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martes, 28 de mayo de 2013

Planificando rutas / Planning routes

Todos los que alguna vez habéis hecho un "Road Trip" sabéis que los mayores dolores de cabeza se pasan antes de salir. El café y Google Maps se convierten en el aliado y el enemigo al mismo tiempo.

Everyone that has planned a road trip knows that the biggest "head-pains" happen before starting. The coffee and Google Maps became the best friend and the worst enemy at the same time.

Pues en esas estamos ahora mismo nosotros, dándole vueltas a que camino hemos de tomar para llegar al que será nuestro primer destino y primera fiesta con nuestros compañeros de viaje, en las Islas Lofoten

This is the stage where we are right now, finding out which route we should choose to arrive at our first destination and first party with our rally colleagues, at the Lofoten Islands.

Desde el punto de salida (Hamburgo) tenemos la posibilidad de cruzar Dinamarca hasta Malmö, siguiendo por Suecia en dirección a Estocolmo. Una vez allí, el plan es continuar la costa del Báltico pasando por Umea, para unos kilómetros mas adelante volver a adentrarnos hacia el interior de país para llegar a Kiruna. Desde ésta última ciudad hasta Lofoten ya es un camino directo.

From the starting point (Hamburg), we have the possibility to cross Denmark up to Malmö, following by Sweden direction to Stockholm. Once there, the plan is to continue trough the Baltic coast, crossing Umea to, some kilometres after turn to the inside of the country to arrive at Kiruna. From this last village to Lofoten is a direct way

Lo que mas nos gusta de esta ruta es que, además de suponer menos tiempo de viaje al ser por terreno mas llano, nos permite visitar muchas ciudades de Suecia.

What we like most of this route is that takes less time, as goes trough flatter areas and allows us to know more part of Sweden that the other route.

Esta es la ruta del Báltico. Unos 2.900km aproximadamente, íntegramente en coche. Estimamos unas 41h de viaje.

This is the Baltic route. 2.900km, fully by car. Around 41h of travel time.




La otra opción es cruzar Dinamarca dirección Norte, para cruzar hasta Suecia usando el ferry de Frederikshavn a Göteborg. Una vez de nuevo en tierra firme, continuaríamos por carretera a través de Oslo para llegar a la carretera de los Trolles (Trollstigen) y la Carretera del Atlántico.

The other option is to cross Denmark heading North, to cross over Sweden using a ferry fro Frederikshavn to Göteborg. On land again, we will continue the road trough Oslo up to the Trolls road (Trollstigen) and the Atlantic Road.

Ya situados en la costa del Atlántico, nuestra ruta bordearía la costa hasta las Islas Lofoten.

Once in the Atlantic coast, our route follows the coastline up to the Lofoten Islands.

De esta ruta, nos gusta que al discurrir por lugares mas montañosos, debería brindarnos mejores paisajes, además de darnos la oportunidad de visitar Oslo y Göteborg. Por otro lado, pese a que haríamos menos kms en coche, lo escarpado del terreno y el ferry hacen que necesitemos de casi 6 horas mas para llegar a las Islas Lofoten.

As of this route, we like that goes trough highlands, that sould provide better landscapes. Also, gives us the opportunity to visit Oslo and Göteborg. On the other side, although making less kms by car, the difficult of the road and the ferry makes the journey almost 6 hours longer.

Esta es la ruta del Atlántico. Unos 2.800km en coche y 4 horas en ferry desde a Dinamarca a Suecia. Estimamos unas 47 horas de viaje.

This is the Atlantic route. 2.800km by car and 4 hours in a ferry fron Denmark to Sweden. We estimate 47 hours of travel time.




Así pues, nos gustaría conocer vuestra opinión, basada en vuestras experiencias, puntos de vista o idas de olla, todo (o casi todo) será bien recibido. Por supuesto, no tenéis que limitaros a contestar solo a la encuesta, tenéis mas abajo los comentarios para poder extenderos a gusto.

Said that, we would like to know your opinion  experience-based, point of view or crazy ideas. Everything will be welcome. Of course, you are not limited to the poll, at the end of the page you can add comments to express yourself with more freedom. 




Gracias a todos!

Pegasus Team

martes, 2 de abril de 2013

For our non-Spanish speakers friends

We are very happy seeing that day after day our (not yet started) adventure is followed by more readers around the world. In fact, we are living in a non-spanish speaker country and our work mates asked us to write some lines in English to know what we are doing. So, let's go!

On the last two weeks of June, we are going to participate in a charity rally around the Baltic Sea, with a 20-year old Volvo, no GPS and avoiding motorways. Our route starts in Hamburg and the finish line is in Berlin, going across 10 different countries:
  • Germany
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
  • Norway
  • Finland
  • Russia
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Poland

You can find out more information about the rally, his rules and where the charity founds go in the official webpage:

http://balticrally.superlative-adventure.com/

We are looking also for supporters, meaning that any help or idea will be VERY welcome!

As one of the rules is that the model of the car used should be at least 20 year old, we bought a 1994 Volvo 850 2.5 10v (the model was presented at 1992, and that's why complies with the rule) with 225.000 km over his back. Some early pictures can be seen here

We affectionately called him "Pegasus", in honour to the Spanish make of industrial vehicles and sport cars "Pegaso", disappeared in 1994, after being bought by Iveco in 1990. More information about the brand Pegaso, and the fascinating Pegaso Z-102 can be found here.

My team mate, Fran Castillo and myself, Hector Suarez, we will try to keep this blog updated with our latest progress, also in English. You can use the links in the right side to subscribe to our RSS feed and be informed when we add new content.

Thanks everyone for your support, and feel free to write us in the comments!