Exchange to Uppsala: FREEze and Easy in Abisko (21 Feb to 26 Feb)

It was an 18 hours train ride to reach Abisko, the best place on Earth to see the Auroras. The train ride was damn bad, you get so tired and you just cant get to sleep on that chair. Abisko is really a 'No mans land', where its town has a total population of only 70 inhabitants. It was really just snow and more snow up there. Here is a video on the train when it was changing a 'restaurant' cabin.

And there in front, somewhere on the tip of that mountain is the Aurora SkyStation. A very pretty dog.
This is below the mountains. In the woods, snow can go up to above my knee level.
On the first day, we went Ice climbing. Look at those shoes I wear, there are so heavy and hard that I can't even move my ankle at all.
Don't I look like some China fireman?
Climbing this ice is impossible, we were really a joke haha.

German, Finnish, Turkish and a American we met there who are on exchange too.This is the at the bottom of the mountain and its the first time I ever wore this damn yellow jacket which I borrowed from my friend because they say its going to freeze like hell up there. I look like one damn banana waiting to be peeled. We estimated a -19degC up there.
There is only one way up the mountain, and it is via this damn chairlift.. scary.. have to go up 2000metres on this!!! Imagine taking just this to the tip of Genting, yes the same height as genting.

Well it was an unlucky first night, we didn't get to see the Northern lights. However, the scenery up there was exhilirating. The view of the vast mountains on the right, and a lake that is totally frozen on the left. The lake is so huge, estimated 20-15km and the whole damn thing was frozen!

On the 2nd day we went skiing! I love it so much that I really really feel like going back again.

Again I have to wear this tele-tubbie coat again so that I don't get wet and freeze.

It is what they called nordic skiing and we have to skii through woods like this.

Until we find a good place to sit and have our lunch,

and with awe-inspiring views like this eating our biscuits.

A fozen river below, with skii trails on it.

Trying to act like a pro.

Look at how my friend Venki skiis, really a joke haha.

And now its my turn...

On the 2nd night, the temperature went crazy... A FREEZING -24degC. But maybe its because of this temperature that we were really lucky to at least catch abit of the northern lights.

And now the last day. Haha finally see a real snowman. Say hi to him!