The Lost Girl's Guide to Finding the World
An adventure traveller's tales from around the world.
Iceland is a country with a lengthy and well documented history beginning as far back as the late 800’s (yes, without a 1 in front). Within that time, the residents have come up with a selection of very creative dishes Read More …
While in Iceland I put my Divemasters certificate to use and stroked another item off my bucket list diving the continental divide at Silfra. The two continents are ripping apart from each other at a rate of 2-18 centimeters a Read More …
Can you imagine giant icebergs suntanning on black sand beaches? I was incredibly delighted when I arrived to Jökulsárlón, Iceland’s glacier lagoon in the southwest part of the country and saw precisely that. Pieces of ice calve off the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier on the Read More …
One of Iceland’s national dishes, I tried Hákarl – rotten shark meat from the poisonous Greenland shark. The ammonia-smelling meat is cured and consumed after a 3-4 month long fermentation process to make it edible. The up-to-500 kg sharks used Read More …
Updated: May 2025 Iceland is not a cheap country. In fact, it’s one of the most expensive countries I’ve been to, along with the Maldives, the USA, and the UAE. Yet I keep going back. I’ve been to Iceland in Read More …