Midnights without Sun @ Nordkapp

We planned our holiday to nordics with an idea of watching the midnight Sun from Nordkapp. We were following the weather for weeks before we set out. We faced some gray weather in Oslo and Bergen but Nordkapp forecasts were still looking great. We flew via Tromso and found gorgeous sunny weather on the way. As we approached Hammerfest the weather turned gray and it turned foggy by the time we landed next to a small hut type airport terminal in Honningsvag. Needless to say our first reaction was “oh my god” but it was just noon and we planned to stay here for two full days (and nights). Drive to Rica Hotel was quite nice and we soon got to know that the weather will just get worse and it will continue over next few days…

Once I got over my early disappointment it made me think. We are used to ‘push button’ or ‘on demand’ lifestyle in global cities like Hong Kong and we seldom think about the supreme power of Mother Nature. We made our plans two months back and we wanted the weather to play as per our script. But weather had something else in mind and it decided to hide the sun from us. Once we accepted the fact that you can’t win against nature it was very easy to start enjoying fogged out and rainy Honningsvag. We talked for hours, we walked in the rain, ate like there is no tomorrow and listened to some great music… We were disappointed not to have an opportunity to see the midnight sun from the northern most point in Europe but hey how many people really get so close to the North pole. We are just 2000 km away fm the North Pole and enjoying the dark side of Nordkapp.

And we have decided that we’ll come back again to 71*10’21” N.