After our Copenhagen trip, we ventured into the land of frostbite, Kiruna, and we barely had a week of rest in between.
Kiruna was major scary because temperatures dipped as low as -41 on the day we arrived and it always felt like as if you didn't layer enough clothes!
Nevertheless it was once-in-a-lifetime!
We took the train to Kiruna - an arduous 16-hour journey. Bad choice, but ohwell, no use regretting now.
View outside of the window when the sun rose in the morning. It was after 11 hours or something.
When we were about to reach Kiruna, all of us frantically layered up and we just became terrorists lookalikes. HAHA.
DOG-SLEDDING! WOOHOOO. It was just like being on a roller coaster, without any straps on. Major adrenaline rush, especially when the COLD COLD wind was constantly slapped on your face.
We looked like balls! HAHA.
NORTHERN LIGHTS.
Such a downer.
I conclude that all photos of Northern Lights that I see on Google are highly photoshopped. The lights looked nicer on camera than on its own. :(
Breakfast! We had to buy our own groceries though. Bummer.
SNOW MOBILES! WOOHOO! Another tick on the checklist.
All 7 of us bravely decided to get the single snow mobiles even thought all of us had no experience.
Proved to be a bad decision for me because...
I GOT FREAKING LOST!!
We were supposed to be going to the Ice Hotel on our snow mobiles. We started from beginner speed, and when we were nearing the location, all of us sped up. The problem then started because all of a sudden there were 2 groups of people in front of me. And so, erm, I followed the wrong group. In less than a minute after turning right, I found myself all alone in this stupid frozen lake.
Yes, all alone, with nobody behind me and noone infront of me. Which is kind of ridiculous, because I was in the middle of the pack, and THERE SHOULD BE PEOPLE FOLLOWING ME IF I WERE LOST RIGHT? Super weird.
So I just went straight, still thinking I was on the right track. Then I turned to a residential area, and deng! that was the period that hit me, telling me I was fucking lost.
My instinct told me to just u-turn and find the behind of the pack. So I u-turned, AND THE STUPID SNOW MOBILE GOT STUCK IN ONE-METRE DEEP OF SNOW. I had to drag myself out of that snow, and I had to walk out by foot because the snow mobile was really stuck and I couldn't get it out myself.
So I was lost, without a snow mobile, on a foreign place, WITH NO MODE OF COMMUNICATION (stupid me forgot to bring out my handphone). I just walked out of the residential area and stood on the frozen lake, waiting for the instructors to come and save me.
I guess I wasn't that scared because I didn't even cry, which surprised myself. What I thought was that even if no one came for me, at least I was at a residential area with nice Swedish people *cue Human Centipede trailer*.
And then 20 minutes later, one of the instructors finally came on his snow mobile and yes things were good after that. THANK GOODNESS.
Quite an experience though. HAHA. I can tell people that I got lost on a frozen lake now.
ICE HOTEL NEXT.
Our dinner for the night. YUMMY.
Second attempt at spotting Northern Lights. Major fail because this stupid one came out for 30 seconds and disappeared after that. :(
Spent some time walking around our cottage before we headed to the train station to go back to civilisation.
:)
We went back to Stockholm by train too, but this time we were on Sleeper Cabins, which were MAJOR COOL. Initially when we go in, there were just two couches with two beds near the ceiling. THEN THE MAGIC HAPPENED, and i don't know how the Spanish cabinmates did it, but they turned the couches to 4 more beds AND ALL OF US NOW HAD BEDS! :)
ok post will end abruptly here because I'm tired and I need sleep.CIAO.
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