"I spotted quite a number of hotties, some with well-built body and some with pretty face. Had the urge of just grab one and you know..... Haha. Also spotted two gay couples (judging from my gaydar). One guy was rubbing the other's back. Awwww."
A snippet of the previous post. I wish I could stay in the Blue Lagoon longer (me naik miang) but it was time to leave as we had another activity planned for the night. Bye bye hot guys. :(
We reached our apartment around 4-ish and it was already very dark (sunset was around 2-ish or 3-ish). The owner has just arrived from his trip back from Sweden so he left me with an instruction sheet sent through email on how to get the key into the apartment. Found the key where it was located but had hard time trying to open the main door. I tried a few times and that was when I overheard my friends saying, "Yer, why so dodgy one? I wonder what inside is like". I was really angry. I did my research on basically everything. Found a few accommodations and asked for their opinions. They never gave me an answer and asked me to go ahead with my choice. And that's what I got from them. Pissed me off! Got into the apartment and they were like, "Wow so nice! I want this room." The rooms are all taken so I had to have common room as my room. How nice my friends are! Seriously, I am not going to do anything the next time I go travelling with them!
Went for northern light that night. We were all really excited about it. Checked the aurora forecast and it looked like it'd be a lucky day for all of us. Expectations turned into disappointment that night. There was no clear sign of any aurora activity. Headed back at 10-ish after being in the cold for 2 hours.
The next day, there was nothing planned in the morning so all of us just slept through the day. It felt like evening time when we headed out for lunch. It was at a small Icelandic cafe near the Hallgrimskirkja church. We had a first taste of Icelandic food. I can only remember I had the famous dried fish as a snack. My main course was what is shown below. Forgotten what they are already.
After that, we just walked around Laugavegur (like a high street). Most of the shops that we went into had some free cookies or biscuits that you can just grab. Even convenience shops have that. It's like a wonderland for our group of hungry monsters. Basically we just explored the whole city centre of Reykjavik in that afternoon. It's quite small I'd say.
Night came and we were ready for another sighting of the northern light. It was free this time as we weren't able to see any the previous night. In fact, if you keep the ticket, you can still go again even if you have seen the northern light. I didn't understand the guide so most of the time I spent it on facebook and viber (with Mr. Shadow Wind and also on Kik with my cutie American boy). We weren't expecting much this time as the forecast said that chances were low to see any sign of the aurora borealis. We were brought to a mountain area. There was once that a bus were blown off the track by strong wind (what the guide said la).
We hiked up a small mountain and waited. While waiting, my friend saw a shooting star. OMG! So lucky! There was nothing to see on the clear sky but people did manage to capture the northern light through their camera. At first, we were amazed at it but after a while, we just got bored of it. It's just like you google northern light and just looked at the photo on your computer screen. Decided to get some warmth inside the bus. It was not too long that a middle-aged lady suddenly hop onto the bus and told her friends that there would be a big aurora 'explosion'. Not wanting to lose any chance of it, we got down the bus. After a while, we FINALLY saw the northern light. We went crazy and just awww-ing non stop. lol
It started with a small cluster of bright dots on the east side of the sky. It then grew into a flame and just spread through the sky to the west horizontally. Oh ya, it was dancing gracefully. It's just too pretty. You gotta see the real northern light to know what I was talking about. :p One regret was that there was no guy I could kiss under the dancing aurora. :( It's one of the most romantic thing that could happen at that moment!
We split after that. I went up to the top of the mountain again with some friends. As we reached the top, we saw a few guys were posing. Me and another girl complimented them. And guess what they offered to take a group photo for us. Seriously, I was not expecting that. Who would want to waste their chance of taking more photos of the beautiful northern light! Time was precious then. The aurora could fade away at any instant. We had to stay still for half a minute for the photo. Luckiest day ever! Most precious photo I have ever had.
Day three was spent on whale-watching. It was the worst thing ever to do! We spent a few hours out in the ocean. There was no sign of whales and we were all sick at the end of the day. Not a recommended thing to do if you travel to Iceland.
Day four we went on the Golden Circle tour. Main attraction was the Gulfoss waterfall. We had to take the stairs to get close to the waterfall. As a result of my hand being in the cold too long, my fingers turned purplish and I almost had no feeling of anything. I had lamb soup at the restaurant near the waterfall. Very delicious and strongly recommended. Next stop was the geyser aka the ejaculating spring. There are a few near that area but only one of them was active. It'd ejaculate almost every 5 minutes (super strong haha). Everyone was ready with their camera while waiting for the ejaculation. I managed to snap one of it cumming. LOL. Spotted a young gay interracial (angmoh and Asian) couple. They always kept a healthy distance between each other. Why so shy la? Haha. Later that night, I tried the whale and also the puffin meat. Haha. Evil me.
That was pretty much about my adventure to Iceland. Generally, I like it very much compared to the other countries that I have been to. I really want to go back there once again. The city is not very big and not very densely populated which suits me very well. I hate city life but not Reykjavik. I love the winter scenery in Iceland. :) Also, the men there are quite tall and more accepting towards Asians (I chatted with a few Icelanders on Grindr and most of them actually replied!).
Just an answer to Bunny's question. I personally think that it's actually a bit expensive to travelled there. The prices of the food there are quite expensive. But if you think that London is a cheap place then Iceland shouldn't be very expensive to you. :)
Happy Chinese New Year,
V
