Finland Photo Gallery - Weeks 6~7

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1 - Karelian kantele player
 at Parppeinvaara Bardic Village
2 - Ruhkaranta Camping
 overlooking Lake Nuorajärvi
3 - Sunset over Nuorajärvi
     at Ruhkaranta Camping
4 - Restored canal locks
    at Mökö ironworks

5 - Gravel road through pine forests
 leading to Petkeljärvi National Park
6 - Sausage supper grilled over
camp-fire at Petkeljärvi National Park
7 -  The glacial esker-ridge paths
    of Petkeljärvi National Park
8 - Cloudscape reflected in still lake
 waters from Petkeljärvi esker-ridge

 
9 - Bog Bilberry flowers (Vaccinium uliginosum) on Petkeljärvi esker-tip 10 - Tip of Korkeasärkkä esker-ridge
  in Petkeljärvi National Park
11 - Bog Rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) in Petkeljärvi National Park 12 - Ilomantsi Lutheran Church -
 the Church of 100 Angels

 
13 - Portrayal of God the Creator
  at Ilomantsi Lutheran Church
14 - Camp at Taistelijan Talo
 (Fighters' House) in Hattuvaara
15 - Gravelled lane through forest
 leading out to Easternmost Point
16 - Border Zone warning sign
  approaching Easternmost Point

 
17 - Finland's and EU's accessible
 Easternmost Point
18 - Border-posts at Lake Virmajärvi
 marking Finnish~Russian border
19 - Orthodox chapel (tsasouna in
  Karelian) in Hattuvaara village
20 -  The unsurfaced Route 522
 Via Karelia north from Hattuvaara

 
21 - Wild-camp at Suomu Information
 Hut in Patvinsuo National Park
22 - Lingonberry flowers
 in Patvinsuo National Park
23 - Ruunaa Trekking Centre
 set among pine forests
24 - Canoeist battling with wild
 water at Neitikoski Rapids

 
25 - Board-walk across marshland
    at Ruunaa Trekking Area
26 - Newly formed Cloudberry fruit
     (Rubus chamaemorus)
27 - Cranberry flowers (Vaccinium
oxycoccus
) growing on sphagnum
28 - Midge-net protection
   essential in Ruunaa forests

 
29 - Steady nerves and skill
 on the Neitikoski Rapids
30 - The Siikakoski rapids on
 the fast-flowing Lieksanjoki river
31 - Insectivorous Round-leafed
 Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
32 - Lentuankosken Camping
  on the shores of Poroselkä Lake

 
33 - Fisherman on Poroselkä Lake
   in soft late evening light
34 - Trenches and dugout from the
 Motti battles on Saunajärvi road
35 - Memorial to Russian war dead from battles along Saunajärvi road 36 - Memorial to Finnish war dead
  at Kilpelänkangas

 
37 - End of the Saunajärvi road by
Finnish border post at Russian border
38 - Finnish~Russian border - Access
  without permission prohibited
39 - Barbecue at Lentuankosken
Camping on shores of Poroselkä Lake
40 - Midge-free breakfast in morning sunshine at Lentuankosken Camping
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