Geyser war!

Kelsey and myself have now seen Old Faithful and other geysers in Yellowstone's National Park. We can compare these american geysers to the Icelandic Geysers we saw only a few months ago.

I will post duelling videos and let you decide which Geyser is more impressive.

I will tell you right now that in Iceland you can get a lot closer to the geyser's and you can literal feel the water coming down. In Yellowstone you are kept quite a distance away from the actual explosion, but in Yellowstone the geysers last a lot longer.

Since Iceland was my first experience with a geyser I might be a little biased towards how amazing it was to see. We did see a film crew for the Discovery Channel filming a documentary about these natural wonders. Anytime a hole in the rocks you are standing on shoots boiling hot water 25-30 feet into the sky, you must give respect to power of this great earth.

Check back soon to see my Geyser comparisons.

Iceland Geyser videos

geyser going off:




geyser breathing:

these are especially amazing to see live, as the bundled up mixture of tourists scream hoot and hollar in their own languages as the geysers shoot into the air. it is actually quite an experience.

we took 13 videos of the geysers 'breathing' before finally catching the video at the top. we also caught one mid-blow, but it is not as impressive as the first video. the geysers are extremely hot, but the wind was quite chilly. i remember my hands being very cold while i tried to film this.

but VERY worth it.

Iceland photos

so it has been hard to find time to get all the amazing Iceland info up on the blog. I've had less time than planned due to my art as treasure art tour. This will be spanning the next 5 weeks of my life and therefore I will be posting any feature posts from coffee shops across america.

if you want to see all of our videos and photos from Iceland (not all but most), you can find at JumpCut... www.jumpcut.com/billyjay. You might need to start an account to view them....I am not sure. Hopefully not.

You can get a good idea of what kind of awesome Iceland posts I will be doing, with the help of my awesome girlfriend Kelsey. We've got some amazing information to pass on to future Iceland travellers. We managed to visit Iceland for about $1200 each (4 days/3 nights).

Hope you will visit back soon!
William

Icelandic Horses (part 1)

Our third day in Iceland we took a Reykjavik Excursions horsebike riding tour. This was a lava walk, for beginners-expert horseback riders. I myself had never ridden before, and was moderately terrified. Kelsey has a little riding experience in America and therefore was less nervous about the ride.

The bus picked us up at our guest house and took us 25 minutes to a horse ranch, where we were prepped for the ride. We got to wear these spiffy blue jump suits and nifty hats and gloves. It was rather chilly, so it was very delightful to have another layer beyond what we wore. They gave us each horses depending on our level of experience. My horse, whose name I could not pronounce and therefore cannot remember, was great! Very mild tempered and calm.

Icelandic horses are very short and a bit thick, I would consider them to be inbetween a pony and an american horse. The Icelandic Horses also have a lot of hair, and are typically a lot less fussy than American horse (this information was provided by our guide).

We were on horseback on a 45 minute trail over a volcanic landscape, much like the landscape we were introduced to immediately after stepping foot from the airport. The footing was very rocky and the horses would frequently stumble or lose their footing.

I hope you will enjoy these photos, I will upload more pictures to Icelandic Horses part 2 and tell you my overall feelings about the ride and horses in Icleand.

This is ICELAND!

An intro to our journey to iceland and all that we encountered.

Iceland Teaser

Here's a small sample of the pictures and Iceland locales that I will be blogging about:

The Goal of the Icelandic Puffin Blog

My girlfriend and myself recently went on a four day, three night vacation to Iceland. We had such a good time on our trip, that we feel it is important to start a blog to express what a fun place Iceland is to visit. In this blog I will be writing posts, posting pictures, movies and giving reviews about:

Icelanic Air
Icelandic Food
Icelandic Horse Riding
Reykjavik
Reykjavik Excursions
Blue Lagoon
Geysers
Gulfoss Waterfalls
Hiking
Cost of Travelling
Icelandic Nature
Icelandic Animals
Icelandic Weather
Icelandic Guesthouses
Sight Seeing
Landmarks

and much more

I will explain exactly how much our trip cost, what mistakes we made, talk about the people we ran into and every other tidbit of information that can help you if you plan to visit Iceland, or help you decide whether or not to go.