Ken Mac
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we stayed out of the towns for the most part. Reykjavik is a pretty modern city and we found a great soup spot (there are tons of those) close to the spiral monument. but anyone local can get you around far better than i could describe it.I have a buddy Who lives there, he’s a fantastic musician and is actually currently on Iceland’s dancing with the stars tv show. So hoping he can show us the good local spots. Thanks for all the info, I’m getting fired up for the trip!!no. there are programs / apps that can give you a % chance of seeing them, but iceland is "overcast" quite a bit and even if they are out, odds are you'll see a blank sky. but when the sky is clear - it's breath taking.wow, that is epic. I’m so pumped to check it out. Experience the awe of Mother Nature in a whole new level. Were the Northern lights out?40s give or take. but the wind is the killer. i gave up any pretenses of setting up a tripod for pictures with the wind going on usually. when it wasn't, there was usually a herd of japanese tourists with a line of tripods on the walkway or bridge getting in peoples way.Really?! That’s good to hear. How was the weather there in October?
I’m probably gonna go in June/July
but the scenery coming out of the Reykjavik airport was the surreal part. broken up ground that was in fact more or less lava w/moss on them to give a green appearance.
we stayed on the south of the island and went to the most southern point for a drive. at that point the weather was freaking insane. wind, rain, and just power of it all. drove out of that town 5 minutes and it was back to just a summer rain.
did some of the VIKINGS waterfalls tours.
my first real attempt to photoshop out people and "man-made" stuff.
what is strange you won't notice at first is no birds, no crickets, no squirrels running around. at least in october when we went. also, when you rent a car they will flat out tell you to hold onto the door (HOLD THE DOOR!!!!) when opening it cause the wind WILL blow it back and cost you a fortune to repair the vehicle.
the waterfalls here were pretty open and not that crowded. the ones about 30 minutes south were jam packed. but those you can walk behind. i suppose you could walk behind this one too but i'd not recommend it.
i did photoshop out the stairs going to the top of the falls but you can walk up there if you'd like.
here was the original.
look out for elf houses - they take those pretty seriously. i didn't even know about it until someone messaged me while there to ask if i had seen any. looked 'em up and then i was seeing them all over the place.
Ten Pictures of Icelandic Elf Houses (a Strange Icelandic Tradition)
JFC, take it off line or to personal messages. Off topic as all get out