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  1. Visiting Iceland: The Land of No McDonald's

    Blog: Travelogged - 28 October 2009

    (photos by Ivan) I've long wanted to visit Iceland. And when I learned yesterday that it was getting rid of all three of its McDonald's locations, I wanted to visit it even more.

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  2. The Icelandic Phallological Museum

    Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 30 September 2009

    The Icelandic Phallological Museum in Husavik, Iceland is a museum devoted to phallology and boasts a collection of hundreds of penises and penile parts belonging to every land and sea mammal that can be found in Iceland. Currently, the museum houses 272 specimens from 92 species of animals displayed like hunting trophies, embalmed in formaldehyde or dried in display cases. Visitors to the museum will encounter specimens of all shapes and sizes. Some are big like that of the Humpback whale and others small like that of a common house mouse. ...

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  3. Thunderbirds Are Go!

    Blog: The Saturation Point of Bells - 20 September 2009

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  4. Iceland in Pictures

    Blog: Twenty-Something Travel - 3 September 2009

    After Sunday’s post I realized that I had a lot more Iceland pictures I wanted to share with you. Over the course of 10 days I took almost a thousand pictures, here are my favorites: The Blue Lagoon outside of Reykjavik. The water comes from  a nearby geothermal power plant, is steaming hot and leaves your [...]

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  5. Iceland for Twenty-Something’s

    Blog: Twenty-Something Travel - 30 August 2009

    Even (or especially) if you haven’t done very much travel abroad, here is what makes Iceland is an ideal destination:

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  6. foodie call: iceland

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

    this is the first installment of foodie call- a discussion of all things food related during our trip. in today's discussion i will be covering the food we had in iceland. prior to our take off for iceland, we read and heard from multiple sources to try something we never thought would be 1. popular and 2. good in iceland. take a wild stab at it. i'm pretty sure 99.99% will not mention the amazing hot dogs. yes, you read right. apparently hot dog is a must have item in iceland. it's not like "oh. you should try the hot dogs. they're pretty good."

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  7. 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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  8. lost in iceland . . . anybody out there?

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

    robbo here. after a redeye flight from jfk, we arrived to the keflavik airport at around 6:30 am. our car rental contact greeted us at the baggage claim with the keys to our toyota auris. time for slam to hone his manual driving skills--we will be driving stick in the uk as well, but at least iceland drives on the right side of the road.

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  9. Enchanting spots: Blue Lagoon

    Blog: velvet escape's blog - 29 May 2009

    The Blue Lagoon, just outside Reykjavik, is one of the most extraordinary spas I’ve ever been to and I can definitely recommend a visit for anyone planning a trip to Iceland. The lagoon consists of a series of aquamarine blue pools (this amazing colour is created by the silica, algae and minerals in the geothermal [...]

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  10. iceland itinerary

    Blog: robbo joy (and now also slam) - 7 May 2009

    hi all! it's robbo. i thought i should post something since this is (was?) my blog, haha! sorry for the absence. i've been working on some side projects lately (note my etsy!)been having fun researching things to do. as slam duly noted, i do love hotsprings. and food. so naturally, this post is centered around such things.i have a plan!

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  11. its all about the benjamins (per night).

    Blog: robbo joy (and now also slam) - 7 April 2009

    on an earlier post, i mentioned how both robbo and i are researchers and planners when it comes to our travels. more than seeing it as an extension of the trip itself, it is a must if you're on a budget.we are on a budget, especially on lodgings. and i am determined to stick to that budget.

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  12. Such A Nice Land

    Blog: Bec and John in the UK - 13 March 2009

    Credit Crunch. Economic slowdown. Financial crisis. It would not be an exaggeration to say that every British TV and print article in the last 6 months has contained one of the above phrases, or alluded to it with the classic "... in the current climate". The once-proud nation of Iceland copped an absolute spanking from the world's financial institutions and is quietly licking its wounds, probably hoping to get on board with the Euro and regain some stability.

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  13. Reykjavik, Iceland

    Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 19 February 2009

    It was approaching 8:30am on a mid-February morning as we pulled into the city of our latest travel adventure. It was as pitch black as the dead of night and the streets possessed an uncanny solitude. We were unsure if this could be attributed to a different lifestyle, a sort of sleepy metropolitanism, or simply the fact that it was a Saturday.

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