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November 2021 We do not usually do Day 0 posts and bore you all with our mundane lives and the preparation for our trips, we normally just jump straight into the good stuff, so if that is what you are after then go right ahead to day 1 of our December 2021 New York Christmas … Read more
Our flight out of Keflavik was fairly reasonable at 11:15 am but with all the restrictions and possible issues, we did not want to leave anything to chance. So we wanted to be at the airport bright and early. We still had the flat tire issue with the Duster to deal with at the hire … Read more
Our final full day in Iceland and we really did not have much planned. Well, we did, but it was very much in the hands of the gods and they were not seeming benevolent today. The main plan for today was to be spare. With 13 days driving around the rind-road there was a lot … Read more
The Last two days were really exhausting, we covered ALOT of miles and have had some real highs and some real lows. As day 13 of a really exhausting trip dawned a real sense of finality began to be felt. We were fast approaching the end of the trip and all the possible issues that … Read more
Times Square is a bustling urban hotspot rammed with tourists and lined with hundreds of restaurants shops and attractions, the tourist capital of the city. There are an overwhelming amount of dining options on the Square and finding a great restraint rather than an overpriced Tourist trap is a difficult task. Most visitors to the … Read more
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
