Finnhamn 6/9/14

FINNHAMN! But first, we went to Vaxholm to wait for the ferry (and we went by bus, which was free with our student pass... but well, like you say, ferry was nicer). And I didn't dare to walk too near where we set foot on before we left for continental Europe; that was kind of where the journey really started, and I see the ghost of you every single time I visit a place you've been to with me (and that includes my room! Dammit). But soon the ferry came and we left, and it will take me another 10 hours or so before I come back here (and I'll definitely go back there again), so let's move on...

Thanks Marcus for inviting me on this trip, which also coincidentally included Song En, along with Jane, and the rest are just the NOC people: half of the previous and all of the current batch. Super impromptu cos Marcus just told me the night before at around 8pm after my dinner at Lidingo and I, as usual, agreed. Woke up early to catch the morning bus that fetched us to the Vaxholm ferry terminal (thus the above paragraph). Saw Arianto on the bus and I was pleasantly surprised (he actually hasn't change much), and also the other Singaporeans (who are all staying in Bergshamra with Yimei; two of them same block somemore... This explains the Singaporean that Yimei heard). This new batch of NOC people are so different from the ones I've met in Lappis through Marcus but they are pretty fun people too! 

Reached Linnhamn after a 2 hour ferry ride and checked into their little chalet house before we head out to kayak/boating. And this is where I'd say made me have no regrets on coming to this trip. We freaking row the boat in the water and just harboured at a raised slab of rocks in the middle of nowhere and started to just sunbathe and nua. Some of the crazier ones even wore underwear (with holes somemore Mr Chua) and bikinis and swam to another smaller slab of rocks through the wade of seaweeds tangling their feet as the swim. Cool story. Song En and I decided to not swim and rowed the boat out to explore instead, but we were stopped by the Swedes who "own" the island and chased us off their private property. Then as a group we went a little bit further and harboured on another isolated island with spiky leafs and grass to have our "lunch" before we headed back to catch the train back to the mainland. Only 5 of us left while the rest stayed but I'm guessing there isn't much left to do there anymore anyway. 

Rowing a boat into the waters and just stone on a rock in the middle of nowhere - this shit is good enough to make the trip worth it. And of course, the new people I've met.  

And I'm thinking photos won't be up so soon so...