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Iceland

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    Goldy Well-Known Member

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    I did try to drift it a little bit, but it was a bit to terrifying to pull anything off LOL.
    Actually, Geysir is it's name, so that's why I spelled it that way. Look it up.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=geysir

    lol, moving on...

    The lava was still steaming here:

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    You can see different ages of lavaflows:

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    "Ancient" road markers:

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    Lots of nothing:

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    One of the "forests":

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    No shortage of mountains and valleys:

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    Farmland:

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    The beaches are black:

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    This was like something straight out of Top Gear. I couldn't stop hearing Jeremy complain about caravaning hahaha:

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    Due to the country's high latitude, it never got dark while we were there. Talk about strange lol. But it was awesome, because it meant I could go hiking for hours at night by myself. This picture was taken at 10pm:

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    I climbed this mountain after one dinner. Spectacular views. This was almost midnight:

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    This picture shows the darkest it every got while I was there:

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    Naturally, the sunsets can be very beautiful and drawn out. Of course, the sunset turns right into the sunrise:

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    Onto some animals. Apparently, there are 400,000 sheep in Iceland. But only 300,000 people!

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    Fences don't seem to mean much here (neither does trespassing BTW:(

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    Cattle:

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    Geese:

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    LOL:

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    Two blue whales we saw during whale watching:

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    And many fine horses everywhere you look:

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    And some "city" shots. Even the capital city of Reykjavik was sparsely populated compared to the cities I'm used to. Very European, quite refreshing.

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    Roundabouts EVERYWHERE lol:

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    And even Toys-R-Us:

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    A cool new building with color-changing LED display:

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    The traffic lights turn yellow before they go to green (instead of an all-red phase), which I thought was cool:

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    And they've still got their ricers with HID kits:

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    "Superjeeps" are used for offroading and general intimidation of the occasional driver:

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    And the police use Volvos of course. In fact, I never heard a single siren or horn in Iceland.

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    And some other town shots:

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    Well that's what I've got. I've got thousands more pictures of everything, if anyone is interested to see more.
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    Here are some more of the cars I finally got to see!

    FX bumper awww yeah!!!

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    7th gen rolla with 2nd gen IS!

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    This cool IS200 went past.... dual exhaust, lip kit, etc

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    Standard euro bumper

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    Another hatch

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    Honda Civic haha

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    3 Corollas lined in a row!!!

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    Corolla wagon?!?!

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    IS200 front end

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    I was surprised to see this USA spec rolla here

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    10th gen rolla

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    Looks like there is a much slower, much more agreeable pace to life there.
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    A pace of life I fully enjoyed. People are nice and aren't just in their own world. Not many people on their cell phones. Everyone seems to know everyone else.
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    i wish people paid less attention to their cell phones here. I hope I can visit that place before I'm too old or have a family.
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    Honestly, before those happen, Icelanders will be just like us now with cellphones and the like. I'd say they are 5-10 years behind us.
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    I disagree. You saw a second gen IS there how can they be 5-10 years behind...
    Go to my country and you'll see how behind they are....
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    The second gen IS came out here in 2003. I fail to see your point.

    What about your country? I was not aware that you came from another country.
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    I'm from Cuba. In my country you see Fords and Chevy's from the 50s 60s
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    Ah yes, central America. I suppose I see where you'd disagree in my assessment that Iceland is 5-10 years behind what I see where I live. What's 5-10 years compared to Cuba?
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    Gold the second gen IS came out in 2005.
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    Thats because of the trade imbargo on Cuba, their forced to take really good care of their cars because we dont sell cars to communists :mad:
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    do'oh yeah 2005. Still, 2005 is 5-10 years ago.
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    Bump for Guko.
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    wheres waldo ehhh i mean gold?
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    Right Here :)
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    Yay!!!

    So I take it thats you in your Avatar?
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    :rolleyes:..........................:hilarious:
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    but it does look like him....in a way
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    little bit
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    !:mad::mad::mad:
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    Quoted for gold attempting to be funny and spelling his name wrong.
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    Fail, I wasn't trying to be funny.

    But I always spell it Guko because I don't actually know what Goku is. So I pronounce it Guko on here.
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    Well it's still a fail!
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    Yes, I often fail to spell guko's name correctly.
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    I see what you did there.
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    Be quiet good guy!

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