Iceland 2008 - Part 8 - Heaven
Iceland has hell, but Iceland also has heaven. If there is a paradise on earth, it might very well be the famous Blue Lagoon.
Once again, those simple 2-dimensional collections of lifeless pixels won’t really be able to convey the full force of the Blue Lagoon experience. It’s not just the marvellous, striking blue colors.
It’s everything you don’t see on the pictures. It’s the context, the mindblowing power plant lost in the middle of a huge lava field.
It’s the impossibly fresh air. It’s the temperature difference between the warm water and the cool air. It’s the relaxing warmth, the torpor that captures you there and makes you all sleepy, never wanting to leave.
And somewhere, never far away, it’s the light smell of sulphur reminding you that however paradisiac it may looks, this is Devil’s Beauty. You are still in Iceland.
So now, dear readers, fellow workers, I just hope you finally start to understand why I’ve been a huge fan of this country for years. No, it has nothing to do with Björk. It is just an amazing country where anybody can take postcard-perfect pictures with any cheap, automatic digital camera.
July 20th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I know where I’m going next summer…
July 21st, 2008 at 9:24 pm
so now I know what kept you away from your keyboard for one week… what can I say… I most certainly would have trade mine for good
thanks for the great pictures !
August 3rd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Wow! Great photos !
It seems you and your girlfriend had a lot of fun there.
Iceland is the “Place To Be”