From Svolvaer to Sortland by M/S Polarlys

Foreground Svolvaergeita and somebody just jumping ...
Biggest city in Lofoten, Svolvaer

Wednesday 18.06.2003 in Svolvaer at 22.00 we again jumped in the ferry,  M/S Polarlys, built 1996.
This 5 hour wonderful cruise was going through very narrow Raftsundet channel and making a visit to Trollfjord.

M/S Polarlys, built 1996, length 123 m, 225 cabins, 50 cars, price for 2 student and a car: 586 Norwegian crowns, about 90 dollars
Norwegian Royal Family also sailing with us.
Foregroun the prince of Finland, Jori II Fool

No Bishkek Times available to read ?
Saadat in panorama deck. No compatriots, mainly German.

Visit to Trollfjord, in the middle of Lofoten

Panorama deck
Sightseeing to Trollfjord, a very narrow dead end

Very nice to make extra visit to narrow Trollfjord
Very narrow entrance to Trollfjord

Hundreds of meters high cliffs directly from sea
Suddenly high cliffs rising just from sea

Like catedral?
Trolls waiting in the end ?

Bye bye
Ferry tyrned around and we continued

Saadat, friendly trolls and a traveller
Trolls stayed on the deck

Very narrow strait with tiny lighthouses
Another narrow strait and a house also

Hurtigruten in the middle of islands
Looking landscapes after midnight

After midnight
Why taking pics all the time ?

Some same kind of bridges more than 1000 meters long and some 40 meters high
Passing under bridge in midnight sun

Feed me!
Nice colours

In boat even a sauna with window walls !!!
Inside to drink cacao

Many nice cafeterias
Fancy cafeteria

Bright sunlight
Midnight sun

All chairs were connected to floor, maybe stormy in very north ?
Another fancy cafeteria. Closed at night.

Nice decorations, paintings everywhere
Sculpture

Expensive drinking
Another lounge

Practical way of travelling from island to island
Landing to Sortland ar 03.00

Late at night in Sortland. We started driving to island of Andoy and a city of Andenes.
There whale safari waiting but first to find camping.
INFO of Lofoten and Tromso area
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To andenes, whalesafari city

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