Iceland in winter is like a snowglobe from another planet: by day, you’ll explore snowy paths leading to thundering waterfalls, watch pieces of ice float in glacier lagoons, and see ice caves glitter and cast all different shades of blue. By night, the beauty doesn’t stop, it just changes form, as colorful auroras dance overhead….
By now, I should know how to pack for pretty much anything. After all, I’ve been traveling more or less full-time for the better part of the last two years, from climates as diverse as the tropical beaches of Bali to the arid summer deserts of Morocco to the far Arctic north of Sweden in…
It’s no secret that Iceland has some issues with overtourism. The beautiful Nordic island was mobbed by nearly 2.2 million people in 2017, and tourism has increased by a factor of 5 over the last decade. Tourism in Iceland doesn’t seem to be likely to decrease, either, with WOW air looking to increase its transatlantic presence…
Iceland tops many people’s bucket lists, and with good reason. This country has natural beauty nearly everywhere you look, and the variety of landscapes you’ll see on a trip to Iceland simply boggle the mind. In a small package, you can see everything from glaciers to volcanoes to continental rifts to fjords to lava formations…
It’s 2018. Every single person you know has probably already been to or is planning a trip to Iceland. It’s not surprising: Iceland is pretty much Instagram-perfection. We’ve all seen those photos of the Blue Lagoon, picture-perfect waterfalls, and pristine black sand beaches. But let’s pull behind the curtain a bit. People are everywhere you…
