Today we travel the the southern-most island of Suduroy. It is a 2 hour ferry ride. We did not realize until we reached the port that this ferry was quite different from the previous ones...this ferry has 4 passenger decks and mutiple decks for cars and cargo containers & trucks. It can take up to 200 cars and 975 persons.
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| It looks more like a cruise ship than what I imagine to be a ferry... |
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| A beautiful day... |
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| First view of the village of Frodba, the oldest village in Suduroy |
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| Ready to disembark from the lowest deck |
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| Beginning our hike to Hvannhagi & Hvanndal |
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| UP... |
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| Our ferry making it's round trip- will be back in about 6 hours to pick us up... |
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| DOWN... |
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| AROUND... |
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| Lunch spot- |
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| Tummus brought delicious sushi but the real treat is the succulent lamb that his mother cooked! He also brought along some dried fish...that is an acquired taste... |
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| "What goes down, must come up" |
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| 3 hours later... |
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| Now there is only a small group of workers, still using very primitive mining techniques... |
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| For example, this lantern... |
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| ...and this cart. The boys got to navigate through the dark & narrow tunnels & try their hand at swinging the pick axe to harvest the coal. |
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| Mom thought we were back to safety once out of the mine... until we had the close encounter with the dynamite! |
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| These islands provide endless awe-inspiring views! |
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| One final opportunity for climbing for the boys before heading back to the ferry- |
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| We did not miss visiting the southern most point on the southern most island- the Akraberg Lighthouse The lighthouse keeper and his family lived on this windy point until the terrible Christmas Hurricane of 1988 |
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| It still amazes me to watch the sheep just peacefully graze on this steep angled hill with the treacherous waves just below... |
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| ...and just inches away from the tall cliff ledge! |
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| Beinisvord is the highest sea cliff on the island reaching 470 meters high (over 1500ft high)- it was too scary to stand- I was nervous even being completely prone! |
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| A spectacular view to end our visit to Suduroy! |
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