After the really cool ferry (no seriously there was even a casino and night club on board) we arrived in Helsinki, which I was expecting to be a lot colder than it actually was. Apparently in winter even the harbour has ice floating in it (brrrrr). Helsinki is quite a modern town - what a difference from Talinn, and although pretty I am quite sa...

So I've survived my first-time Asia trip, all in one piece and hopefully having killed the travel bug for a while, making day-to-day survival at the desk job more likely. Things I learned, small stuff that counts when you're a backpacker responsible only for yourself: Books -Eshter and Gemma -Footprint South India (bought in Pondicherry) -Rough ...

DAY 86. OCTOBER 26. HELSINKI From sun and sand to snow We need new travel agents. No one in their right mind would choose to go from Petra to Helsinki. We are clearly insane. Today was a very long day. An exhausting day. We started off in the middle of a desert and ended in a city where it was snowing. Talk about contrasts. We were up at the ung...

got lost walking around trying to find the church carved into the rock (Temppeliaukio). when we finally found it, there was a service, so we weren't allowed in. still, it was fun!