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After our holiday trip to India (Dec'19 - Jan'20), we spent rest of the year in Norway and mostly, in Kongsberg. Together with rest of the world, we were also busy trying to adjust and adapt to our new lifestyle, caused by the pandemic. Our original plan to return to Singapore in summer 2020 was... Continue Reading →
Day 2: Diwali Evening @ Hamnoy Luck STRIKED AGAIN! Yes! After hardly an hour at Hamnøy, nature started its Diwali celebration. I noticed it first after I saw that the Kp level prediction looked good for the evening. Even though yr predicted cloudy conditions, the sky was clear in real. Yr.no is the most commonly... Continue Reading →
Day 1: Kongsberg to Gimsøysand Sitting in an aisle seat of the Norwegian air flight to Evenes, I kept wondering why I had chosen a morning flight. With a taxi pick-up arranged (for few of us) at 0430, we had to wake-up pretty early and as usual, slept late last night too. I felt sorry... Continue Reading →
When my parents-in-law, brother-in-law & family planned their trip to visit us in Norway, they wished to experience the Northern Lights too. Taking recommendations from online research, they booked flight tickets for late October, since that period has higher probability of seeing Aurora. I too believe late autumn and early spring offers more favourable conditions.... Continue Reading →
I hadn’t heard, read or dreamt about the term Aurora Borealis or Northern lights until my first visit to Norway (this might have been one of those topics I missed in afternoon Geography classes at school while I was busy 😴😴). I was on my first business (training) trip to Norway in 2007 when my... Continue Reading →
While moving to Kongsberg, we figured out that owning a car is more or less a necessity. Singapore has a wonderful public transport system and owning a car there could be a luxury, considering the cost of owning and maintaining it. Public transportation in smaller towns like Kongsberg is not frequent or convenient, unless you... Continue Reading →
Life is a Journey.. 