Gearing up for the Aurora

March 13, 2018

We were picked up by our Northern Lights two female tour guides from the city’s tourism office. We swung by their office to better prepare us for the expected freezing temperatures while we drive to the wilderness to chase the aurora.

I thought my quadruple layers were sufficient to protect me from the cold. Hindi daw kaya.

tromso 160 at the tourism office

We drove for a few minutes to the tour operator’s head quarters.

tromso 162 winter suits

I only wore the bottom part because I felt warm from the heater.
tromso 164

Team Yee all set.
171 gearing up for the aurora March 13, 2018

I fell asleep while we drove for at least an hour to get out of the air pollution in the city. The best place to catch the aurora is in a pitch dark wilderness away from bright lights.

My daughter woke me because the aurora was already there. There were some vehicles and tourist buses that were already parked. We drove for a few more minutes to find our best spot.

She was the one who drove our van. She’s a Northern Lights veteran.
tromso 166 tour guide,  Tromso

It was hard to move. I didn’t realize it was this hard.
tromso 165 omb

Kira was our tour guide. She told us we were very lucky to see the Northern Lights on our first night. There were times they had to drive for 3 hours reaching as far as Finland just to find the boarealis. She said sometimes tourists stayed for a week and yet no aurora borealis showed up.
tromso 168 Kira

Kira taught us what is called the three three three survival guide.

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