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最出名的当地旅行团

Famous local tours： 

http://www.icelandexcursions.is  or http://www.re.is

最便宜的当地旅行团

Cheapest local tours：

http://www.bustravel.is

我选择的极光旅行团

My 'Northern Light' tour： 

http://www.gti.is/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100&Itemid=348 / http://www.gti.is

飞机票

Plane tickets：

http://www.easyjet.com/en or http://www.icelandair.co.uk

酒店

Hotel：

http://www.booking.com

可是，冰岛：我是飞机票和酒店一同订的，可以用:

For me, I booked a package which included both the plane tickets and hotel at the same time：

http://holidays.easyjet.com or http://www.icelandair.co.uk/offers-and-bookings/

还有许多，可以找好友google.

For more information, ask Google : 

http://www.google.co.uk

这里全都是世界闻名的冰岛天然景观，

也是所有来冰岛观光旅游的首选之地：金圈之旅 The Golden Circle。

今天6点多就起身了，8点半当地旅行团长就来接我们开始了今天的金圈一日游。

在这期间有2个休息站和食堂，直到5点钟结束回酒店。

The Golden Cirlce is the prime travel destination in Iceland and is one of the world's renowed natural sceneries. 

Got up at 6am and the Golden Circle one day trip started at 8:30am with the local tour guide. 

Throughout the day, there were 2 rest stations and canteens, and we were backed to the hotel by 5pm.

Keriõ ：火山口 Crater

但是里面已经被地下水掩盖起来结成冰了咯。The crater is now covered in ice!

不是雪地 就是冰地。很滑很滑！Caution! Slippery floor...

短瀑布。Short waterfall

滑了一交，没记住。I tripped over and lost my memory about this scene...

阳光的折射，看见了美丽的彩虹，瀑布瞬间就变的有点金黄金黄色了。

所以就把它称为 “黄金瀑布” Gullfoss Waterfall, also known as Golden Waterfall.

这黄金瀑布位于首都的东北，冰岛人称这瀑布为 “皇后”。

当天，我真的是看到彩虹了，金黄色就有点点，非常好看。

但是没有拍。太冷了，手都变僵了，握着暖暖包不敢伸出来。

还可以听到轰隆渲泄的瀑布流水声，挺害怕的。

Due to the reflection of the sun rays and the beautiful rainbow, all of a sudden, the waterfall looked golden.

That's how it got its name 'Gullfoss Waterfall/Golden Waterfall'

The Golden Waterfall is siutation in the North-East of the capital, local Icelandic called it their 'queen'.

On that day, I managed to see a rainbow, and a tiny but of golden fall... It was amazing!

Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures. I was too cold and my hands frooze so I kept them inside my pockets.

It was actually quite scary to hear the sound of the waterfall.

Geysir，冰岛的热地区！到处都是小小的热气，热泉，蒸气口。

这里天天都在地震，3小时里已有至少4次的微地震［这微微地震，是不会感觉到的。］

（这里对面的餐厅，还不错吃的说！）

Geysir is the hot zone in Iceland. It is surrounded by steams, hot springs and shooting steams from the ground.

Earthquakes take place everyday, Within the 3 hours I was there, there were 4 minor earthquakes (didn't feel anything).

The restaurant was quite nice! 

走过许许多多小小的热气泉，就会来到这里。

每 5－7分钟就喷一次。

世界排名第4的 间歇泉 Strokkur

［拍不到瞬间喷的那一刻，因为我双手已经冷得狂发抖了］

After passing through many hot steams, we finally arrived to Strokkur.

It shoot hot steam every 5-7 minutes. 

Strokkur is the world's 4th most beautiful scene.

I was unable to capture the moment the steam shoot out as my hands were shaking from the freezing weather.

国会／议会国的旧地点！也是比美洲和比欧洲的交界处。

： 辛格维利尔 Þhingvellir National Park

在公元930年，Þhingvellir的平原上成立的露天议会。

然而在6月1944年期间，接近5万冰岛人民在此摆脱丹麦统治，成为独立国家！

所以说呢～冰岛既不是北美的也不是北欧洲的。

Þhingvellir National Park: where the parliament used to be! This is the border between Europe and America.

In 930 AD, Þhingvellir became the first open-air parliament meeting place.

It is not until June 1944 when 50,000 Icelandic people are no longer govered by the Dutch and Iceland became an independent country!

