Iceland by Jimny: Keflavík to Skógar

Day one of exploring Iceland by Jimny is in the books.  By the way, I've based the backbone of my route through this country off of an excellent itinerary posted by travel blogger Alex Cornell . The plan is to drive the Ring Road counter-clockwise, east to west, and deviate off it as much as possible. I picked up m…

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Iceland: Landing in Keflavik

Well I'm in Iceland! Yes! Yes! Yes! The time is 7:45am and it's still completely pitch-black dark outside. It's also sleeting and guess who's rain gear is in their checked backpack? This guy. My flight out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport was surprisingly quick, it only took about 5 hou…

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Paying my homage to the Boeing 747

Hear me out, but that thing right there is beautiful.  Yeah, giant old Boeing 747, I’m looking at you. I’ve got a few hours until my flight to Iceland leaves…and this is definitely worthy of a blog post. Call me a geek all you want but the 747 has always been the original jumbo jet. The double-decker giant that’s flow…

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Drafting my Iceland travel wishlist

So I leave for Iceland on Sunday night.  I'll fly direct from Chicago, into the Keflavik airport and then rent a 4x4 to explore the country for two-weeks as I drive the notorious 'Ring Road'. All 827 or so miles of it. The bad news is that I've got a horrendously obnoxious cold that took over last nigh…

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