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To Inari lake

After leaving Rovaniemi, we went up north all the way to Ivalo by bus. I cannot remember how long it took.. Then we change the bus to Inari, which was our destination.

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Frozen lake

The temperature in Inari was not as cold as we expected. It was around zero degree. The lake was totally frozen, though. We had a picnic on the ice there.

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Enjoy sliding down

We bought a plastic sheet and sat on it and slide down on the Inari lake. It was so simple, but a great fun and we could not stop it.

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Hotel in Inari

I do not know why, but northern European houses are all wooden. The hotel we stayed in Inari, the town in the Arctic Circle in Finland was a sort of B&B and the…

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Visiting Sami people

  Visiting Sami people’s house through travel agent was one of the highlights of our trip to Finland 2006. They showed us their colourful costumes and then let us wear their reindeer fur…

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Reindeer sled

After wearing the boots made of reindeer fur, we went out to ride the reindeer sled. This couple were our hosts and she looked much older than him.

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Photo taken from the sled

This photo was taken while riding the reindeer sled. It was slow most of the time, but towards the end it started running and I was nearly thrown off. That was a great…

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Riding snowmobile

This time we took a sled pulled by a snowmobile. In the forest, there was a small wooden church surrounded by deep snow.