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Hello visitor. I'm tagging this post as "life" because I do plan to move to NYC at some point in the near future. NYC is very hip. Residents of the city are intense and passionate, if a bit jaded. They are also very resourceful; you have to be a bit resourceful if you want to live in one of the highest cost of living cities in the world. I have a very limited knowledge of NYC and have only been…
Halló visitor. I’m on the plane to Newark right now. I’ve purchased in-flight WiFi for 24€, so I won’t be bored on the way back. But I think now is a good time to discuss my experience driving in Iceland; it’s so different from the US and constituted so much of my trip that I want to make a completely separate post about it. Driving in Iceland is quite strange in some ways, and very different in a…
Halló visitor. This will be a short post about my last hours in Iceland. I’m at Keflavik International Airport. My traps and back hurt like crazy from lugging my heavy backpack. I’m a 15 minute walk away from my gate and my flight leaves in an hour and a half. It’s a beautiful sunny day here in Keflavik, and it was really nice to to see Reykjavik in the sun. I wish I had an extra day just to…
Halló visitor. Today was a very bizarre and very tiring day. Let's address the elephant in the room. I got another flat tire. Don't ask me how. I was driving on normal Reykjavik roads at a speed that wasn't crazy; I guess it's just bad luck. But it's not all bad, because when I pulled into a Bonus parking lot to use the WC and examine the damage, a guy wearing a mechanic shop jacket pulled in…
Halló visitor. Ahhhhhh . That's how today sounds. The reason is that after being in the wilderness of Iceland for 5 days, being in a main town, Akureyri, feels like a deep breath of fresh air. There are buildings, people, shops, a movie theater, public bathrooms, cruise ships, and major hotels here. In my opinion, this city is a formidable rival to Reykjavik in its charm. It has a lower amount of…
Halló visitor. I've had a good day today, I think. Well, it was good at first, then really awful, then great. So overall alright. I started today in Egilsstaðir. I woke up to clean, dry and non-stolen laundry. I took that, took a shower, and went to a nice local cafe full of Icelanders. I had a fairly good espresso, then left for my first stop, Stuðlagil canyon. The drive must have been fine,…
Halló visitor. I am having a genuinely awful time in east Iceland. I'm at Camp Egilsstaðir. The bathroom here is fine. What was not acceptable was the journey here. It was rage-inducing, and honestly a bit traumatizing. Without further ado, here's what happened. I ended my last post in Diamond Beach. So, after the beach, I drove up to Vestrahorn, expecting a 1-2 hour mountain hike. Actually, I did…
Halló visitor. You might have noticed I skipped a day of blogging. That would be because I was quite lazy yesterday, and didn't feel like writing a post at 12 AM (I think I'm adjusting to Icelandic time). I didn't do much yesterday, either. I was pretty worn out since I've been getting 20-23,000 steps a day. Yesterday morning, I took a shower, got my things ready, and got the hell out of Thakgil.…
Halló visitor. You read the title. Do not come here. It is in the middle of nowhere. There is one road that leads here, and while it is not officially designated as an “F Road”, it is full of sharp rocks and sharp turns. The road is a little over one car wide, forcing you to drive uncomfortable quickly upon the bumpy road, as not to irritate other drivers on this “road”. You also have a good…
Halló visitor. It is 1:45 AM. I just got in bed. As it turns out, Iceland does get dark, which I learned the hard way. I've been on the road since, like, 6 PM. I made some pretty bad decisions, like hiking a waterfall at 12 am, but I'm here now and I'm going to tell you what I did today. My day started off in Reykajvik. I overslept and my access code for the bathrooms didn't work anymore, making…