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Day 4
My final day in Norrland and I'm
already missing it. Even though it was down to -14 in Vännäs and Vindeln,
it didn't feel so cold; mostly likely because of the fact that snow was
present, unlike Stockholm...
I decided to wake up early in Umeċ, 05:15 I think it was and walked to the
city bus station, Vasaplan to get some morning shots.
About two hours later, the rush hour started and I photographed it fast
and went for Skellefteċ afterwards. The ironic thing here is that this is
something that is not everyday in Umeċ, i.e. two SL-colored buses in Umeċ.
They are (were) here since Veolia, the operator of the local bus service
in Umeċ, had shortage in buses. From June this year, it will be Swebus
running here in Umeċ, for better or worse...
As said earlier, I went directly for
Skellefteċ, took the slower bus to Skellefteċ about one hour before
planned and got to Skellefteċ about 50 minutes earlier than planed. The
main goal in Skellefteċ was to photograph the biogas buses you see in this
picture.
This is just so typical Norrland, something
that I just love. Buses are used as a mean of transporting passengers
as well as goods. Some bus lines have long long pauses along its route
so the driver or Bussgods (the company that organizes all this) would have
time to load.
The 16:20 rush hour at Skellefteċ. This time
I actually managed to get some moving shots, unlike my last visit where it
was completely dark.
And finally a picture of two Skelleftebuss
at the bus station before I took the bus to Bastuträsk and the night train
back down to boring Stockholm... |
