TL;DR: July Iceland trip, drove south coast out to Diamond Beach and back while stopping at cool sites along on the way. Highly recommend the country, but plan accordingly for weather & prices.
$$$ - food and much else is hella expensive, even at crappy places. Plan accordingly, grocery store meals or similar. Costco food court still cheap 😎Collab energy drinks!The Penis Museum. I’m told this is less gimmicky and surpisingly not a bad time from skeptical folks, but didn’t go myself.4 people driving in one car through Iceland, Fri night - Thurs afternoon.
The Icelandic Rockbar. I wouldn’t recommend going out of your way far, but it can’t hurt to stop for one drink with the interesting… regulars - all 5 of them on a Sat night.Kirkjubæjarklaustur, stopping many times along the way at natural wondersThingvellir, some people snorkel in the freezing water with tour guides! Beautiful valley and cool to see historic seat of parliamentGeysir, Strokkur geyser erupts every few minutes. Lots of little ones bubbling everywhere as well.Gullfoss - huge ole waterfallSeljalandsfoss: waterfall you can walk behind. Plus another inside a cool cave, Gljúfrabúi, which you can get to from the same parking spot.Skogafoss, cool viewpoint you can climb to at the top and see another smaller waterfallDiamond Beach & Jökulsárlón Glacier LagoonFjallsárlón - similar to Glacier Lagoon, but less busy. Just down the road and also very cool. Heard icebergs calving off the wall here & almost saw one flip (but we had just turned away & missed it 😔)Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach, lots of puffins. Multiple stops you can do in the area to hike around cool cliffsDyrhólaey Nature Reserve & Puffin CliffsSky lagoon - pricey, but fun experience. A little bit like a factory version of a spa experience. Seemed better than Blue Lagoon. We spent like 4 hours here, but seem people seem to rush through the Ritual you can only do once, which is a choice.Mama Reykjavik VEGAN RESTAURANT. Such wholesome people, really good food.Íslenski Barinn: we wanted to try Icelandic dishes like whale, but they give you such tiny portions here we each only got 1 bite. If you’re going to try whale, shark, puffin, etc., look somewhere else.Bláalónsvegur Road Lavafield is a cool stop on the way to Grindavik, you can walk around on the old road which got partially covered with lava & had to be re-routed.Nátthagi Valley was easy walk from the parking place to see newer lava flows.Grindavik is surreal to drive through now that it’s been mostly evacuated.It's really easy to speed-read a Twitter thread of hard-won insights & mental razors, but how much of it are you able to actually apply to your life in a meaningful way?
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