Bit after Polarcircle a road cuts to Sweden..direction Arjeplog..
I loved Swedish Lapland..so much space..no habitation..
I recall sleeping in an empty barn..near Moskosel..I woke up..
in the morning...dew in the grass..little brook around..
hitch hiking in these parts was not so easy..not that much traffic..
but mostly I got away..Jokmokk was a nice place,I found...
The Same(Lapps)are real nature people..they wandered around with their reindeers..
crossing this tundra that North Sweden is really amazing..
in Kiruna I met a Swedish guy+his girl friend..they invited me into their flat..
they had been to Libanon..we smoked some hasj there..
I recall the music of Steppenwolf..and the Moody Blues he had played..
I'm still looking today after songs from Bernt Staf(Swedish singer)..
also an LP they played..we went stoned to the local Konsum(shopping mall)
I felt every step like it was downhill..I was stoned out of my ass
After Kiruna I went trekking to Kebnekaise Fjellstation..it's a long haul..
but I only did Nikkaluokta-Kebnekaise and back..staying in mountain huts..
and damned big mosquitos who liked my blood..
from Kiruna I went into Finland via Kaaresuvanto..
then back into Norway..towards Tromso..nice town..
lots of youngsters get high on booze there in summer..
my cup of tea really..since I always liked to get high on booze..
even till today..so..up to Russenes+Honnigsvag..ferry to Mageroy..
which is the island where North Cape is situated..
but the weather was so shitty..
wet..misty..cold..I decided not to go..
So..I've never seen North Cape..fuck hell..I should have really
instead I visited Vadso-Vardo..which is quite far North as well..
fishing villages really..went back to Hammerfest..stayed on a campsite there...
more later on..I went into Finland towards Polmak..

Link about the Lapp people(Saami)
these folks make real excellent knives,handicrafts..
they sing their songs called *joik*
they are usually short..and they like booze in summer..
I can't blame them..in winter it's almost dark the whole day
I loved these people for their sense of being 1 with nature..
Mari Boine is simply a great joik singer..
http://www.kalleklev.no/english/artists/mariboine.html
http://boreale.konto.itv.se/duodjie.htm

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