Iceland’s wild and rugged East Coast was both our favorite and most stressful part of circumnavigating Iceland in winter. We had arrived at Hali Country Hotel the evening before just ahead of a winter storm that brought several inches of snow mixed with freezing rain overnight. Following our own advice from our post Tips for […]
Goðafoss: Waterfall of the Gods
There are thousands of waterfalls in Iceland; so many, in fact, the actual number is unknown! We’ve climbed to the top of and crossed over Iceland’s highest waterfall, we’ve been blasted with mist from Iceland’s most famous waterfall, and now we’ve visited Iceland’s most historic waterfall, Goðafoss. We had spent the previous day traveling around […]
Exploring Lake Mývatn and North Iceland
We spent three nights staying in Lake Mývatn and were thrilled to take a Super Jeep tour with Saga Travel. They are a family company with local guides that know the lay of the land. Our guide, Ólafur, picked us up at our cabin and it was immediately evident that he knew Lake Mývatn like […]
Tips for Driving Iceland’s Ring Road in Winter
One of the greatest adventures in Iceland has long been to embark on a road trip around the Ring Road. Iceland’s Ring Road, or Route 1 as it’s officially known, circles around the island for 1,339 kilometers (832 miles) and connects many of the best attractions in Iceland. For most of its length, it is two […]
Bathing at Grjótagjá Thermal Spring
Iceland is full of hidden gems and the Land of Fire and Ice never fails to surprise you. Grjótagjá is one of those places. Looking like merely another rift in the ground and often nearly impossible to find when the this natural geothermal spring is blanketed in fog from the surrounding geothermal field or covered […]
How To Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Reykjavik
If Iceland’s capital isn’t on your list of places to ring in the New Year, it should be. We had the idea to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Reykjavik when Tim spent two months living and working in Iceland. In talking with the locals, he learned that Iceland’s fireworks laws are relaxed for New Year’s […]
Glacier Hiking on Sólheimajökull
Standing with our backs to the gusting wind, every so often we take a peek back at the massive blue glacier we’re about to climb. Sólheimajökull glacier tongue, the southwestern outlet of the Myrdalsjokull icecap, is about 8 kilometers long and 1 – 2 kilometers wide. And just 20 years ago, the glacier had covered […]
M is for Modesty: How to Pack for Dubai
I really didn’t have a clue how to pack for our trip to Dubai and Abu Dhabi. I had been to the Middle East the year before when we spent 10 days traveling independently around Jordan, but this was different. It was going to be hot. The forecast ranged from high 80s to low 90s […]
Celebrating UAE National Day on The Corniche
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is still a very new country, 41 years young in fact. UAE National Day, celebrated December 2, marks the UAE’s formal nationalization from British Protectorate Treaties which ended on December 1,1971 and the unification of the seven emirates which combined to form the modern-day country. In short, National Day is […]
Five Elements that make Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque an International Mosque
We’ve been to the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, but WOW! Just, wow. I don’t know that I have the words to do Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque justice. One of the world’s largest mosques (only the mosques in Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia are larger), it can hold an astounding 40,000 worshipers and […]
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