Next stop: Byxelkrok, Öland

A friend of my suggested that I should visit Byxelkrok if I was going to Öland this summer. So the next stop had to be Byxelkrok (because I am still in Öland).

This was a nice little town.


The harbour of Byxelkrok

This is where I slept. I had some germans to the right. Here I have removed my Miyata MTB and are ready to go explorering.



I found a nice trail north of Byxelkrok. The weather was fantastic and I was really enjoying my time.

This is the beacharea south of Byxelkrok.

After som cycling I took a bath. Quite warm in the water thanks to the klappersten (the sort of mountain here).



A nice old Miyata STP steel triple butted, love this bike on the vacation. Takes me to places I never been before.



Enjoying life, nude bathing. Yes it was a bit could at first, I admitt it :-)



This is my inverter, powering my computer and charging my phone. It didnt work perfect, for example it didnt work when the engine was running..



I took the bicycle to this place, a lighthouse. Långe Erik is at the most north you can come. (In the island of Öland that is)

Next stop at the island Öland, Hagapark (surfspot)

Ok, I forgot about writing about the trip to a island called Öland (july 2012). This is i a place that many Swedes goes to in the summer, mostly in July when the Swedish summer probably shows its best sides.

As a former windsurfer I had to check out a place very wellknown for Surfers and kitesurfers:

Hagapark is located between Färjestaden and Mörbylånga. If you come from the big bridge (that you drove over to get to the island, Öland) then you drive by a camping called Eriksöre, then a couple of kilometers you turn right to get to Hagapark.

Hagapark. Here are som pictures:


Hagapark windsurfers waiting for some more winds :-)

There was quite a lot of kitesurfer out on the sea also. This picture is just outside of the surfer shop.

A female kitesurfer, not so often seen.

I sleept in my the ordinary place, at the bird sanctuary. However camping is not allowed here. Not the best place to sleep in but there is a toilet nereby. Bird lovers and other come quite early with the cars in the morning. And also in the middle of the night there was to females that came and put there Bmws light right at me.  They woke me up.. No worries tho. Nice to also take a morning walk into the bird santuary and se som small frogs and a bird now and then :-)



This is at the surfparking by the beach. Here you can stand on the days for free. However it is not allowed to park here in the night. This is a nice Type2 (i think?) Volkswagen Surfbus :-)



I also took a walk to the south from Hagapark and found some sort of art in the forrest. There must have been a festival of some sort, cause there was still some tents in the woods. Looked like som "hippie" people :-)



This was a nice stairway, Of course I had to try it out. Looked like it could fall, and i said it was on your own risk to climb the stairs.

Hagapark Surfcenter. This was earlier driven by a family who had a good looking daughter (also a windsurfer). They lived i a caravan at the camping site during summer and opening time. They had this shop open during summer and I think they otherwise worked in Kalmar or something (dont remember). I alwasy thougt they seemed to live a good life! However I dont know if it is the same owner now.