Your Guide to getting the best from your USA City Adventures
Steve
Today was really going to be a bit of an unknown we were heading out of the West Fjords and would overnight at Grundarfjörður on the Snæfellsnes Peninsular. However the in order to avoid another heavy driving day we had booked the 18:00 Ferry from Brjánslækur -Stykkishólmur. This 2:30 ferry ride may not have been a … Read more
Today was always going to be one of our longest, most arduous, and most adventurous days. We were heading deep into the West Fjords, the most remote region of Iceland, Way after the recommended time window for the Fjords as winter was setting in pretty quickly. The Drive was 353km so not as long as … Read more
Today we were up bright and early as we had a Whale Watching Trip planned for today. We had heard pretty negative things about Whale-Watching in Iceland with many expert commentators advising us to skip them, but we were not finding much faith in these experts who mostly seem to be grumpy, overly risk overt, … Read more
New York has an estimated 67 million visitors every year, on top of this the Cities population is over 8 million residents and every one of them is hungry! This makes the food and beverage industry in New York Callosal. Overflowing with hungry mouths and restaurateurs and vendors all too happy to fill them. And … Read more
Chinatown in New York is one of the largest and oldest in the United States and home to the highest Ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, so it’s little surprise there are a large number of Chinese Restaurants in the City. New Yorkers are not big cooks either so Chinese takeaway, offering amazing flavors and … Read more
New York City and Great Steaks go hand in hand, there is even a cut named after the City, the New York Strip. In a city that never sleeps, where dinner and a Show is a City Pastime, and when indulgence and opulence normally have far more influence than a high tab, then grabbing a … Read more
One of the best things to do on any trip to New York is to get up High on one of New York Observation Decks and gaze at the simply Staggering Views. The only problem with this is after a while, after taking a load of pics and some envy-inducing selfies you run out of things to … Read more
Today was to be another Relocation day. Possibly our shortest driving day of the trip as we were only heading for Akureyri, less than 85km away. We have done longer backtracks than this and even covered more than that yesterday going back and forth. This meant a fairly steady morning, with a nice breakfast with … Read more
After the terrible weather yesterday we really hoped things would pick up today, however, the weather forecast was not overly optimistic and low clouds and rain were the order of the day. This meant the day started off sluggishly with little to leap out of bed for! However, when we finally got moving we were … Read more
This day was the longest driving day of the trip as we left the south behind and headed up to the north of the country. 415 Km from Hofn to Myvatn via the East Fjords region of the Island. We were really looking forward to this part of the trip as the road winds around … Read more
