Destination: Iceland

Dancing Lights: Experiencing the Aurora Borealis

Thu, 8 May 2014 | By emilytravels | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry

I had heard it said that the northern lights dance, illuminating the sky, moving to a music of their own. I had heard this, often nestled into examples of personification from English classes—good, solid examples, but nothing in the photos I had seen ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Photos: My Face

Fri, 2 May 2014 | By alchemy | Photo Gallery

Ice Giants

Fri, 2 May 2014 | By alchemy | Views [216] | Scholarship Entry

Jökulsárlón. I try to pronounce the word in my mind a couple of times, eventually giving up. Icelandic is a beautiful language, an almost alien poetry that my awkward and blunt Australian tongue is unable to imitate. I walk down to the shore and find ... Read more >

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Eyjafjallajökull: Lessons in Geology

Wed, 30 Apr 2014 | By thecognitivenomad | Views [135] | Scholarship Entry

If the Spelling Bee contest had an array of words included as part of its database with Icelandic origins, I doubt whether we'd have winners at all. Try spelling these words: Eyjafjallajökull. Bláskógabyggð. An hour's drive from the capital city of ... Read more >

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Between Two Plates

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 | By thespacearoundme | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry

With my feet spread apart and the sun shining down on my face I finally felt free. My world was literally split in two and nothing else felt more normal. It began with a volcanic eruption that halted the World and contunied with my burning desire to ... Read more >

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Blue Lagoon: the Geothermal Tourist Trap

Fri, 18 Apr 2014 | By kurenai | Views [2900]

Blue Lagoon is justly famous in Iceland. It is also probably the most touristy place you will visit on your journey. Not to say it is a bad thing but just be ready for waves of people coming in on large tour buses going either to or from the airport.... Read more >

Tags: blue lagoon, geothermal, hot springs, iceland, keflavik airport, reykjavik

There's no ice in Iceland

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 | By thosedamnitchyfeet | Views [116] | Scholarship Entry

Upon leaving to UK to return back to the southern hemisphere, I made sure I laid the law down with my boyfriend. We were going to Iceland, I had to see the northern lights. Living in the UK for a couple of years, I had always wanted to go to Iceland, ... Read more >

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Jökulsárlón, the famous Glacial Lagoon

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 | By kurenai | Views [603]

Jökulsárlón is almost at the other end of Iceland when you travel from Reykjavík. Situated at the edge of the Vatnajökull National Park on the lower east side of Iceland, it is an amazing lagoon full of powder blue glacial ... Read more >

Tags: glacial lagoon, glacier, ice, iceland, jökulsárlón

Dyrhólaey, or A Good Place to Stop on a Long Car Journey.

Tue, 25 Mar 2014 | By kurenai | Views [2761]

Dyrhólaey (aka black sands beach) is a remote beach near Vik, on the very bottom of Iceland about where east meets west; halfway between Reykjavik and Vatnajoekull National Park. It is quite picturesque and full of what, at first glance, seems ... Read more >

Tags: beach, black sands, dyrhólaey, iceland, on the road, vik

Beyond the Wall: An Icelandic Game of Thrones Tour

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 | By kurenai | Views [3116]

I admit I’m not the biggest Game of Thrones fan out there. Blasphemy? Well, maybe. I read the first four of the A Song of Ice and Fire books back in the early to mid-2000’s and sort of gave up; too many characters, too many subplots, ... Read more >

Tags: akureyri, game of thrones, got, hot springs, iceland, jeep tour, mud pits, waterfall

Photos: Iceland

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 | By kurenai | Photo Gallery

Iceland: Rough, Rugged and Ravishing

Mon, 30 Dec 2013 | By home_sweet_holmes | Views [948]

I have rarely fallen in love with anything. At best, I get a fleeting moment of obsession. It sometimes may last a couple of weeks, months… Sometimes a couple of years…  Until another spark of madness sweeps this flickering interest ... Read more >

Photos: Iceland: Rough, Rugged and Ravishing

Mon, 30 Dec 2013 | By home_sweet_holmes | Photo Gallery

Tags: camping, drakkar, expedition, hiking, ice, iceland, north, reykjavik, trekking, vikings

Travelling through a snow globe

Wed, 4 Dec 2013 | By effyau | Views [599]

We’ve stopped the car as the snow descends on us. The wind blowing the flakes into a whirling patter that covers the road. The car is moving ever so slightly to the left as we sit amazed against this white wash. This is our road trip through Iceland.... Read more >

Tags: iceland, photography, road trip, travel

Help me win my first competition?

Fri, 29 Nov 2013 | By effyau | Views [406]

I've uploaded a photo i took to AXA grauate's facebook page a part of a competition. It end sunday and i need atleast 300 likes on it to even be in for a chance of winning. Please help me, it's only two clicks Heres the picture  https://www.... Read more >

Tags: iceland, photography, travel