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Video: Whale Watching in Husavik, Iceland
Blog: WildJunket - 10 November 2011
From somewhere beyond the tranquility comes a spray of water and a slow-motion flip of a fluke. It’s a humpback whale. Just meters away from our old sailboat. I watch in awe as it glides gently by the bow of our boat, shyly peeking at us through the water surface.
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Whitewater Rafting in the Glacial River of Northern Iceland
Blog: WildJunket - 8 November 2011
“It’s all about teamwork!” Our rafting instructor Girish shouts loudly to overcome the deafening sounds of the gushing water around us.
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Snorkeling Between Tectonic Plates in Iceland
Blog: WildJunket - 29 September 2011
Dressed in a bulky dry suit, airtight hood and gloves, I’m taking the plunge into the glacial waters of a narrow crack.
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Chasing the Northern Lights at Hotel Rangá
Blog: WildJunket - 27 September 2011
Mention Iceland and you often conjure images of glaciers, waterfalls, volcanoes and most of all, the Northern Lights.
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Photoblog: Waterfalls, Glaciers and Valleys of Southwest Iceland
Blog: WildJunket - 27 September 2011
Intense, dramatic and colossal: the Southwestern coastline of Iceland is treacherous yet mystical.
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In Pictures: The Blue Lagoon – Iceland
Blog: Nomadic Notes Travel Blog - 21 September 2011
[Blue Lagoon] I have a natural reistance to anything that is said to be a must see. When visitng Iceland you will hear this said about the Blue Lagoon. There is no escaping it. There are brochures and advertising everywhere, and the thought of not going makes you feel like you haven’t been to Iceland [...]In Pictures: The Blue Lagoon – Iceland from Nomadic Notes Travel Blog
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Hiking Iceland’s Most Active Volcano, Eyjafjallajökull
Blog: WildJunket - 19 September 2011
The wind was howling and the snow was raging. In the bleak midst of grey ash and white ice atop the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, the scene looked straight out of a disaster movie.
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Ice and Spikes: Climbing the Sólheimajökull Glacier in Iceland
Blog: WildJunket - 18 September 2011
Left, right, ice sticks in; left, right, feet up. Forceful arm strides followed by small, heavy steps. It sounded easy enough. But once I got on that vertiginous wall of ice, it was clearly not the case.
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Lady in Reykjavik
Blog: A Lady in London - 12 July 2011
Iceland’s rugged natural scenery and geothermal mysteries are what attract most visitors. Reykjavik is often overlooked as a destination, serving merely as an arrival and departure point for travel to far-flung glaciers, geysers, and geothermal gems. But the capital city deserves a visit in its own right, and I intended to explore it on my [...]
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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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Nordic Adventures in Iceland
Blog: WildJunket - 30 June 2011
This is a guest post by Mags Yip. Cold. Bitter. Ghostly. Barren. While that might be what most people think of Iceland, I beg to differ. Iceland seduced me just minutes after arriving in Keflavik.
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Top 5 Natural Wonders of Reykjavik
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 13 May 2011
Reykjavik is located in the southwest of Iceland and is home to some of the world’s most stunning natural scenery.
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Eating out in Reykjavik
Blog: Pommie Travels - 27 April 2011
The scenic and modern city of Reykjavic, Iceland is located on the very edge of Europe – but you wouldn’t know it from the contemporary cuisine on offer. And because the capital city is relatively small a great selection of restaurants are at your finger-tips. Local Icelandic food is both fresh and different from anything [...]
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The Coldest Boat Ride Ever
Blog: Vagabond3 - 12 April 2011
I should first come right out with it: I paid to go on this boat ride. It was actually a tour of Jokulsarlon and the boat’s top speed was 5 mph, so it wasn’t life threatening or anything. It was however, the coldest day of my life. Despite the cold, this was also the coolest (and not temperature) boat ride ever. 220 miles from Reykjavik, Bob and I had driven...
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A Steamy Time at Iceland’s Geysirs
Blog: Vagabond3 - 5 January 2011
Geysir eruptions on a tour of the Golden Circle in Iceland. Haukadalur Valley is an extremely active geothermal area, in fact the original Geysir from which all others derive their...
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World’s Strangest Hotels
Blog: Vagobond.com - 7 November 2010
Exploring the world's strangest hotels is certainly a fun thing to do, given the extremes hotels have gone to, just in the name of being "strange".
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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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5 Things to Round Out a Day in Reykjavik
Blog: Vagabond3 - 16 September 2010
Tourism in Iceland is mobile, people want to get out of the cities and see the countryside. Due to this, Reykjavik has more tours leaving from it than any other city I have ever visited. Which means, there are tons of people returning to the city either in the afternoon or mid-day with plenty of [...]
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The Exploding Geysirs of Iceland’s Golden Circle
Blog: Vagabond3 - 2 September 2010
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o4E-Ie_j_k You may have heard of a geysir before, but what you are about to see is the original Geysir. Of course, that is not what you will see erupt. These eruptions are from Geysir’s neighbor, Strokkur, and, in the geothermically active valley of Haukadalur, there is so much steam and scalding hot water, you [...]
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More on Iceland
Blog: Orn's travel blog - South-East Asia and China - 25 August 2010
Did you know that there are 1.47 sheep for every human in Iceland and in 1980 there were 3.65 sheep for every Icelander? There are however 4.14 persons per Icelandic horse and about 12 of us per milking cow. More along those lines here. On another note, here I saw that the Penis museum in [...]
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How To: Iceland’s Famous Hot Dog
Blog: Vagabond3 - 16 August 2010
My immediate impression after trying the “famous hotdogs” from BAJARINS BESTU in Reykjavik, was that they were pretty good but short of extra-ordinary. I mean, they were hot dogs- plain and simple. Then suddenly weeks later and thousands of miles away, thoughts of the lamb, pork and beef dog snapping as I bit into layers [...]
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Photos from around Iceland
Blog: Orn's travel blog - South-East Asia and China - 4 August 2010
We just came back from another great trip around Iceland where we were accompanied by a great couple from Switzerland – Bob and Natasha. Natasha posted a few fantastic photos from the trip on her blog so go check them out by clicking here! I’m sure she’ll post some more stuff from her trip to [...]
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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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From north to east
Blog: Orn's travel blog - South-East Asia and China - 18 July 2010
I never got around to finish that round trip of Iceland so here it goes. We left Húsavík on the north coast, the town I grew up in, and headed towards Egilsstaðir in the east where my mother lives. The drive from Húsavík to Egilsstaðir is about three and a half hours so we weren’t [...]
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Húsavík – the Lodano of Iceland
Blog: Orn's travel blog - South-East Asia and China - 14 June 2010
Here is the second post from my friend Deepak from our trip around Iceland. All opinions are his and not mine :) The title of the post comes from the fact that when in Switzerland I advertized Húsavík – my home town – a lot as the best place on earth. Natasha, my friend from [...]
