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Old 01-26-2018, 04:00 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Reminds me of my tour through Finland.

After a couple of days driving through the forest, with elk warning signs at 3 kilometer intervals, I finally encountered my first large wild beast, standing by the side of the road some 10 meters away from the tarmac.
A reindeer. And its 49 best friends and relatives.
Now these are huge; their antlers easily reach higher than my head.

I did not trust it one bit so I slowed down from 80 km/h (the speed limit) to say 40 and went past them. They did not react at all.
Then suddenly the herd went on a stampede, passed me on the right and hooked sharp left right in front of me. I slammed the brakes and got to a halt just a meter away from the closest reindeer...
Phew!

Got going again, then within 500 meters there's the first and only reindeer warning sign of my whole 3000 km trip...
Then a clearing strewn with the most bizarre works of art I've ever seen. In the middle of nowhere.
Amazing Finland.
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