Tag: trip
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Graffiti Iceland
So before going on this trip, I wondered how much street art and graffiti there was in Iceland. Well it turns out there was plenty for me to see throughout my stay on the island. There were numerous tags around the capital Reyjavík, but also murals galore. Akureyri, had plenty of the same, even in…
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Trip Log 7: Return
It’s been a long flight. My trip ended a couple of days ago. We had returned the car, and the energy that carried along the coast of this country had eventually left us. We had three days left in Reykjavik, but Josh and I were just spending our time counting them out. I spent the…
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Trip Log 6: The South
The South of Iceland, sped underneath us. Josh and I only stopped when I was absolutely necessary, and by necessary to see the last few things on our list. Jokusarlon was a glacial lagoon, filled with floating chunks of marbled ice gliding around still water. There wasn’t much to do, so we kept rolling on.…
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Trip Log 5: East Bound
The area around Lake Mývatn had offered several sites, and so Josh and I hung out with a pair of Canadians, Karen and Brian to check out Dimmuborgir and Höfði. Dimmuborgir is the remnants of a violent eruption a couple of millennia ago. And all that remains are these ruinous structures. After the Canadians had…
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Trip Log 4: The North
The Museum of Icelandic Witchcraft and Sorcery was interesting and something I will address in further detail later. Afterwards, Josh and I rode up to Hotel Laugarhóll, a farm hotel, with as it would happen also featured the Sorceror’s Cottage. The cottage is a replica medieval cottage, made from driftwood, mud brick and a turf…
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Trip Log 3: Snæfellsnes & the Vestfirðir
Okay, so the road trip has started off a bit crazy. Josh and I travelled through Snæfellsnes and the Vestfirðir areas. So far we have had to face rained-out gravel roads with a pockmarked lunar surface, driving through a highway that was under construction, picking up hitchhikers with destinations we couldn’t find on the map.…
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Trip Interlude
I’m going to take a moment to talk about my friend Josh, who is travelling with me through Iceland. He is also the person that ran around organising most, if not all of this trip. And I’m grateful for that. Josh has spent the better part of two years working out of Amsterdam, on graphic…
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Trip Log 2: Reykjavík
I have decided to keep these posts short out of necessity. I really don’t have much time. Anyway, there was some dramas getting to Reykjavík, but the end of the day, my current travelling buddy, Josh and I made it into Iceland. So it’s two years of waiting and planning finally bearing fruit. We also…
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Trip Log 1: Amsterdam
Here are a few photos of my day and a bit in Amsterdam before continuing my journey north. Amsterdam is filled with cyclists as most of the city and surround towns sit on dead flat flood plain. It’s an old place of business that continues to be busy day in and day out. I checked…
The Screaming Wall 