Finland Photo Gallery - Weeks 4~5

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1 - Hamina Camping set on the
 shore of the Gulf of Finland
2 - Central Bastion at Hamina, now
a marquee-covered events arena
3 - Hamina's Frederikinkatu with
 Russian town-house and Town Hall
4 - St John's Lutheran Church
and War Cemetery at Hamina

5 - Bilberry flowers (Vaccinium myrtillus) growing at Salpa Linja 6 - Bearberry flowers
   (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
7 -  Soviet T34 tank faces Finnish
 tank traps at Salpa Linja
8 - Flaring sunset over Gulf of
    Finland at Vaalimaa Camping

 
9 - Finnish~Russian border crossing
 at Vaalimaa
10 - Lappeenranta War cemetery
  from 1939~44 WW2
11 - Lappee wooden church at
 Lappeenranta consecrated in 1794
12 - Lappeenranta harbour viewed
   from Linnoitus (Castle) Hill

 
13 - Albert Einstein sculpted in sand
 at Lappeenranta sandcastles display
14 - Meeting with Zahra
  at Lappeenranta
15 - Boat passing through Mustola
   lock on the Saimaa Canal
16 - Imatra HEP dam spanning the
 now dry gorge of Vuoksi River

17 - Vuoksen Fishing Park Camping
   overlooking Vuoksi River
18 - Church of the Three Crosses
  designed by Alvar Aalto
19 - Black Headed Gull nesting at
  the Siikalahti Wetlands
20 - The Siikalahti Wetlands Nature
   Reserve in pouring rain

 
21 - The narrow, steep-sided
 glacial esker-ridges of Punkaharju
22 - Mannila-Rantakatti
  Farm-Camping
23 - Kokonharju Forest Trail 24 - Kerimäki wooden church, built
   in 1847 and seating 3,000

 
25 - Interior of Kerimäki
   wooden church
26 - Chain-ferry across the
     Hanhivirta narrows
27 - The Nahkiaissalo nature trail
  in Kolovesi National Park
28 - Lingonberry flowers and buds
   in Kolovesi National Park

 
29 - Wild-camp at Kirkkoranta
  in Kolovesi National Park
30 - Camp-fire at Kirkkoranta wild-camp in Kolovesi National Park 31 - Camp-fire at Kirkkoranta wild-camp in Kolovesi National Park 32 - Sunset over the Kolovesi
 lakes at Kirkkoranta wild-camp

 
33 - Kermankoski rapids linking lakes of the Heinävesi water system 34 - Keimankeidas Camping
 overlooking Kermankoski Rapids
35 - Karvion Canal and locks
 bypassing rapids
36 - Flight of four locks on
 the Varistaipale Canal

 
37 - Iconostasis in the Chapel
   at Lintula Orthodox Convent
38 - Mother of God of Jerusalem
  
icon at Lintula Orthodox Convent
39 - Iconostasis in Valamon
  Orthodox Monastery Church
40 - The parkland setting of
  Linnunlahti Camping at Joensuu
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