Laerdal to Bergen

1 Travel Route - Friday 22 June	2 Google Earth view	3 The world's longest drivable tunnel!	4 1 of 3 light caves in the Laerdal Tunnel
5 Flam Central	6 Boarding the ferry	7 Off to Gudvangen	8 A little more modern than ours
9 The MSC Meraviglia was visiting too	10 Ready for another great day	11 Bye bye Flam	12 Hillside houses
13 Looking ahead	14 Undredal - our lunch location	15 Looking astern	16 Rockfalls not waterfalls
17 Entering Naeroyfjord	18 The 575m, 4-tier Lægdafossen waterfall	19 Location, location, location...	20 Great views everywhere
21 A manicured lawn	22 Tufte farm	23 Church at Drydal farm near Bakka	24 Approaching Gudvangen
25 Patriotic birds	26 Gudvangen shop	27 Our ferry	28 Viking Valley entrance
29 Nærøydalselvi river 1	30 Nærøydalselvi river 2	31 Carved cafe furniture	32 Mixing with the locals
33 Off to Undredal	34 Crossing the Undredalselvi River	35 Following the Undredalselvi River	36 Undredal - home to 100 people & 500 goats
37 Off to lunch	38 Aurlandsfjord panorama	39 Undredal is famous for its goats cheese	40 A delightful lunch
41 Off to explore	42 Heading for the stave church	43 Bringing up the rear	44 Undredal panorama
45 Panorama detail	46 Undredal stave church - the smallest in northern Europe	47 Undredalselvi River 1	48 Undredalselvi River 2
49 Swirling river	50 A nice find	51 Boating on the fjord	52 Final fjord view
53 Off to the Flam Railway	54 A very tight squeeze indeed	55 Valley view	56 Tunnel to Flam
57 Flam Railway centre	58 Waterfront panorama	59 Our train arriving	60 The Flam Railway = Flamsbana
61 Flamsbana stations	62 There are 20 tunnels & 1 bridge	63 The route follows the Flamsdalen valley	64 All aboard!
65 The outskirts of Flam	66 The Flamselvi river	67 Overlooking Flam Church near Hareina station	68 Hogabru bridge
69 Berekvam station	70 Top section of the route	71 Kardalsfossen waterfall	72 Part of the Rallarvegen Bike Route Rallarvegen, the service road built for the construction of the Oslo-Bergen line, is now used as a cycle route. The final 20km goes from Myrdal to Flam. It is advisable to walk bikes on the section shown in the photo!
73 The view from Kjosfossen station	74 Kjosfossen Falls A small powerstation in the falls powers the Flam Railway.	75 The Huldra The Huldra is an elusive forest spirit from Norse mythology and is played by students from the Norwegian Ballet School. She dances and sings in front of the waterfall as the trains stop at Kjosfossen station.	76 It can get a little wet
77 Time to change trains	78 Off to Voss (or Vossevangen)	79 Train from Oslo to Bergen	80 River near Upsete station
81 Sunny valley	82 Houses with a view!	83 A scene with everything	84 Houses near Mjolfjell
85 Sunny river	86 Bubbling along	87 Nice stand of trees	88 Passing Voss airfield
89 A valley community	90 Approaching Voss	91 End of the train journey - back to the bus	92 More great scenery heading to Bergen
93 Arna on the outskirts of Bergen	94 My birthday cake at the hotel - thanks AJ!