So Iceland does not belong to Northern America or Northern Europe.

有裂痕！  gaps!!!

跌死无人知  走了好长一段呢。。。。这里应该是交接处。

If I tripped over and die, no one will know! This was such a long walk! I think this was the reception.

冰岛的第二天，南下一日游。

早晨8点30分出发，前往火山，瀑布，河流湖泊，冰川，独特的山景，

然后抵达维克小镇 Vik，还有著名的黑沙滩。 

应该是快到7点才抵达酒店的。

Second day in Iceland, I went to the South.

Departed at 8:30am to see volcano, waterfalls, rivers and lakes, glaciers..

There was this famous 'black beach' and the village of Vik.

I think we returned to the hotel around 7pm.

Eykafjallajökull. 这个就是在2010年爆发的火山！幸好我去时，它好像没有发脾气。

This is the mountain that had a volcanic eruption back in 2010. Luckily nothing happened this time. It looked nice and calm and not angry! 

Skógafoss!

土生土长的冰岛司机叔叔说：“天气好可以看到2道彩虹🌈，所以夏天局为多哈。”

The local Icelandic taxi driver said: "if the weather is good, usually there are two rainbows. So usually it is more frequent in the summer."

Glacier!! 看冰川！

Reynisfjara Hálsanefshellir 黑沙滩 和 著名的vik岩石 ！Black beach and the famous Vik rock!

黑沙滩是怎么形成的？？How did the black beach came about?

解答：因为附近有种奇特的熔岩山耸立于在海中央。

冰岛南部多火山并活动频繁，黑沙滩的“沙”其实是颗粒状的火山熔岩。

由于火山喷出的熔岩和火山灰，

大量熔岩则朝向大海深处流动，火山灰就与海滨的泥沙糅合在一起。

再加上海水与海风的结合，使熔岩与泥沙合二为一，在长年累月的摸触就变成眼前的黑沙滩。

听司机叔叔说，这里常有摄制组到这里来取景和拍摄外星球等各种科幻类的电影🎬或影片

Answer: Because there are many volcanoes in the ocean. 

The volcanic activities are quite high in the Southern part of Iceland.

The 'sand' of the black beach is actually the dust of the eruptions.

When magma comes out of the volcanoes along with the dust,

it run towards the ocean and the dust mixed with the mud and sands.

Along with the sea water and wind, the magma and dust mixed together and through a long period of time, it created the black beach.

According to the taxi driver, he said many TV or movie productions for sci-fi stories usually take place there.

又有点炫美又有点奇异柱状崖壁就矗立在黑沙滩边上！Some nice but weird cliffs off the black beach.

这洞口怎么那么像四四方方的石头。。。This cave entrance has many square shaped rocks...

Seljalandsfoss，

最大诱人的地方是，这瀑布长得有点像 西游记美猴王的［水帘洞］，后面是能通往的。

The most attractive place is that it looks like the waterfall in the Chinese story 'Journey to the West' where the monkey king lived and behind the waterfall is a pathway.

 不知道这叫什么，我只好自己帮它取名了，“石头山”上长满了“细细的冰雕”。

I don't know what this is called, so I created a name for it:  "The rocky mountain full of ice sculptures".

小心走路。我都绊了跌了好几次 

小脚丫走路不是跌倒 就是绊倒。

还是体重过重？！

You need to walk carefully here! I tripped over here a few times... T^T

My tiny feet... Or am I overweight?!

毕竟我俩没到4点钟就起床了，赶着早上6点钟的航班，几乎都没睡好。。。

所以呢～抵达冰岛首都：雷克雅未克 （Reykjavik）后，我们的第一站就是去泡泡温泉，纾解压力。

Since me and my friends had to get up way before 4am to catch the 6am flight, we barely slept the night before... 

So the first thing we did in Iceland's capital Reykjavik was to take a nice, relaxing hot bath in the natural spring.  

在来之前，就把所有行程订好了，抵达机场后，就可以直接坐巴士啦。

泡完温泉后，坐巴士时，告诉司机你的旅馆名字，司机大哥会把你安安全全送到旅馆门口 。

Before our arrival, we have already booked everything, so when we arrived at the Icelandic airport, we just went straight to the bus.

After the nice hot bath, we took the bus back to the hotel and all we had to do was to tell the bus driver which hotel we were at and he took us safely to the hotel.

