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Published: June 18th 2007
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Big Geyser
The big one. Iceland.
Who goes to Iceland? Well, that's pretty much the reason we went. Our entire trip that we planned had revolved around the 'tourist hotspots,' and Logan and I decided we wanted go somewhere a little off the beaten path.
The first thing I noticed about Iceland when flying over was how flat it was. If the sea level rised a few feet, Iceland would be plunged into the Ocean. I couldn't help but hope that Al Gore's
Invonvenient Truth didn't become an inconvenient reality for Iceland.
"Iceland" doesn't quite fit its name. The place was actually quite green; the natural beauty, quite astonishing. I can definitely say the same thing for the women on the island as well. Logan and I really couldn't believe how many beautiful women there are in Iceland. Walking down the streets was like walking through the Playboy Mansion; blonde hair, blue eyed bombshells. Not to mention that the ratio of women to men in Iceland is 7 to 1. Not bad if you're a single guy.
The first day we got there happened to be Iceland's National Day. So we went to the store, bought 6 or 7 beers,
Silica! I Think I put Too Much On.
This stuff is supposed to cleanse your pores or something. You're only supposed to put a little on your face. and headed to the town center. The town center was packed with a sea of blonde head girls. I couldn't help but feel sorry for the 'unfortunate looking' girls of Iceland, the odds are already against them, and the ratio doesn't help at all.
After our 5th or 6th beer, Logan and I started to wonder why we couldn't feel a thing after a decent amount of beer in our systems. The beer was only 2.2% alcohol volume. 2.2%! A normal beer is around 4 or 5%. Iceland is quite strict on their alcohol. They had prohibition until 1989! Turns out, that because of the winter months it is pretty much dark all the time, and people turned into alcoholics. Luckily we were there during summer, and there was pretty much 3 days of sunlight the entire time we were there. Quite eerie walking around at 2 AM and it looks like it's more like 4 or 5 PM.
Iceland is expensive. I mean really bloody expensive. It is about 1 and a half times more expensive than England, and England is already two times more expensive than America! Ahh, so Logan lived on hotdogs for three days while
Iceland From the Air
My first sight of Iceland. I lived on the cheapest bread, and some jam and cheese (don't worry, I took my vitamins mom).
The next day was Blue Lagoon. This place is amazing. Natural hot springs from the Earth's core and they turned it into a spa. The first thing you notice is the bright, milky blue water. Didn't quite seem natural. We met a lovely young lad from Britain named Ben who accompanied us throughout most of Iceland. The three of us spent 4 or so hours soaking up the warmth, and cleansing our pores with this white stuff called Silica.
Once we got back Logan and I spent a few intense hours of table tennis. I believe I won around 10 or 11 games, and he won one or two (next time Logan).
We also played a game of scrabble with these two birds from Missouri. We broke pretty much every rule there is, and Logan beat me with his classy word of "Dickvane." Which a) Isn't appropriate, b) Is two words, and c) 'vane' is spelled vein. But I let him have it after the brutal loss at table tennis.
The girls we were playing with were two students studying geology
Milky Blue
The water was an eerie milky bright sky blue. The picture doesn't do the color of the water justice. and sent to Iceland on research. I happened to know that the American and the European tectonic plates happened to meet around a certain point on the island (it's amazing what you can learn from a brochure), and jokingly asked them if they were going to go. It was great, the one girl's face lit up, and excitedly exclaimed "YES! Oh my God, yes; are you going to go!?" as if this was the apex of their lives. Wow..
That same night we met some girls named Cynthia and Sofie. We were going to go on a tour of Iceland at an astounding $150 charge, but decided it was much cheaper to split the car 5 ways with Ben, Logan, Cynthia, Sofie and I.
Cynthia was quite normal, but Sofie was one of those really melodramatic, artsy kind of girls. She didn't have a sense of humor, and of course this really got Logan and I going and messed around the entire next day while she just sighed and shook her head.
We toured around the Southwest of Iceland, and saw some really amazing sights. We saw an astonishingly beautiful lake, saw the natural geysers in the town
of Geyser (wonder how they got that name), saw a grandesque waterfall, and also an extinct volcano crater. Quite a day. The geyser was easily the best of the lot. The place stank of sulfur though, which smells exactly like egg. This happens to be what the water smells like as well when you take a shower in Iceland since they pump it straight up without purifying it, so everyone walks around smelling of egg. Lovely. The geyser shot up probably around 50 feet in the air, and some of the water happened to fall on me. Ow. It is over 212 degrees farenheit, naturally I felt a bit of pain shoot through my body.
After the geyser we went to the beautiful waterfall, and following that was the extinct volcano. We ended off the day by buying two carafes of wine and watching the never ending sunset off the horizon of Iceland. Quite a day. Quite the 72 hours.
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Ahhh, so it makes sense now why every night you slept with 7 women, no less, no more. You make me proud!!