Reykjavík — Ólafsvík Stops at: Borgarnes, Búðir, Arnarstapi, Hellnar & Djúpalónssandur Total driving time: 3 hours and 18 minutes . Our Ring Road road trip started in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavík. After picking up our camper van from Go Campers, and stocking up on fuel and groceries from Bónus (a popular Icelandic grocery chain) we skipped exploring the capital in favor of getting immediately onto the Ring Road. Also known as Route 1, this is a national road that …
Category: Wanderlust
As much as I have been ready for adventure and thrill from the get go, I had never actually tried extreme sports. Everyone always talks about that rush of adrenaline after a bungee jump or a sky dive, and I had no real sense of what that meant. So, when I made my 30 before 30 list I put ‘go bungee jumping / sky diving (any adventure sport really!)’ right at the top. I checked off this list item – …
A new project kickoff took the man to Baton Rouge, capital city of the southern state of Louisiana. My options were spending time by myself in Princeton and New York City with nothing significant to do (well there was a round of musical chairs in Bryant Park, but the summer heat was bringing down my enthusiasm), or joining him instead down south. New Orleans had long been on my list of places to visit in USA, so I packed my bags and went …