EV10: Day 24: Turku to Kalasuntti (Teijo National Park)

Started a bit late, and first I had to run some errands, like getting a Finnish SIM card and fixing my lowrider. A rather special part had broken (probably down to the very shaky roads in northern Poland and Saxony), and I couldn’t find a proper replacement, so again I did it using my MacGyver skills. 😉

Then my first entertaining moment was when I saw the young guy who had passed me very fast on his e-chopper bike — he had run out of battery. Those are the little things that make you happy on a bike. 😂

I am now riding the King’s Road, the most important route from Russia to Sweden in former times. And it’s so much fun to ride on these great Finnish cycle roads! 😍

Today I had already decided in advance where I want to sleep, as you need to plan a bit more here in Finland, where civilization can be a bit more sparse. I had found a shelter on a little island in a national park, with a fireplace, a dry toilet and a fresh-water lake to swim in. The last kilometre wasn’t suitable for bicycles, however not worse than Polish roads. 😉 And I was so glad I made it there. You had to pull yourself over to the island using a little ferry, and everything was so nice and calm.

The swim in the evening was amazing, and I set up my hammock right by the lake. This was definitely one of the highlights of my trip so far.

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