The land of Ice n land

I am backed from my holiday!!!

At last, we are on the flight to our dream land, has been thinking about it for days n at last, here we are- ICELAND!!!! The youngest country in the continent..
We fly on 17 aug noon time from heathrow, reached Rekyjavik- Iceland capital around 3 pm..

Prior to the landing, only can see miles n miles of rocks n lave field and hot steam coming out form the ground, later i learned that the blue pool that i saw from the sky is actually the famous blue lagoon.

First impression of iceland, other than the lonely emptiness, they are super clean, hardly see any thrash on the road or path way, square n sharp building, and lots of beautiful art pieces ..this maybe the smallest airport that i have seen, but it is very impressive..

airport fly bus drove us thru miles of lave field, n send us to the city center, which is about 45 minutes away..funny thing is we are only 3 hours away from london, but i dun feel that i was any where near europe.. building design is so modern n people are so nice, they speak canadian/ US english with wicked sense of humour..u will never eperience this in any other europe country..but be fair, they r the youngest n newest country, n under heavy influence of north america.


the town center is not really big, one long shopping street, again, clean n nice, every thing slow n cool..

people like to visit iceland during summer time, city of day light, u will even get 24 hours sun light during certain month..we were not so lucky, sun rise about 5 am in the morning, n set around 1030 pm in the night..is good enuf fro us..n we get most of the sun light till our last day, i was raining non stop till we fly back to london.

First we visited
the city most attention seeking building/ church- hallgrimskirkla..it took 34 years to complete..everything look so nice under a clear blue sky, every one can snap a perfect post card standard photo out of it..
also we walked along the coast site n visit this again stunning interesting sculpture-Solfario..i called the Skeleton:> when we took this photos, is already 9pm , look at the sun shine!!!The weather is not as cold as i thought , about 10- 15 degree evry nite, lower in the night time, but is not so windy compare to london..


looking for a accommodation in this place is painful, not that is difficult, but is the price that killing us..so happen that we hit their culture week, most of the cheap accommodation was fully book..n this is the cheaest that i can find for our weekend..dorm bed, share wirh 20 other travellers, n cost us good 32 pounds/person/night

again, Iceland is one of the most expensive place in the world..u can do anything u want, from Glacier climbing to whale watching..all u need is money n time !!!

1 GBP= 122 krono

I have spend about GBP800 for the whole trip..the trick is to book the ticket earlier, as in few months earlier..n u can get cheap ticket..we book it quite late, n it cost us about GBP320 . Look for the cheapest accommodation, so far the cheapest that i have come a cross is GBP28 /p/n( four in a room). A single room can easily cost u GBP35-50/ nite..And n if u want anything cheaper than 25 pounds, u have to pack ur own sleeping bag:> Anything less than 15 pounds, pack ur own tent:>
Breakfast normally included, try to look for a guess house that have guest kitchen..n bring ur on maggie mee/ snack, will save u lots of money..
Anyhoo...no regret, definitely the best place that i ever been..more post n stories to come:>