I came across another great article in Outside magazine about Iceland, this one from the December 2004 issue (discovered as I continue my magazine archive reading project). Written by Mark Jenkins, one of my favorite adventure writers, it details a trip taken mainly to explore glacial caves but the story will entertain even the most casual of explorers.Midnite Sun/Deep Blues Summit 2009?
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Beautiful. When are we going?
Iceland Air flies out of Minneapolis (summer only)--I figure it's a two-fer along with Deep Blues.
Examples: July 6-14, or 21-30, direct flights, $855.
Iceland is working through an even bigger financial crisis than the United States. The krona is worthless. You would be like gods to them. Children would attempt to sell you fish since the schools have all shut down. Fathers would attempt to foist their daughters --or their record collections -- on you. You could drink 25-cent Nordic beer and wait for the riot police to clear the streets.
But you have to move fast. We'll always have Havana, but crushingly hopeless poverty in Reykjavik could be a limited feast.
It's good to hear from the Marquis with his travel/financial advice. It sounds like a good time to fulfill my Nordic fantasy of lording over the Icelandic people (I call the fantasy "Rocky's Idyll"). I look forward to having Bjork pulling me around Rejkavik in a rickshaw for good old American dollars.
I can go anytime except May 20 (the Mac at Oracle Arena).
BTW "Rocky's Idyll" includes me forcing the Icelandic people to spell their capital city "Rejkavik".
You despot!
For 1,000 American dollars you could probably buy naming rights to the Icelandic capital. You could name it anything you like: Rocky-right-on-ville, for instance. Bow-down-to-Yankee-town, perhaps. Something sensitive.
A joke I recently heard:
What's the capital of Iceland?
About $25
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