Digital Wanderer

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Iceland — 18, Interlude 1 — Information

We're halfway through, so it's about time I did a quick rundown of my sources and other useful info.

Campsites

I looked for campsites in three places.

The most useful of them is the official Icelandic tourist site. It has a ton of other helpful info, too. Another solid idea is to drop by the infocenter in Reykjavík, they have tons of brochures there. Campsites, as I wrote before, cost around 5 Ls ($10) per person. In the wild places where there are no utilities, they charge another 2.5 lats for electricity per device, and the same amount for a five-minute shower. At campsites, aside from Landmannalaugar and Thingvellir, there usually isn't any way to wash and dry your clothes. You can also only buy gas or groceries in Landmannalaugar.

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Wall Photos

Квинтессенция нью-эйджа. Буддизм, The Power Of Now и миллион других книг скажут то же другими словами. И всегда слова туманны, и смысл их в районе "если не париться и не думать много мыслей, а смотреть внимательно по сторонам или делать текущее дело - тебе будет хорошо". Кто спорит.
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Iceland — 15, House

A traveler in a jacket and cap sits on the edge of a dirt road, next to him lies a bicycle with orange luggage. Around stretch vast green hills under a cloudy gray sky, with peaks partially hidden in the fog.

So, things were looking grim: your humble servants, exhausted to the point of stupor, and dreading the onset of dusk, were pondering what to do next. Suddenly Andrey exclaimed: “Look, there's a house by the lake.” And sure enough, there was one marked on the GPS map too, I confirmed. Instinct inexorably drew us toward light, warmth, and human society, so we hauled ass with all our might toward the alluring structure.

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