"tim....." wrote:
>> yes, Reykjavik isn't where you want to be, Geysir attracted too many
>> tourists when I was there to be perfect, if I went back I would want a
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>So what's wrong with being "touristy".
spoils the atmosphere of enjoying a natural wonder, it would be OK if
they mostly had the sense of wonder, but they do not.
>At Sagrada Familia (for example) you can't move for flipping tourists, in
>fact the place has no other raison de'tra so no-one is there for any other
>reason. Does this mean that one shouldn't visit it?
its in a city......
>> car and visit the icecaps, the big waterfalls - godafoss gullfoss etc,
>> myvatn, jokulska and geothermal areas. Akureyri was nicer than the
>> capital but the whole place is about wild nature.
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>Sometimes I do nature and sometimes not. Iceland doesn't seem to be
>overwhelmed with nature
are you kidding! Birdlife is impressive. Whales can be good. Landscape
is different and impressive, great for photography. I assume you are
not including glaciers, volcanoes etc as "nature"?
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