17 February 2008 09:03:20 Hiring a longtail gave Joona finally a taste of real fishing instead of just dipping a piece of wire underwater. The big game part of trip was not a huge success (no bites), but angling near a small island resulted with a couple of snappers caught and many more fed with our bait: pieces of raw squid.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Budget underwater photography
17 February 2008 12:25:55 The big problem with snorkeling in tropical areas is that the coral reefs are impossible to explain to other people in words. It's truly a revelation to find that the stuff one saw in Jacues Cousteau documents is there for anyone to see in so many places. Underwater camera equipment can be quite pricey so the only way was to convince everyone you wanted to share the experience with to join you in the water. I found this Korean product just browsing the web after our last trip to Thailand - these can be had for less than 20 euros e.g. on German eBay.After this first trip using DiCaPac, I am truly sold on this little invention. It's would be worth the price just for the moisture protection for canoeing or longboat trips, but the fact that you can also take a normal digicam snorkeling or scuba diving (at least in relatively small depths) makes this a true bargain.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Shells aplenty
During our vacation Joona had the flu but once he was fit enough to come to the beach, he was quick to re-discover the old holiday favourite: picking up washed up sea shells from the beach.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Our crib in Koh Lanta
Our villa from outside. The location couldn't be better as we are right next to the oceanfront, restaurant and pool. Nice!
Friday, February 1, 2008
Another psychedelic morning
01 February 2008 09:32:33 Unfortunately the poor phone cam missed almost totally the fuchsia hue of the morning sky today. The sunset view over Gulf of Finland fit perfectly with the Jimmy Hendrix compilation I was listening to while pedaling to work. Purple Haze, on my mind...
Friday, January 25, 2008
Exit night ...
08:28 24 January, 2008 Image001 ... enter light! Even though winter is yet to make an appearance, the spring is already underway and the days are getting longer.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Room with a view
13:50 20 January, 2008 20012008031 Most of the time when on a business trip you get a hotel room with a view to pretty much nothing worth seeing. Not this time. This the the view from Hotel Saaga to Ylläs mountain. It's almost two o'clock so the sun is setting already as the place is north of the Arctic Circle.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Sleeping swans, part II
16:59 08 January, 2008 Image006 Last night those hapless birds had decided that it's better to sleep on the ice. It's been a very warm winter thus far, but someone really ought to tell these birds they are of the migrating kind.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Sleeping swans
08:45 08 January, 2008 Image004 The early swan doesn't get stuck in ice. The picture is quite crappy but could not resist taking it anyway. The sea is freezing quite rapidly now and I wonder whether these sleeping beauties will get their tails frozen stuck before they wake up.
Monday, January 7, 2008
It's oh so quiet
16:52 07 January, 2008 Image First snow finally arrived and it was simply a perfect moment today to pedal home in the four inches of powder snow. It's soft and makes everything very quiet around you. The bike feels unconnected from the road - floaty. You feel so alive with more snow whistling around in the wind and stinging your face like acupuncture needles.I was listening to Enya in my headsets and saw these two swans swimming in the sea in the last spot where the inlet wasn't frozen yet. It was such a perfect moment that I decided to film a short bit of the trip with my mobile phone. The result has a lot of shakes and wind noise, but I posted it anyway to my kyte.tv channel (http://www.kyte.tv/dopeyrizer).
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