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Originally Posted by Badhobz
Hey stop with the Iceland shit.
First of all. Pics.
Secondly. Blondes !!!!! Did you get any ?!??!
Thirdly. Stories !!!!
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Well, let me sum it up as this: once is enough, don't see a need to go back lol
Everything is ridiculously expensive there. I get it, mostly everything is imported there but c'mon... Slice of pizza at the mall? $15+. Fish and chips lunch for 4? $176+. Blue Lagoon was $1000 for the 4 of us and that did not include dinner. Looking to pick up a hand knit sweater? That'll be $350+, fuck you very much! Rental car, granted I booked it late, was about $1600 for 2.5 days worth. Crazy. We went to see a movie to kill time before checking into our airbnb and it was $25/person for non-vip seating. Not wildly expensive but still a little fuck you.
The way I put it was: the cruise was better than the country
Sure, if you're super outdoorsy you might love the country. For most of us though, how many waterfalls you wanna see? How much are you willing to pay to see whales and puffins? Horse back riding? Every excursion was $150-$300 per person. Often times it involves 2-2.5 hours bus ride there, spend an hour doing whatever and then back on the bus so you can make it back to your ship.
On the plus side, mostly everyone speaks some English and you don't need to bring any cash with you. The people themselves were either friendly or.... stoic. Not like emotionless, but not really a lot of smiley people walking about having a good time in that country. The weather was also Vancouver winter with wind, rain and coldness in the middle of August. The scenery is nice and the air quality good too but that's about it when it comes to positives that I could ascertain.
5/10, would not go back
For reference, S Korea to me was a 4/10. Iceland was slightly better.
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Originally Posted by CivicBlues
Don't skip out on the Lava Bread. And try the fermented rotten shark meat, if you dare!
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We tried the shark, honestly I thought it would be worse. The instructions were to chew the tiny cube for 10-15 seconds and then take a shot of the alcohol (vodka?) to cleanse your palate. And yeah, it got stronger the longer you chewed that shit. Not sure why they'd eat that crap but also leave all those jelly fish alone to fester in the seas uneaten.