Recent Iceland Visits? (Page 3): Thanks for all the great tips. And that's super shot! Good to know about the roads and pullouts. (I am still trying to pair up cell and dslr photos...

dbfalconer Loc: Salida CO

SteveFranz wrote:

It helps to book ahead. I'm not sure how successfu... (show quote)

Thanks for all the great tips. And that's super shot! Good to know about the roads and pullouts.
(I am still trying to pair up cell and dslr photos from our Oregon Coast trip last summer. One gorgeous beach soon looks like others! Next time I plan to photograph index cards with location info---we'll see how that works!)

dbfalconer Loc: Salida CO

JBRIII wrote:

I guess that depends on your interest in waterfall... (show quote)

I guess we'll see what we can, get what shots we can, not stress about it! I'm not creating an Icelandic travelogue, after all! We loved our 2.5 week self-drive trip in Alaska---planned all our stops and lodging ourselves. Hope we can be as successful in Iceland, possibly with a company making the reservations on the route. Even in the US, it is hard to do a road trip today without making advance reservations in popular places. We are not up for sleeping in the car! Thanks for your input.

Laramie Loc: Tempe

One thing to remember, Iceland is expensive. During our last nights in Reykjavik, I bought a bottle of a locally brewed stout beer.When the bill arrived that 12 oz bottle of beer was $24. It was good, but that is pricey.

JBRIII

dbfalconer wrote:

I guess we'll see what we can, get what shots we can, not stress about it! I'm not creating an Icelandic travelogue, after all! We loved our 2.5 week self-drive trip in Alaska---planned all our stops and lodging ourselves. Hope we can be as successful in Iceland, possibly with a company making the reservations on the route. Even in the US, it is hard to do a road trip today without making advance reservations in popular places. We are not up for sleeping in the car! Thanks for your input.

Been to Iceland, but on tour. Did look at self driving tours that were planned by some company, but as someone stated they were pretty fixed as to be here on this day, etc., non as flexible as one might like, was not sure how much you could change things to your liking before you started.

That said, unless you've done a just get into the car and drive overseas, you might not realize that local customs? aren't the same as in the US. For example, we did that in Australia and found most/all hotels/motels in the country side shut down around 5-6 PM, there just was no one there to provide a room, even if available. No driving until mid-night and finding a room. We learned to drive to an area, get a room and then see more sights. In Italy, at least in the 80-90's, everything but resturants closed mid-day.

dbfalconer Loc: Salida CO

Laramie wrote:

One thing to remember, Iceland is expensive. During our last nights in Reykjavik, I bought a bottle of a locally brewed stout beer.When the bill arrived that 12 oz bottle of beer was $24. It was good, but that is pricey.

I’m hoping we ahed a few pounds there—-hike some, eat light! We don’t drink, ao we’ll save there, too! Thanks for the tip!