Fjordland Feasts part 2

Alesund is on the coast, so the mountains are a bit different, a little lower, the sides less steep (a relative term only) and there is more water than mountains, the further you go out.

No railways here, but buses and ferries abound.  In fact you depend on good drivers of both.


So here's Rune (pronounced Ru-ne), who we enjoyed chatting to for a couple of trips, and who facilitated the connections we needed to make.


Worth their weight in gold these guys.

The cruise ships come right into the main street, and hoards of folks disembark from them.

We kept bumping into the ships.  There are one or two scheduled each day at the popular tourist spots, as you will see.

Geiranger Fjord

 This ferry took us to one of the best.


It's a photo-feast all the way

& you need all your camera batteries to be fully charged each night, to cope with the next day.




What's to see...

But look closer...

Those moments come along...  by just keeping clicking away...
   and then they are gone again...
But wait...
  just around the corner you are bowled over by...

- which from a slightly different angle and light looks like :

And it goes on...

The ship of the all conquering vikings...


is brought out

for people to compare...

and on the way back...

the cruise ship...




is seen in a better proportion.

And on our way home,

our whole bus

regularly crosses

on the larger ferries

- with us inside it !