picture gallery images Ron & Viv Moon russian overland Finland Inari Sami Museum Siida Lemmenjoki National Park Rovaniemi Ounaskoski Camping Artic Circle Santa Ranau Zoo Raaha Camping Heikkasarkat Lappeenranta Huhtiniemi Santalahti


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GO TO MAIN PICTURE GALLERY LINKS PAGE TO ALL IMAGES CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE	FINLAND : Images from left to right: A pleasant camp amongst the fir trees in northern Finland, beside a river – the mosquitoes were horrendous!!!; A visit to the Siida Musuem, northern Finland, a Sami Museum & Culture Centre – very good with a good outside display of hunting, fishing and herding villages; Ron beside one of the sod/earth covered small huts; a mottely group of reindeer in molt – they look pretty shabby this time of year. At the Artic Cirle once again, in Finalnd this time – our group at the Artic Circle at Santa's Village; We all visited Santa, and as the board indicates we aren't on our own; Neil filming a lake just off the road (one of the 186,000 that are in Finland) that we could see and get to just off the road. We hadn't seen any animals, so visited the Ranau Zoo, which was pretty good we have to say, with the bears being a highlight – the brown bears having a bit of a squabbly; the polar bears were fantastic and we'd have loved to see them in winter; this young male moose though he had it made with his small harem of females and no competition. We were interviewed a couple of times during our drive through there by local newspapers – what media stars we are!!! The only time we saw the west coast, and their version of a beach – and yes it is a very popular tourist resort – the little huts are changing rooms; our camp in a sand pit – one of our better camps – it was dry and there were only a few mossies!!! Our last camp in Finland was beside the coast – it looks pretty but you can't see the power lines or the industrial works close by. Russia next stop.