Reykjavik: Pohtomarathon

After a relaxing holiday, taking it very easy and reading about many religions for my teaching course, i am back in Reykjavik for the photomarathon project. we have 20 volunteers from around the world: singapore, USA, south korea and europe. everyday we will have a lecture about theory and technique from my spanish friend kike. we started today and already i feel like i have learnt loads. this project is quite relaxed as we dont have to take photos with the volunteers so we have a lot of time off and can visit some galleries etc. today i went to the world press photo award which had some incredible images from around the globe. the only hard thing to do is the cooking for 24 people. today i managed a cuscus extravaganza but it will tough to be creative. thankfully there are many teams so i wont have to cook everyday!

Last weekend was awesome as i saw trentmoller on friday night and then chilled in the park on saturday where there were some hiphop MCs and DJs freestylin and improvising beats on the spot. then met some interesting characters who told me about the New World Order taking over our lives and controlling our minds which was intense and amusing at the same time. love the conspiracy theories....watch out for the reptilians working on the 4th dimension to warp our capacity to question. excellllllllllent! on sunday 2 friends from lithuania and greece and me went on a road trip to the south where went to some beautiful waterfalls and a secret hot spring in the mountains where the mist was hovering and light rain was falling into the pool. then we had an epic drive back as the crazy greek christos managed to take a wrong turn and run out of fuel. muppet. however a friendly viking sorted us out within seconds of the old banger conking out. legend.

back to civilization

After 6 weeks out in the far reaches of iceland I am back in Reykjavik. the rest of the project in kopasker went really well. we had an international evening where we cooked some dishes from our countries and did something cultural such as flamenco, lithuanian dancing, films etc. I excelled myself with my best crumble creation using some rhubarb i picked in the village and also did a quiz about England. thankfully the weather was amazing for the last few days so we enjoyed our walks along the beach picking up the rubbish. on the last night we went for a swim in the sea as the cloud rolled from the mountains to the sea, couldnt quite believe our luck with the timing.

then mum came out for a few days so we did a whirlwind trip taking in some waterfalls, glaciers, fjords and general epic scenery. we drove from the second largest city in the north called Akureyri all the way back to reykjavik via the east fjords. it was fun to catch up and drive our tiny rental car off road avoiding the sheep and trying to see the views through the fog. we finished up in the blue lagoon which is a hot spring with milky blue water. we arrived at 8pm so there were very few people when the sky was turning orange at 9:30. superb!