2018 – White Sea NW Russia
Winter February / March 2018 This icy trip took us through the Swedish and Finnish Laplands, across the Russian Kola Peninsula far north of the Polar circle further on over …
2017 IRAN
2017 – summer trip to Iran 30 June – 5 August (8 August – LR) Toyota: 17.340 km – 3000 ltrs petrol Land Rover: A bit more; some 19.500 km …
2016 Azerbaijan, Georgia and other places
Started leg 1 via Belarus and Russia; quick transportation with a 2 day stop for a full and professional car service in Volgograd (as usual) whereafter the “real” trip commenced …
2015 – Winter trip to the most northerly Laplands
Travelling the Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian and Russian Laplands and celebrating christmas in Russian Murmansk was a perfect break from the commercial traditions. Highlights were the Finnish ski resorts Ylläs and …
Central Asia & Russia 2015
Our summer trip 2015 aimed at discovering the south west areas and central Russia, sniffing on central Asia with Kazakstan and Kyrgyzstan and to tackle parts of the legendary Silk …
Armenia, Georgia
A party of ten persons from SWES carried out a short but highly rewarding preparatory “expedition” to the historically troubled region of Armenia and Georgia. We travelled in 3 rented …
Russia – Ukraine – Turkey – SE Europe
Temat var geopolitik med fokus på Sovjets/Rysslands påverkan i Europa idag. Kriget tog inte slut 1945; det “förflutna” lever i allra högsta grad över hela sydöstra Europa. Ukraina rustar även …
The Balkans 2013
A high speed short tour of the Balkans – Albania and Kosovo inclusive – offered many memorable meetings with ordinary local people off the main roads. 8020 km/1684 liters petrol. …
Russia – Murmansk, Kirovsk, Finland (Lapland)
Deep frozen landscape as from mid Sweden temperatures down do – 37 celcius. Did not even think about skiing in Finnish Lapland and instead continued to Murmansk followed by staying …