km to the bus stop that would take us to Jeris, a small village first. We could take a trekking route to Jeris but the legs weren’t there, we still decided to take the bus.
Arriving in Jeris, we took place next to another beautiful lake to take our lunch, next to a closed hotel facility. We then took the bus to Karesuvanto wherein we took a good nap and refill some groceries on a break in Muonio.
At Karesuvanto, we crossed the Sweden border to be in Quaresuando. The bus would be in the next morning and it was only 1pm so we decided to hitchhiking again!
After two hours of waiting and multiple games we had in mind to kill time, a car stopped for us finally. He would take us only 10km ahead, but it was perfect.
This wonderful person is named Lars Hendrickson « blind blind blind blind » (he said it like this, it was very funny ; he wasn’t seeing well and had strong glasses). We were amazed when we discovered he was a big reindeers breeder, he had around 10.000 reindeers ! The breeding was a family business since decades, maybe more…
He showed us a place to put our tent in his village, but we asked if we could buy him some reindeer meat ; that was strongly recommended by other people here. He gladly accepted and took us into his house, which was a typical Swedish house that we enjoyed a lot. He was so kind he gave us two pieces of reindeer meat for free!
Back in the camp (he drove us back there by the way, again), we’ve met some Dutch people that were going into North cap by camping car. We started fishing with no success and started a fire to cook the reindeer meat. There was a common mashed meat and an amazing smoked one that was handmade by Lars himself. Those meats were just amazing, the taste is getting close to roe deer.
After a little bit of research of a good place to put the tents and after seeing the first fox in Sweden, we putted them not far from the bus stop that would take us the next morning to Kiruna.Read more
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