蓝湖（Blue Lagoon）是一个露天的温泉，周边都被黑色火山岩围绕着。

很聪明的冰岛人从地面下钻孔取地热水，海水经过地下高热火山融岩层而吸收热量来发电，

水中硅泥含有许多矿物质沉积在湖底，湖底蕴藏了大量的矽。泉水中含有几乎全都是化学和矿物的结晶。

Blue Lagoon is an outdoor natural spring, surrounded by black magma from previous volcanic eruptions.

The clever Icelandic drained hot water below the earth, and the heat from the core of the earth provided a source of energy to Iceland.

The natural hot spring is full of rich minerals, and at the bottom of the lake there are lots of silicon. The spring is the combination of chemicals reactions from different minerals. 

形成了乳白蓝色的温泉水。可以护肤养颜，尤其对皮肤病含有特殊疗效哦！［工作人员说的］

The staff said the milky blue hot spring is extremely good for skins as it contains some skin healing particles!! 

官方网站/Their offical website：http://www.bluelagoon.com

必经之很多石头的路/a path full of rocks

抵达咯  we finally arrived!!!

在温泉傍边，可以看到很多木桶，里边都是有白白的矽泥面膜 silica mud mask，可以免费试用。

Before the spring, there are many wooden buckets and inside are many white silica mud mask, that you can try for free!

世界奇观之一：北极光 Northern Lights / Aurora Borealis

怎么形成的呢？查查好朋友 google 就知道了，看看 youtube 也会明白哈！

2012的12月冬天，为了完成在 世界末日（20－22/12）来临前的极光之旅,

在9月底车祸发生前，我就已经买好订好去冰岛 (Iceland) 的飞机票和酒店。

Northern Lights / Aurora Borealis: One of the world's most fascinating scenes

How is it formed? As I checked my best friends Google and Youtube, I found the answers. 

December 2012, I completed my End of The World Journey in Iceland (12/20 – 12/22). 

Before my accident in September, I have already booked the tickets and hotels for this Icelandic trip,

so NO TURNING BACK!!!

我的结论：天然景观是真心漂亮！！!!

但是无聊的岛，没有大大的购物区，没有繁华都市。

去住几天还可以，呆久了，我怕我会闷到变笨 

My conclusion of this trip: Mother nature is soooooooooooo beautiful!!!!! 

SIGH! Iceland was quite boring.

There were no massive shopping malls or metropolitan cities. 

Staying there for a few days is alright,

but I would personally get bored if I have to stay much longer!

人生嘛！！世界的尽头：冰岛总得去一次感受一次！

冰岛 冰岛。。其实把冰岛改名叫“冰火之岛”会不会亲切点？！

因为在那儿能看到摸到走到冰川冰洞里，也能深深感受到白茫茫的雪地里雪花簌簌时的纯洁与宁静之美。

还能观看曾经在2010年发过一次大火的火山！含有矿物质的天然温泉（蓝湖 Blue Lagoon），凉凉的瀑布，喷气瀑布，间歇泉等。。各种在其它欧洲国家看不到的天然景观。

Well, once in a lifetime, I need to go the tip of this world to experience Iceland!

Iceland! Iceland! Can I call you the 'island of ice and fire'?!?

At there, I can walk into the ice caves and feel the cold,

enjoy the whiteness of the floating snowflakes and the land of snow.

I also visited the mountain which had a volcanic eruption in 2010,

and the Blue Lagoon which is a natural hot bath full of rich minerals.

The waterfalls, jet falls, geysers are natural sceneries you cannot see elsewhere in Europe.

当天抵达当晚就看到极光，和我一起去旅游的Tracy阿姐说:“人品大爆发！RP大爆发!”

雪地里看极光，我只能说：冷死了冻死了！！

眼前只有浅浅的肥肥的绿光，可是照片出来的效果好好哟！

谢谢在那天认识的4位英国人，谢谢84号，谢谢你们的相机 

On my first night of arrival, I witnessed the Northern Light and my friend Tracy who travelled with me said a funny joke.

To see Northern Light in such a place, all I can say was: It's freezing cold!!..

The Northern Light looks like some very thin, wide green lights,

I'm glad the pictures have captured the effects!

I want to say a massive thank you to the four British I met on that day & number 84 for your cameras!