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Snow and Ice: From Hofn to Myvatn

Snow and Ice: From Hofn to Myvatn

by Richard Collett | Sep 29, 2015 | FROM THE ROAD, Iceland

It was a day as cold as any as I strolled out onto the porch of the guesthouse. Vatnajökull- the largest glacier in Europe- imposed its vast frozen presence on the horizon, as a grey mist began to engulf everything in the distance in a hazy,...
Reykjavik Escape Room: Will You Make It Out In Time?

Reykjavik Escape Room: Will You Make It Out In Time?

by Richard Collett | Sep 22, 2015 | FROM THE ROAD, Iceland

Earlier in the year I documented my daring break out from LJUBLJANA’S ELABORATE ENIGMARIUM. In Iceland I found myself trapped in a darkened room once again- in the Reykjavik Escape Room. Would I make it out in time? Escaping the cold of Reykjavik’s streets...
Surviving an Icelandic Road Trip

Surviving an Icelandic Road Trip

by Richard Collett | Sep 8, 2015 | Iceland, SURVIVAL GUIDES

Travel Tramp’s Survival series hits the road to bring you the very worst advice for Surviving an Icelandic Road Trip. Read on and maybe, just maybe, you won’t find your expensive rental car teetering over the edge of an erupting volcano.  This...
Whale Watching on the Edge of the Arctic

Whale Watching on the Edge of the Arctic

by Richard Collett | Aug 18, 2015 | FROM THE ROAD, Iceland

‘Don’t throw up your breakfast’, our energetic guide exclaimed to the assembled ocean-goers on the deck of the boat as it pushed off from the harbour- ‘and remember, the toilets ARE NOT for sea sick people’. We were a mere 25 miles...
I Snorkeled Between Tectonic Plates in Iceland

I Snorkeled Between Tectonic Plates in Iceland

by Richard Collett | Aug 4, 2015 | FROM THE ROAD, Iceland

Iceland is hardly the first destination which comes to mind when you think of snorkeling. But in Thingvellir National Park tectonic activity has formed a rift, which is filled with pure glacial water. And what better place to snorkel than between tectonic plates? It...
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