Here some of the most interesting destinations in the past.

Mountains and Alps

Mountains have always attracted me

I made my first trip to Lapland at the age of 14. After that the Finnish Lapland was my favourite destination both summer and winter.
In 1960 there was no ski lifts anywhere and no crowds of tourists disturbed the quiet wilderness. Lapland was really unique.
By the years more and more vacation-centres were built, tourist hoards started to invade the formerly so peaceful areas. Lapland changed and
like in many other parts of the world to the worse! In the end of 1980 in the Saariselkä area, which earlier was called "The last wilderness in Europe" you could see concrete monsters and luxury private vacation houses. This is called the development of tourism!
I can comfort myself  by  having experienced  Lapland  before the "development" took place.

By the years I had visited almost all regions from the Arctic Circle up to Utsjoki and Kilpisjärvi near the Norwegian border. Stayed
 in mountain cabins or outdoor in tent and sleepingbag. Together with my family, children only between 5 and 10 years,
we made long hikes in the remote mountain areas both summer and winter carrying everything on our backs. Climbed many mountaintops
including the highest mountain in Finland, Haltia, with the modest height of 1024m.
I was also a member of Tunturilatu r.y. and their sub-association Tunturisudet Arctic Wolfs.

In 1969 a group of 10 Lapland enthusiasts made a decision to build a loghouse of our own at the shore of Inarijärvi at  N69°. This old,
about 100m² cabin was our home for several memorable stays including a Christmas and New Year holiday 1969-70 together with my
family.

Beside Finnish Lapland we also made trips to more alpine terrain: Swedish wellknown Kungsleden with Kebnekaise and Norwegian Jotunheimen.

Having friends in Switzerland we enjoyed the magnificent slopes of the Alps in the Villars district - see pictures below.

Photos below are far from perfect. Originals made from over 30 years old slides and scanned to PhotoCD  format,  dusted off  by
MS Picture It! and further enhanced by ACDSee 3.0.
Pictures from Finnish Lapland still in dia format - working on it!

Downhill model 1970 2005 Now I have become old and sluggish, no skiing anymore, only pole-walking to recall old days when I was in shape.

Switzerland Kebnekaise See also Kilimanjaro Across the Continents

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Most exotic and interesting
Dog Island, Anegada Passage-West Indies
Cousin Nature Reserve, Seychelles
Barefoot Cruise, Windjammer "Flying Cloud" - West Indies
Jungle lodging and river trips Amazonas, Iquitos-Peru.
Inca settlements in Machu Pichu and floating islands in Lake Titicaca, Peru
Puri, India
Kilimanjaro trail 5 days
Canaima Camp, Venezuela
Capitals and Metropoles
Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Tallin, Riga, Moscow,
Warsaw, Prague, Wien, Budapest, Belgrade, Bern, Lausanne,
Frankfurt, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, London, Brussels, Amsterdam,
Paris, Nice, Monaco, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Cairo, Madrid,
Lisbon, Gibraltar, Valetta, Limasol, Dubrovnik, Funchal, New York,
Washington D.C., Atlanta, Tampa, Orlando, Chicago, Toronto,
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Caracas, Lima, La Paz,
Johannesburg, Durban, Dar es Salaam, Lusaka, New Delhi,
Bhubaneshwar, Puri, Colombo, Singapore, Manila, Beijing,
Bangkok, Dubai, Fujairah.
Islands
Mediterranean:
Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, Malta, Gozo, Cyprus, Sifnos,Poros, Egina, Hwar, Pantelleria.
Canaries:
Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Isla La Palma.
Caribbean:
Trinidad/Tobago, Barbados, Virgin Islands, St Barthelemy,
St. Martin, Guadeloupe, Tortola, Antigua, PuertoRico, Anguilla.
Other islands:
Seychelles-Mahe, Praline, Phuket, PhiPhi, Koh Lanta.
Madeira,Porto Santo, Phuket, Oahu.
Azores: Santa Maria, São Miguel
Mountains
Finnish Lapland:Haltia, Pallas, Ounas, Levi, Sokosti, Ylläs.
Scandinavia:Kebnekaise,Galdhöpiggen.
Africa:Mount Kilimanjaro.
Tenerife:El Teide