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My DNA Journey
By Tom Wakefield At about the age of five I discovered I was adopted. Growing up, I was always curious to why I was the way I was. I promised that as an adult I would get to the bottom of it. Little did I know at the time that personal DNA analysis...
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Keflavík Airport Iceland
Keflavík International Airport is Iceland's main airport. It's very likely you will be traveling through this airport for your trip to Iceland. The airport is located approximately 40 minutes from Reykjavik. I arrived in the morning in June 2017...
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Tjornin Pond Reykjavik
Reykjavik has a nice little lake near the city center that is perfect for a stroll. It's known as Tjornin Pond, but it's big enough to be called a lake in my opinion. Hljómskálagarðurinn is a park located at the pond. A variety of birds, flowers,...
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PHOTOS: Gerdi Guesthouse Stroll
I must be extremely curious, because after dinner at the Gerdi Guesthouse on my Extreme Iceland tour, I didn't retreat to my room and call it a day like everyone else. I headed out to explore the grounds near the guesthouse. In addition to the...
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PHOTOS: Above Greenland
There were some really cool views of the southern coast of Greenland on the flight back from Iceland to the United States (location at Google Maps). Glaciers, mountain ranges and thousands of icebergs could be seen. It was an awesome sight. The...
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Icelandic Horses Iceland
There are so many things that are unique and beautiful in Iceland, and that is certainly true for the island's Icelandic Horses. While doing the planning for my trip to Iceland I started noticing horse riding and horse farm tours. Why would...
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Gerdi Guesthouse Iceland
The Gerdi Guesthouse in Hofn, Iceland was the overnight accommodations for my two-day tour with Extreme Iceland in June 2017. I had really been looking forward to this destination, and it did not disappoint. To make a point about not...
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Extreme Iceland Tour: Part 6 - Skeiðará Bridge
The twisted remains of the Skeiðará Bridge on Iceland's southern coast is a testament to the powerful forces of nature on the geologically active island of Iceland. The twisted girders are all that remain from a 1996 event when the Vatnajökull...
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PHOTOS: On the Road With Extreme Iceland
A two-day tour with Extreme Iceland is a great way to see Iceland's south coast. The first afternoon of the tour was spent driving a good ways across south Iceland from the town of Vik to near Hofn. The drive included a trip through the vast...
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Extreme Iceland Tour: Part 5 - Eldhraun Lava Field
After some of the most spectacular waterfalls I've ever seen, and after the most amazing black sand beach at Reynisfjara, Iceland had something different in store for the next leg of the Extreme Iceland two-day tour - miles and miles... and miles of...
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Rogue One Filming Location in Iceland
The opening scene of the Star Wars movie Rogue One (on the planet Eadu) was shot near Vik, Iceland on the black sand beach of Mýrdalssandur and the nearby plateau (technically an inselberg) of Hjörleifshöfði (seen in the accompanying photos)....
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