My fascination for Iceland has - grown - over grown - or shall i say become an uncontrollable desire after having seen the ‘Lonely planet guide to Iceland and Greenland’ innumerable times. Something which i can say was also the case with the Norway trip. So i have been to Norway, yet there has been no post about it - reason: i cant seem to get myself to write a post about that trip, considering how memorable it was.
Back on track,
The most developed country in the world,[3] and the fourth most productive per capita,[4] Iceland is among the most prosperous countries in the world. - Wikipedia.
But i am not heading there for any of the above reasons. I am heading to Iceland because
Iceland is a stunningly beautiful place if you enjoy strange and desolate landscapes. Lava fields, lava tubes, plains of fractured rock, ice, fire and steam. - Wikitravel.
I have created a, list of places to visit (provided the weather permits) and photograph, list of Icelandic dishes to taste/eat, list of carters/volcanoes/hot springs/beaches/lakes to see, and finally Aurora Borealis. And as always with all big lists of desires, disappointment is not far behind.
Remaining posts on the travel and if there was any disappointment after i am back and if i have had any disappointments that is.
After taking ages, filling in the content and saving to draft. Here is what Amsterdam was all about in our trip.
A trip with no itinerary, no preplanned spots to visit, with no wish lists to fulfill. A trip completely open to any change in plans as and when needed.
We land in Schipol, lay off our baggage at the hotel and catch a taxi to Amsterdam central. Even though we were fore warned and cautioned about the cheating taxi drivers in Amsterdam, we paid no heed and ended up paying 50 euros for the taxi. When the bill might have ended at 30-35 odd if the meter was running, So much for the people of foreign origin as taxi drivers. We headed towards the central station, i saw a coffee shop (coffee as in cannabis) and that was my first taste of Amsterdam’s openness. After some roaming about in the city, we entered Amsterdam’s famed RLD (red light district). Bhaskar commented the streets looked unusually empty and then we realized we were in the wrong street.
Entering the right Sex street. And seeing the people there going about business, i realized the openness of the Dutch - something synonymous with “putting the money where your heart lies” :-P, in both the cases of legalizing cannabis and sex. After some time of roaming around and having got enough of the sights and sounds of the street, we ventured into the artery roads surrounding the main streets and i was treated to a mini castle like building. It looked like one of those castles you get in cartoons where bugs bunny and elmer fudd keep running around to blow each others head off. i never found out what the building was and neither did i get my camera along that day, so there were no celebrity moments for this building. (more…)
you would be wondering what the hell this title means, and below is the explanation for it.
yesterday night, we released modest beta for the public to use. Check the news here and get modest here (by the way its only for the N800/810 devices).
So for the team, “day 1 of year 1 A.M” - Today is the first day of the first year After.Modest as per the modestian calendar :-P.
By the way the Amsterdam trip post is still a draft and i have not put much in it to publish the post.
And in other news : I will be spending 8 days in Iceland!! Now i can strike off one more location from the list of places i want to visit.
i will post about everything that been going on, coming soon.
This was taken outside the hotel we stayed in Schipol, Amsterdam.
It was a cloudy day, and at least in Schipol the weather seemed bright. While waiting for the shuttle service to the airport to arrive, i snapped up this shot.
