Iceland

[dave1888]

Heading to Iceland for a wee holiday next week. anyone on here been and can recommend some sights.

[SteveD]

chicken chilli nuggets are nice ,but steer clear of the frozen prawns

[jacko9370]

Lady at checkout 2 is normally a nice sight

[Captain Colonial]

Been several times on business.  Stunning scenery due to total lack of trees, nuclear wasteland.  Alcohol very expensive, but women extremely friendly. Check out the Penis Museum (seriously).  Have the minke whale, very tasty.  Puffin is interesting, fishy tasting raw bird.  Lots of other horrendous looking sea critters on offer to eat.  TV is dire.  They have almost no sense of time, up all hours.  Blue Lagoon is a tourist trap.  Set your face to stunned and you'll be fine. Enjoy.

[FILFAN]

Been several times on business.  Stunning scenery due to total lack of trees, nuclear wasteland.  Alcohol very expensive, but women extremely friendly. Check out the Penis Museum (seriously).  Have the minke whale, very tasty.  Puffin is interesting, fishy tasting raw bird.  Lots of other horrendous looking sea critters on offer to eat.  TV is dire.  They have almost no sense of time, up all hours.  Blue Lagoon is a tourist trap.  Set your face to stunned and you'll be fine. Enjoy.

oh i could edit that and make one very interesting statement

[clansman]

Been several times on business.  Stunning scenery due to total lack of trees, nuclear wasteland.  Alcohol very expensive, but women extremely friendly. Check out the Penis Museum (seriously).  Have the minke whale, very tasty.  Puffin is interesting, fishy tasting raw bird.  Lots of other horrendous looking sea critters on offer to eat.  TV is dire.  They have almost no sense of time, up all hours.  Blue Lagoon is a tourist trap.  Set your face to stunned and you'll be fine. Enjoy.

 

 

Never mind all that boring stuff this is what you need to be doing................... http://www.extremeiceland.is/en/activity-tours-iceland/motorsport-tours/formula-offroad-tour

[kevip6]

ooooo, I went for a week in March this year for a photography trip with two photography friends. We spent a week in a 4x4 drove about 3000 miles and slept about 4 hours a day (3 nights in the car at -20 degrees!)

 

Sooo many places to see, the blue lagoon is definitely worth going to

 

The whole island is amazing but changes quite drastically depending on the time of year. One thing that struck me when we were there was the lack of people, buildings, cars, etc... when we drove round the north side of the island we managed about 8 hours of constant driving without seeing another car!

 

I'll try and find some of my photos

[kevip6]

A couple from our first day over there (sorry for the poor compression they're from Facebook uploads and that screws with the photos):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kevip6]

And some more useful information, here are some locations (with photos ) not too far from Reykjavik (too far being relative for Iceland!

 

Vik (black beach): 63.414617,-19.141924

 

 

 

 

Cascadas Skógafoss: 63.501641,-19.410617

 

 

 

 

Thingvellir National Park: 64.265771,-21.079727

 

 

 

 

[kevip6]

Seljalandsfoss 63.605233,-19.971626

 

 

 

Geysir: 64.310381,-20.301043

 

 

 

But pretty much everywhere you look is amazing over there:

 

 

 

[alexander72]

check out the Penis Museum.... PMSL

[Captain Colonial]

check out the Penis Museum.... PMSL

 

I kid you not... clicky

[Andy Banks]

My Mum went to Iceland - I'll ask...

 

 

[Andy Banks]

I kid you not... clicky

 

Resisting temptation to click whilst at work... 

[AdamR]

Ah it's only Wikipedia, be fine