Hola gente! Imagino que la mayoría ya olvidabais que este blog existía... Cierto, hace ya tiempo que no actualizo, pero ¿qué sería un blog sin este tipo de cosas? Estoy seguro que mil veces habéis leído a alguien disculparse por estar ocupado y en consecuencia no actualizar su blog. Pues bueno, yo no iba a ser menos... ;) Mi motivo es bastante simple. Los meses de abril y mayo han sido de lo más entretenidos. Hasta 10 personas han venido a visitarnos y ha habido fines de semanas donde 5 personas convivían en una misma habitación! Por consiguiente, los huecos libres [View Full Entry]

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Reykjavik was the base for our 3 day trip to Iceland over the last bank holiday in May. We arrived in late, but of course it was still very light; we only had 4hrs of darkness, very strange experience. On our first day we got up early and headed to the modern huge concert church, but unfortunately it was covered with scaffolding. I suppose like most churches in capital cities all round Europe. We did manage to get up the top of the sprier and get a great view across the city. Interestingly there are only 300,000 people in Iceland, so [View Full Entry]

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For my last bank holiday in the UK, I headed to the weird and wonderful Iceland, joined by Alison and Kiwi friends Sarah and Glen (pronounced "Glin"). We based ourselves in Reykjavik (staying at a really cool place called Home Luxury Apartments - if anyone is looking for a hotel tip) and headed off in the 4WD each day to explore the sprouting geysers, lava fields, ice-capped mountains, and thundering waterfalls that make up Iceland's breathtaking landscape. We didn't see any of the elves or trolls that lurk in the moutains according to Icelandic folklore, but we did get a chance [View Full Entry]

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Iceland is such a beautiful, unspoilt country. The views are spectacular since there aren't really any trees to get in the way! The water is delicious and it's just natural phenomenon after natural phenomenon. Alice and I did the Golden Circle Tour with Iceland Excursions. The hot chocolate at the Geysir café was the best deal. 200kr but free refills! I just wish I knew that beforehand so I could’ve bought it at the beginning of the stop rather than the end! Nuts. I don’t know how Icelanders survive there with the extremely high cost of everything but they do. I [View Full Entry]

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A few days visiting the beautiful country of Iceland. This was honestly one of the most interesting countries i've ever seen for it's natural beauty. One minute we were snowmobiling on top of a glacier resting on the crater of an active volcano, and the next we were scrambling along high cliff edges consisting of basalt rock resting on volcanic black sand....such a brilliant trip! Can't wait to go back! [View Full Entry]

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A glorious trip to Iceland with a group of friends consisting of 4 South Africans and 4 Aussies. Iceland, it seems, is a brilliant place to go for a swim - Silfra and the blue lagoon. Local food is another story entirely! The most spectacular moment was the Silfra dive - a dive in a crack between the American and Eurasian continents. The plates are drifting apart, apparently, at 2cm per year and the lake is made of melting water from a glacier so the visibility is unbelievable. It also proved to be useful when we were thirsty. The dive was [View Full Entry]

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Hey all, Today i just arrived back from iceland, it was probably the best place i have been to so far on my travels. We flew in late last wednesday night, and checked in to our little guest house, was a really good place, nice and close to the city centre. Iceland is the most expensvie country in all of Europe, and it really hurt the pockets! but was well worth it, juts to give you an idea, a pint of beer was approx £5! Our first day there we woke up early and decided to walk the streets of the [View Full Entry]

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Hola a tod@s otra vez! Después de unos días movidos entre viajecitos, visitas "inesperadas" (lo siento Pelón!) y un poco de faena (que no sienta mal de vez en cuando) me dispongo a explicaros lo que fue nuestro primer viaje "serio" por Islandia. Como siempre, somos unos buenos buitres y siempre en busca de gente de carnet al final conseguimos ir en coche a los sitios. Siempre funciona eh! :) Ya que los islandeses se toman Semana Santa en serio (jueves, viernes y lunes fiesta, sí señor!) pues aprovechamos para alquilar un coche e irnos durante tres días por el sur [View Full Entry]

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So. Iceland is crap. Now is a good time to come though, since the krona is at an all-time low! What that means for us on the skerry is higher prices - the US dollar is now at around 80 krona - a few weeks ago it was around 60, so that's 30% right there. The euro is at 125 - bfore it was around 90. Over 30% there. What this means for me is a huge fucking increase in travel costs this summer (unless the euro dips again -please, oh please let it dip). I had written down info on [View Full Entry]

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Iceland was probably colonised on a dare. Literally, the only things there are volcanic rocks covered by ice. Actually, it's more like ICE. Well, that's the way it seems as you fly into the capital city Reykjavik. Placed directly above The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Iceland is literally one gigantic lava field - well, a pretty cold lava field. The first day that we were there we checked into our hotel (nice and central with a view of the harbour - and many a corrugated iron roof) and went for a walk. The intention was to do the lonely planet self guided tour. [View Full Entry]

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