… means that I’ve accomplished two days’ worth of sightseeing in one. It’s half past midnight and it’s still light outside. I’ve just downloaded something like 350 photos from two cameras, a photographic record of a day FILLED with much more than I can possibly describe in one sitting. I don’t think I’ll last much longer, because I’ve been awake for nearly two whole days — I didn’t sleep on the plane because I was chatting with the Icelander seatmate.
Here’s the express version:
9:00 – drive to Blue Lagoon from Keflavik
9:00-11:30 – Blue Lagoon
11:30 – drive from Blue Lagoon to Reykjavik to drop off everyone’s luggage at their hotel
1:00-4:00 (?) – whale watching
On the whale watching boat, I met a couple of Canadian guys working in Iceland, and they offered to drop me off at the hostel. We dropped off Butch, and Warren took me on a 7.5 hour sightseeing tour by car! I’ve seen practically all of Iceland’s top 8 attractions or so in one day!
The Iceland photo set thus far is here.
The Blue Lagoon was more green than blue today, because of algae. But it was heavenly! It was like being in a hot tub on the moon. Imagine black lava rock dipped in yoghurt with steaming water in it, and everyone — men and women — floating around with white silica mud masks on their faces.
During the whale watching tour, I saw more puffins than whales. But I’m still glad I went, cold wet fingers and all, because I met Warren and had the opportunity to see more of Iceland by car than I ever would’ve been able to otherwise. He’s a font of knowledge and a superb tour guide — from WHITE ROCK (just south of Vancouver), of all places. We blazed a wacky trail around Iceland’s interior and southern coast in (ahem) his company’s truck:
