Strawhat Hiking - to Hell and Back Day 2

Happy Monday everyone,

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So I'm back today with a fully functional PC and I was surprised to see that I had passed 500 followers which feels great, so I want to thank everyone for the support!😘

I will be posting much more often now that I'm back in school and have more time with computers.

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DAY 2

When I woke up on the second day in Helvetinjärvi National Park the first thing I noticed was how silent and still everything was. It was so calming so I walked down to the pier and sat there for a while listening to music while I waited for the others to wake up. Here is a picture I took while I sat there where you can see how calm it was. Really a perfect spot to relax in the morning:

As I mentioned in the first post the terrain in the park is different from spot to spot so sometimes you would walk up a lot of stairs and in other places you had to walk through marshes on planks that were put out like this:

It's pretty funny cause one bad step and your shoe is going to be drained so you had to focus on walking straight while looking at the beautiful scenery at the same time.

After walking for about 4 hours we arrived at another lake that was equally beautiful and still so I walked out on the dry rocks carefully to get a good photo.

Break Time

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We decided to stay close to the lake and take a break from walking. There was a fireplace nearby so we cooked up some food and refilled on water from a well. We stayed there for a while and just relaxed and listened to music after we had eaten. The weather wasn't the most beautiful but it was actually perfect for hiking. Not to hot and not to cold!

I took a couple more photos on the trail before we arrived at the "hotspots". We had arranged it so that we would see the best for last and then just find a place to overnight near the camper so we could leave early in the morning.

Here are a few pictures from the trail before the best part of the park:

The biggest anthill we saw on the whole trail. Those little guys really know how to put in work!

Finally we arrived at a place with directions to the different sites.

As you can see there are a lot of different places in the park but we decided not to follow any of these paths and instead went to see the "hotspot" at Helvetinkolu where there also is a lookout spot/vantage point.

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Hell's Hole and our last night!

We arrived at the lookout point first, it was pretty high up and the scenery was incredible. Here is the best picture I was able to take from there:

It was a really beautiful spot and from there it was only a short way to the real hotspot.
The Hell's Hole!

Me and my friends obviously had to walk down and check it out from close. It looked so cool from the top and even cooler from the bottom. It's pretty insane how movements in the earth's crust can result in this. I also liked how both the different sides are completely different. One is just rock and the other is all green.

After we had walked up and down for a while and looked at everything it started to get a little late and the sun was starting to set so we had to find a good place for the night.

Here is the last picture I took during our trip and it's from our last camping site. It's one of my favorite pictures from the whole trip:

After this picture was taken I took a dip in the lake to cool off from all the walking and after that we just sat around the fireplace until we went to sleep.

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That was the last part of this post and I hope you enjoyed it. I had an incredible time there in Helvetinjärvi and I absolutely recommend it to anyone that has the chance to visit it.

Please leave a comment below and let me know what you guys think and remember to follow!

Have a great start of the week guys and let's Steem it up!

Peace out, Strawhat