Kayak - part 2

So there we were in the forest on the other side of the lake. Jason wanted to find a log 

to sit on. As he circled around the camp to find something  suitable he stumbled across the golden mushroom. The chanterelle is amazing and Jason was very excited about finding them. He called for me to check if it was the mushroom I had been talking about, and it was. We got enough for one sandwich each. 

Jason didnt find a log to sit on, but I had already found something big enough for both of us. 

Here the mushrooms are boiled in water. Later they were to fry in soft cheese... yeah I know, but we didn't have butter.

After chanterelle and hot dogs, we had corn on the cob. 

Before it was time to go to bed in the cosiness of the tent, I persuaded Jason to take a swim in the lake. It was to become his first swim ever in a lake. And.... well he did get into the water, but he didn't like the fact that the water was as black as the night so that he couldn't see what was in it. But swim he did. 

After a night in the wild we set back over the water the next day, and this time without a rope between the two kayaks. 

Natural born Kayaker.

We went to visit Mr Beaver.

Jason

From my point of view.

We made it home and I was happy to hear that Jason liked the outdoors so this wasn't the only time we slept in a tent.

Stay awake. 

Snowden, Mannings and Assange... Not forgotten. 

Love Ove. 

Jason´s first encounter with outdoors life.

For me outdoors activities are a very important part of my life. For Jason this hasn't been the case. He told me once that he wants me to introduce it to him a little bit at the time. 

This is his first real encounter with Ove In the Wild. 

I gave Jason two options. Hiking to a cabin in the woods or to kayak over a lake and there sleep in a tent. Jason (to my surprise) chose the tent. 

The Kayaks we had were inflatable ones and thus not that big or impressive. This didn't bother Jason though. It was windy, there was rain in the air and it was Jason's first time to kayak. It ended up with me tying a rope between his and my kayak, and me being the one who did all the paddling. 

This is right after we made it across the lake. 

Here you can see how wide the lake was.

Here are the kayaks we used.

Jason

Not far away from where we put up our tent there are a pack of wolves. Isn't that great :) 

Still... being the Taiwanese guy he is... the phone with all its apps followed us into the wild. 

A group of loons. 

Breakfast. It turns out he likes Swedish KAVIAR.

This is the camp we set up. We made the fireplace. We based it on a big slab of flat rock I found a little bit away. The bench was made from a tree the beavers cut down. 

To be continued...

Stay awake. 

Love Ove. 

Jason´s in Sweden

 After having spent 2,5 months away from Jason, I was very excited to pick him up at the airport. I arrived early and that was lucky because his plane was like 30 min early. 

Going back to Åmål we took a different route which gave Jason his first ever ferry ride. 

Well within Swedish boarders Jason took over the wheels. 

A very happy couple.

I will tell you about the 3 weeks we had in Sweden before we went back to Taiwan, but I will tell it a little bit at the time. This because I am back at studying Chinese and most of my time is spent in the books. 

Stay awake. 

Love Ove 

Back in Taiwan

Hi. I am back in Taiwan with my boyfriend. We have a place next to an airport. Yes, we can hear every single plane that takes off or lands. 

It's a tiny and noisy place but it's our place. 

I have so many things to share with you from this summer, I will just have to edit the photos first. I will show them all to you in time.

GREETINGS FROM A NICE AND WARM TAIPEI, TAIWAN.

Hi there everybody. 

On the 9th of August my boyfriend Jason came to Sweden. Since then Jason and I have traveled around Sweden a little. We have been to the West coast, Gothenburg, Seen Rodger Waters preforming "the Wall", we have been kayaking, renovating my house and we have been hiking in the mountains up north. 

Oh... One Major thing.. Jason has been introduced to my whole family. 

Once I am back in Taiwan I will have time to edit my photos and start to share my and Jason's adventures with you all. 

Until then.... 

Stay awake 

Love Ove

Rörbäcksnäs part 2

This is me on top of the Lindvallen Mountain. Up here its easy to get lost.

To help you getting lost (both summer and winter) they have put up these things. They are signs put up along the tracks that you can find on the maps over the area. 

 You still need a map though. 

When you know where you are and you don't feel lost, then you can start to notice all the beautiful things around you. 

This is Heather up close.

This is a blue berry. Not ripe... But beautiful. 

These blue berries ARE ripe. 

One evening my brothers kids and I walked up along a river...

While biking these forest tracks you HAVE to have a helmet. :) 

Stay awake and don't forget Snowden, Assange and Mannings. 

Love Ove 

Update for the last couple of days.

Hi there. 

I did promise you some video shots from the concert. The thing is. Where the camera was placed, I did get good shots, BUT the sound uptake was done behind the speakers and because of this the sound is really, and I mean REALLY bad. I can however extract some photos from the film and I hope that this will be OK. 

I made it to bed at 3am Sunday morning, and at 7am Sunday morning I got up to pack my bags. I was going on a trip up north with my brother and his family. (well one of my brothers, I have 4 of them) 

The reason for this trip was to go to Rörbäcksnäs to do some serious mountain biking. And that we did. The area was great and when we had been there exploring the tracks we heard that there were 5 bears in the area. A female, a male and 3 cubs. I am sad that I didn't get to see them. That would have been so awesome. 

Well... here comes some photos. :) 

And then some photos from the trip to Rörbäcksnäs. 

Cloud Berry

 View from Lindvallen

A view from the Bike track at Rörbäcksnäs

And this is me at the top of a Pinetree. Its much higher than it looks. 

I had a great time, both in the tree and on the trip. 

I want to thank my brother and his family for letting me tag along. 

Stay awake

Remember Snowden and Mannings

Love Ove