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  1. Lady at the Golden Circle

    Blog: A Lady in London - 11 July 2011

    Iceland is wild. There are few other places on Earth with as many active volcanoes, bubbling hot springs, spouting geysers, and glistening glaciers as the small island nation in the Atlantic. The famous natural monuments of the Golden Circle in Iceland feature each of these phenomena. When I planned my trip to Reykjavik, I knew [...]

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  2. Don’t Panic: Iceland’s South Coast by Car

    Blog: Vagabond3 - 8 October 2010

    Think of Iceland as Willy Wonka’s Factory if Willy Wonka were a botanist; the country has one of the most unique, ever-changing landscapes in the world.  The major attractions (The Golden Circle, Jökulsárlón, etc.) can be seen from any of a number of tours which are fairly easy to find and reasonably priced.  However, what [...]

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  3. Strokkur erupts with a Geysir

    Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 3 August 2010

    Update July 2010: An excerpt from this blog post appeared in the "Iceland Highlights" color photo section of the Lonely Planet Iceland guide (7th edition). Hooray for me.

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  4. Meet the Fosses*

    Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 9 December 2009

    *Foss = waterfall. As I'm sure the legions of Icelanders reading this blog will say, "Fosses" is NOT the plural of foss. I was going for a (hopefully) clever reference to a Ben Stiller movie which I have not actually seen.

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  5. the golden circle

    Blog: robbo joy (and now also slam) - 1 July 2009

    iceland: day 2. after a great night's sleep, splendid breakfast at our hostel, and confidently equipped with maps, we embarked to explore the "golden circle". this includes the natural attractions of pingvellir valley, geysir, and gulfoss waterfall.

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