DiscoveryWat'sBlog: 丹麥, 格陵蘭, 冰島感恩之旅 Sep 2011

17/9 D8 昨晚大家都開開心心的欣賞完北極光, 今天就要 0600 起床, 乘 0900 的飛機去 Iceland 了, Greenland 真是很美麗, 以為 Greenland 是 green 其實一點都不 green。

0715 左右來到機場, 國際和本地 check-in counter 就這麼 2 個, 因為他們一般安排航班在某些時段, 而且航班和乘客又不算多, 都幾輕鬆!

原來今早有 4 班飛機, 都有少少 delay!

候機室就這麼大了!

由於今次反應太慢, 以為好像平日坐 Air Greenland 一樣, 有空位慢慢選? 今次剛好就坐滿, 連放 BB 都沒位置, 要 "凶" 姐保存它, 她在機艙前拿上拋下, 我擔心了幾小時!

來到 Iceland 了! 感覺當然比 Greenland 溫暖!

原本以為航程緊張! 幸好沒多延誤, 一如計劃 1530 左右到達, 1630 可以去 Blue Lagoon 享受一下,

走過這些火山溶岩石後, 便是冰島著名的溫泉景點了。

戶外的氣溫大約幾度, 要爭扎走出去真的要一點勇氣!

浸浸溫泉, 歎番杯啤酒, 感覺幾舒服!

另一件例行公事, 就是用火山泥做個 mesk, 幾滑!

去慣了日本溫泉, 冰島這個 Blue Lagoon 由於是戶外, 所以在出水位就水溫就高點, 其他位置其實有點凉!

約了 1930 的接送巴士到首都 Rekyjavik, 車程大約 30-40 mins.

2000 左右下車, 天空盡是火燒雲, 這樣的晚霞, 人都醉了!

今晚我們住的是Our House, 無辦法! 太正! 一定要買廣告, 靚女老闆 Bedda, 靚仔 staff Antony 都超 helpful & nice 到不得了, 裝修好 warm, 連住客都全是靚女, 暈哂!

我們就住在這 2/F 有露台的房

由開始 contact 一直到到達入住, Bedda 都超關心大家, 哈哈! 估不到那麼好的 guesthouse, 近幾年都只有我和朋友, 那麼有眼光的港人選中, 可惜!

分享下 Bedda 的 information? 對你打算來 Rekyjavik, 一定有幫助!

Here are travel tips I have started sending out to people, hope you can use them:

(ps: none of the links I include are sponsored and I am not taking cuts for recommending anything, these are just useful notes I have gathered over the course of the year we have been open to answer the most frequently asked questions)

It's best to have your own car and drive around but car rental is really expensive in Iceland so most of our guests have decided to rent from:

Affordable car rental:

http://www.acr.is/

or

Cheap Jeep car rental:

http://www.cheapjeep.is/

The cars are a bit old and worn but should get you around ;-)

Our guests have often bonded while here and decided to share a car, but you never know who you are sharing the house with if anyone at all so here is an Icelandic website where you can electronically hitchhike with like-minded people:

http://samferda.is/

Regarding tours, I haven't been on any of them myself but my guests have recommended these guys:

http://www.goecco.com/ and their tourist info partners http://www.myreykjavik.is/

(because they are friendly and fun)

http://www.netbus.is/

(because they are cheap)

http://www.icelandhorizon.is/

(because they are friendly and fun AND cheap!)

get there if you take the Flybus:

http://www.re.is/Flybus//

There are also these three young guys that started a little friendly tour company last summer. They even take you to their house for dinner:

http://www.wheninreykjavik.com/

I think they are only operating on request now and I am sure you can just contact them, tell them what you want to do and they would create a tour around it.

(Then these are the biggest and most popular ones:

http://www.grayline.is/

and

http://www.re.is/

but I hear those tours are rather impersonal and have large groups on large buses)

Most people arriving for the first time choose visit the Gullfoss waterfall, Geysir geyser area and Thingvellir national park. All of these are close together only about an hours drive and is referred to as the Golden Circle.

Then the Blue Lagoon is a must and it is good to do that on your way to or from the airport because it is on the way. There are buses that go from the airport to there and keep your luggage while you are there and then take you into town.

You could also just visit the Tourist information office when you get here , relax, grab a few brochures and decide over coffee or beer ;-D

For local tips, this guy Sam, a doorman at Bakkus bar, has a great website with useful articles about life and travel in Iceland. Even though I was born and raised here and he is from Switzerland and only been here a few years he seems to knows a lot more than me about stuff in and outside of the city:

http://somethingabouticeland.is/

This lady Maria, also not a native, has a great eye:

http://icelandeyes.blogspot.com/

Everywhere is good to eat, it just depends on what you are in the mood for. Íslenski barinn on Pósthússtræti by the parliament is fun and serves sample jars of traditional Icelandic food (actually that can be pretty disgusting) and all the Icelandic beers in frosted mugs.

http://www.islenskibarinn.is/Islenski_barinn/Islenski_Barinn.html

Café Loki has more normal traditional food like plokkfiskur (fish stew), rolled up sugared pancakes and kjötsúpa (lamb meat soup) with weird twists such as rye-bread ice cream etc. That one is more of a lunch place than a dinner place as it closes at 18pm:

http://www.textil.is/ENGLISH/

The Noodle station on Skólavörðustígur has cheap and awesome noodle soup and was voted best new restaurant in Reykjavík even though it is just a noodle stand.

http://destination.is/reykjavik/restaurants/noodle-station

And bring swim clothes. Lots of pools here as you may know, all heated and with hot tubs and saunas. There is also a sauna at Our House that can warm you up after a hard day of sightseeing

http://www.swimminginiceland.com/

There are almost always concerts and things in the evening (at least on Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays). Most often the concerts are not planned that far in advance here. They usually just pop up on my Facebook a few days before or even hours before so I write concert info on our whiteboard here every day. If you are into good music, you should check out:

http://www.gogoyoko.com/

where you can stream lots of great Icelandic music for free and get to know new bands. They say everyone in Iceland is either in a band or writing a book. Our House even has it´s own music label!

http://www.chingchingblingbling.com/

廣告完畢, 言歸正轉, 弄了一回, 安頓好, 快 2030, 就一定要享用晚餐了!

一路沿途拍拍照,