"Pentaxuser" wrote in message
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> "tim....." wrote:
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>>> 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
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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"?
no,
nature is things with legs
tim
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