Travel Digest #1260

Introduction

Hello everyone! This is @ybanezkim26 and I'll be presenting today's edition of #TravelDigest although it's a little bit late based on the usual schedule. Anyway, in our featured posts, we have a hike in Norway, a historical site in Scotland, and a cage dive with the sharks in Australia. Enjoy!

All featured posts are visible on the Editors Choice Map and upvoted by @pinmapple, @blocktrades, @theycallmedan and the curation trail. For more travel digests check out #traveldigest.

Our winners today 🍍

🥇 Høgsvora, the best hike I've ever had (1163 masl) by @pusen

My girlfriends dad really wanted to take me to a mountaintop called Høgsvora. He described it as a pretty rough hike that starts out lightly but gets more intense the higher we get. With my girlfriend and her mother not being in tip top shape due to some recent injuries they went with a lighter mountaintop.

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🥈 Scotland – Scalloway's importance during WWII (Shetland) by @digi-me

A couple of years ago, I went with a friend on a week-long trip to the Orkney and the Shetland Islands. She had been to both archipelagos before, but I knew almost nothing about them. I joined her at short notice, but she promised me wild and beautiful scenery and lots of history. Both archipelagos are of significanse in so many ways. The connection to Norway is evident wherever we went on the islands. Archeological excavations leaves evidence of settlements that goes back to the Stone Age. The vikings settled here more than a thousand years ago and left a deep impact on the islands during 500 years. During WWII Scalloway became the headquarter for the resistance movement. This movement was nicknamed "The Shetland Bus" and was organized missions across the North Sea between Norway and Shetland. Small fishing vessels carried weapons, equipment, refugees etc. during the darkest nights.

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🥉 Third times a charm - Great white shark cage diving by @terrybogan

After the briefing it's time to select cage groups. With today's numbers on board there will be five groups. Jack gave us first dibs as we were trying for our third time. He told us over the last week or so the sharks have been showing up within half hour of arriving.

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