wahh really testing my memory..very xin ku to recall..ok the sequence all mixed up but i recalled some of the events.
ok i remembered our accoms is super good. good breakfast too. free internet..even better than hotel lor i think. but this sets super high standards for the accoms awaiting me during the easter trip. quiet town too...even in the city centre..nothing much to see also but we just walked here and there lor. went to source around for cheap safaris then pizza buffet at rex. dun want to eat it one, esp after the unforgetable 7.5P pizza buffet in ncl. but anyway it's really much better @8 eur and greater variety too. haha was like trying out all the flavoured tea too.
the most fun one is really the snowmobiling to the reindeer farm. actually haha was the pillion rider at first la but later eliz let me drive for the 2nd part but shortly after we reached the farm le. the tribal pple brought us into a tent and hold some ceremony . the tea is damn nice lor..unique taste. went on the reindeer sleigh and got the reindeer driving licence which will be valid for the next 5 yrs haha..but we din even do anything. the reindeers really super guai lor..just auto pull leh..me and amy are on one and it runs lor..never stop one. cos be4 our turn we saw like some will walk and stop for awhile. but maybe becos we went on the track alone, cos last pair mah..sooo fun. next tea time. some cookies and coffee in a cosy cottage hut. lots of skins hang on the walls..nice la...like all the different colours and patterns but cant imagine how they de-skin it..like very ke lian. then we tobogan! haha quite a good slope there. i did twice for fun but subsequent times was becos stupid merv dunno how to video using a cam. arghhh..make me do so many times.. ok la but still haf to thank him for letting me drive the mobile on the way back..hehe..but following the grp really restricted lor..if only can anyhow drive..the ice is everywhere lo, wat a big area..so tempting to just create new tracks on it. max 70 but really wanted to go all the way up one leh..but scared cant brake in time then i'll bang rite into the vehicle in front..then hai them also..so cfm cannot risk...3 more pple's lives in danger leh.
went to the santa village by bus. nice place. crossed the arctic line. saw santa claus in his office. slacking in post office, take photos and wait for them to buy postcards. it's closing soon, so no time to write and post. sad case. wandered in the souvenir shops. then me, juan xz and eliz decided to stay for the night view of santa village while the rest went back. this decision really left us an entirely unforgetable experience. the last bus never came. we tried to hitch rides but nobody responded..so sad..not enuff charm haha. really totally dunno wat to do. can take cab la but will be super ex..we all quite unwilling to pay lor. asked the stall tendor, nice chap, and luckily he can speak english. he just said he's off work 2 hrs later but we've waited for abt 2 hrs be4 asking him.haha and we also not sure he has car to send us home or not..just postulating all kinds of poosibilities. then just tried asking pple who stopped at the petrol station but all had luggage in the car..no space for us at all..else they were not heading the same direction as us. sighhh...but finally eliz got someone who's willing to send us back! super nice rite..it's a couple but only lady knows abit of english..bit of comm prob but still able to catch abit here and there. they were actually on their way back home from the city(where we were heading to) after sauna in the city. omg! meaning they're gg back again specially for us..so paiseh...of cos cant expect them to send us all the way back to the hostel la..once we crossed the bridge we asked to be drop off then we walk all the way back. so cold and hungry..and tired..terrible..
first night we walked for super long uphill to this skyhotel in hope of seeing the aurora. we went to the roof lor..sooo windy and cold. but still ren3 leh. despite our perserverance, the sky still refuses to clear. so cloudy..cant see anything lor. sighh..take cab back the nice accom. 2nd night no strength to walk up the hill again liao. went to the lake instead. walked around, enjoying the frozen lake, waiting for some lights to dance but no. then 3rd night when we were returning from rex buffet dinner again, to our hostel to get the backs be4 boarding the night train back tampere, we saw it! very mild, green light only but it moved! sadly i only managed to capture one on camera. firstly my hands really frozen like mad and secondly the night mode is super hard to use, cant even shake abit one lor, thirdly it lasted for a super short time la. then never appear liao..so stubborn...make me keep looking up the sky waiting for another one to appear.
