Category: Iceland
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The Iceland Ring Road Trip Part 4: Skaftafell
THE NEXT MORNING WE HEAD FURTHER EAST TO THE SKAFTAFELL, a piece of wilderness that’s part of the Vatnajökull National Park. It’s a popular place, with some 500,000 visitors coming every year. And it’s really easy to see the appeal. Skaftafell is one of the most beautiful places in the region, with green fields and…
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The Iceland Ring Road Trip Part 3: Vík
WE ARRIVE IN VÍK PAST NOON and head to a gasoline station diner to refuel our stomachs. The diner offers pretty standard fare with burgers, hotdogs, and traditional Icelandic grub dominating the menu, all at steep prices averaging around USD 17 per dish. But the building itself is located in a pretty setting, with the black-sand…
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The Iceland Ring Road Trip Part 2: Southwestern Iceland
WE HIT THE ROAD EARLY NEXT MORNING to start the road trip. Riding in two vans, the 16 of us, including our two expedition leaders Ced and Tikoy, set out to drive along Iceland’s Route 1, more popularly known as the Ring Road. For the next few days, we hope to tick off items in our…
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The Iceland Ring Road Trip Part 1: Reykjavik
IT’S FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON, and I’m standing with my sister Yanyan on the tower of the Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik’s iconic church. The admission fee, as with any other thing in Iceland, is quite steep at 10 dollars. But I’d told her that getting on top would allow us to get a wide-angle perspective of the city…
The Tourist Gaze 