Destination: Iceland

Photos: Iceland - Northern and Western Fjords

Mon, 9 Aug 2010 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery

Halfway through and halfway around

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 | By alpiner84 | Views [851]

As a beginning note: I can't find a lot of the punctuation on this keyboard, so please excuse errors of that sort. So, halfway done here! I can't believe I still have 10 days here in this arctic paradise. We're skipping so much even though we're spending ... Read more >

Photos: Iceland - Eyafjallajokull through Husavik

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery

North of Reykjavik

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 | By alpiner84 | Views [739]

After a killer night in Reykjavik (killer good, not killer bad), we drove north a little ways to the idyllic valley of Glymur, where a 200 meter (!!!) waterfall comes pouring over the edge of a volcanic shelf. What the waterfall pours into is an endlessly ... Read more >

Intro to Greater Reykjavik

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 | By alpiner84 | Views [639]

Did you know that beers cost $11 each in Montreal? Good beer, though. And did you know that Halifax is an absolutely tiny, desolate city? But it is the jumping off point for Iceland, which is where I am now, after way too many plane rides.  We refreshed ... Read more >

Photos: Iceland - Greater Reykjavik

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery

the pay as you go plan.

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 | By ejpredny | Views [746]

The tentacles of the city rose up from the ocean and captured me in its depths with a voracious appetite for frustration. As I circled Reykjavik for the first hour of my car rental, I was stalling and starting as I got reacquianted with ye olde stick ... Read more >

Tags: glacier, iceland, jökulsárlón, lake myvatn, landmannalaugar, the circle road, volcano

Off to the near-Arctic

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 | By alpiner84 | Views [654]

Hi all, So I'm off again, this time to spend three weeks in Iceland with my mom, Patsy, and her husband Will. I'll try to update this as I go with photos and little stories, so keep checking back! Sarah

gettin outta this one horse town!!!

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 | By ejpredny | Views [1050]

He looked at me squarely in the eyes, sizing up the spirit inside and making up his mind. I tripped over his name- Floki, chatting inanely about how I trust him completely and we are meant for each other while nervously fussing about checking all ... Read more >

Tags: emily predny, horse riding, iceland, ishestar, kjolur ride, predny, reykjavik

Iceland

Wed, 9 Jun 2010 | By akulhavy | Views [596]

June 8 th (not June 7 th ) Ran around to the post office, tried to go to Best Buy …walked for like 15 minutes and couldn’t find it so gave up, was going to try and go to get that waterproof jacket (I was going to Iceland afterall )I saw but was ... Read more >

Tags: iceland, swimming

Photos: Iceland

Sun, 9 May 2010 | By lynn_bradick | Photo Gallery

Photos: Iceland

Thu, 6 May 2010 | By nomad_kiwis | Photo Gallery

Reykjavic, Iceland

Thu, 6 May 2010 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [873]

Our flight to Reykjavic was overnight, we left at 9pm and arrived around 6am but it wasn't really that long as we changed timezones midflight so unsure of how long we were actually in the air. We had wondered if we were going to make it to Iceland ... Read more >

Photos: Aurora, Volcanos and More!

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By escape_artist | Photo Gallery

Photos: Snaefellsnes

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By escape_artist | Photo Gallery