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hi I'm Gary beverage and this is another
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of my tips for travelers in this episode
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I'm going to talk about the ten
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unmissable sites in iceland and why
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going on a cruise may be the best way of
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seeing these sites the first of all
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is to help you make the most of your
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precious travel time and money the
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sights in Iceland tend to be grouped
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together and have names so you've got
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the goal encircled jewels of the North
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Pompeii of the north well the first set
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of sites are what is known as the Golden
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Circle and these are access out of
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Reykjavik the most magnificent side of
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all in the Golden Circle and one of my
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absolute favorites is the gullfoss
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waterfall this is a spectacular
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waterfall it is over 32 meters high
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there's an 11 meter drop there's a 21
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meter drop it cascades a hundred and
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forty cubic meters a second it's a
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biggest flow in Europe of any waterfall
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now there's an interesting story because
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they because of the power of it at one
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time some people wanted to turn into a
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hydroelectric plant and the farmers had
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owned it leased it to a foreign company
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to do it and one of the farmers
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daughters relentlessly tried to stop
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luckily eventually she was able to stop
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them because they missed a payment and
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it's now a protected another magnificent
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sight is the Geezer geothermal area and
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very specifically the fantastic stroker
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Giza now struggling Giza erupts every
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couple of minutes now what's interesting
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about Jesus is the original Giza was
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called Giza and that's what gave these
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now the Strucker is the only one that's
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still really spouting away because the
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original Giza is now dormant Iceland is
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a very interesting country it's
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basically sitting on top of enormous
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volcanic activities so there's a lot of
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big volcanic eruptions there's
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earthquakes and also importantly the
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island is being ripped apart two
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tectonic plates come together in Iceland
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the Eurasian and the North American
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plates is the only place in the world
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where the North Atlantic which is above
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sea level so you can travel to the think
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villa National Park and a thing called
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the rihanna's bridge from here you get
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not only beautiful views into a
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wasteland because you can't see
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the Eurasian Plate which is much further
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away but you can see the North American
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plate rising way above the ground you
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walk right the way line now the next set
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of must-see sights are out of the
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gateway city of a Carrera and these are
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the Jews of the north for all together
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and one of them is an absolute for me
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total and utter beauty and is the god of
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us the god of us means waterfall of the
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cards and the god of us name comes
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because of a myth at the time that
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Iceland was converted to Christianity
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around about 1000 AD and the law make of
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the time pour Jer he through his
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statutes or the North guards over the
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waterfalls and converted into
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Christianity and Iceland became a
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Christian state other things I would
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recommend you do is to climb right down
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from just underneath the main viewing
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platform and you get right down to the
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base of the force and you get
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magnificent views now quite close by 2
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that is Namaskar Namaskar is best known
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for the more geothermal activity but
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this time the bubbling mud pause now
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depending on the weather and the way the
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winds blowing it can also smell pretty
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rough here with the sulfur but this
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steam coming out of ground and there's
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these mud pools just bubbling away it's
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a very bizarre unworldly like scene and
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it almost feels like you're stepping
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into either a science fiction movie or
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some sort of really bizarre planets one
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of the things around this area is during
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the summer there are little midges and
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they're really annoying so you'll often
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see people wearing netting to keep them
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away from you but there are a very
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important part of the whole ecological
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balance but they are quite annoying it
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the next incredible site is near Lake
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Yvonne Lake maven is a massive lake and
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it's packed full of tens of thousands of
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birds but just nearby is these
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incredible pseudo craters now these are
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not actual craters so they do look like
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they've been created by Kenny eruptions
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but they're not they are just created by
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the lava as it flowed over what some
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wetlands the gas is underneath it
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exploded into a bubble and created these
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craters the scenery here is absolutely
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beautiful you get great views across
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lake near Van and it's a very popular
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for going to look at birds the next
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attraction which is seen by many as a
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must-see well there wasn't one of my big
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favorites and it's what's known as the
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Dahmer burger lava fields in Iceland
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there's a big mythology around trials
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and what apparently is supposed to have
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happened in demon burger is the trolls
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in the area had partied all night the
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Sun came up and they were turned into
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in reality the lava flowed over water
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and started to harden but this pressure
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of steam built up and eventually burst
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its way through the lava pulling the
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partly solidified lava up through
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creating these very jagged espaces above
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the ground now another of my real
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highlights and favorite destinations was
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in hi May and the chance to go hiking up
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one of the big volcanoes hamer is known
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as the Pompeii of the north in 1973
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there was a massive volcanic eruption it
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began in January and lasted for five
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months humongous amounts of lava erupted
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it destroyed one-third of all the homes
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over 400 homes are covered by anything
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up to 10 meters of lava the volcano that
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erupted is called eldfell which
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appropriately means fire mountain the
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other volcano is called hell the fell
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you can now climb up the volcano it's
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quite a big hike it's about Turner
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metres high but it the views from the
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well the sites that I would recommend
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you go and see is up in the north of
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Iceland and it is a few Adel is a field
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is very beautiful part of the world
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where you've got these magnificent
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fjords which are original of course
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carved out by glaciers passing through
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you actually take a boat trip across to
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Deanna's known as history and the reason
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for going to the island is there are
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quite a lot of arctic fox living there
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the arctic fox is the only indigenous
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animal on Iceland every single other
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animal is important used to have people
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living here until about 1950 -
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originally it was a whaling station then
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in the early 1900s when whaling was
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banned for a period of time and the
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whale has moved away then became a fish
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factory within the fish moved away
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now I made to reserve and you can go for
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a strong possibility that on his theory
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you will get to see an arctic fox now
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other things that all tourists want to
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do when they go to Iceland is go to the
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Blue Lagoon which is a big outdoor
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geothermal heated pool which is rich in
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minerals so I've included on their
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must-see sites just because it's one of
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those things that if you go to Iceland
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you're gonna want to do and it's in
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Reykjavik I believe the best way of
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seeing these sites is going on a cruise
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and the three key reasons and one watch
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out first of all all of the key sites
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are around the coastal areas of Iceland
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crews can take you to the Skateway ports
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of rec avec hai Mei is a Fuhrer and a
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career e the key thing though is you
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need to go on a cruise line that uses
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small ships because small ships can only
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get into these ports so places like
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Harmon for example big ships can't get
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in there so when you're looking at an
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itinerary make sure you're going on a
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cruise line that has a small ship so for
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example I visited Iceland with voyages
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to antiquity and the Aegean Odyssey is a
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small ship only taking around about 350
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passengers and it could get into all
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these places now the downside of going
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on a cruise is the weather in Iceland is
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very unpredictable so there is a chance
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that there could be storms or winds and
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the ships can't get into the smaller
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ports so there's a risk that you lose
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some of the ports but overall it is a
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phenomenal way and is the best way I
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believe of seeing these places because
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actually traveling around Iceland is
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relatively difficult between these
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places Iceland is really becoming a real
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hot spot for people to go and I can see
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why and I wish I've been to Iceland
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sooner because the richness of the
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things to see is magnificent consider
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going on a cruise and take a look at
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cruise lines with small cruise ships for
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example like voyages to antiquity
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hopefully find that helpfulness inspired
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you if you found this video helpful I'd
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love it if you watch many more of my
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tips of travelers videos because you'll
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get more inspiration advice and tips on
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how to make the most of your precious
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travel time and money
