tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post5104140278790441409..comments2023-06-21T14:14:24.806+01:00Comments on Blogtrotter: LAND OF ICE AND FIREGMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-81308342299091083362009-08-03T19:18:09.726+01:002009-08-03T19:18:09.726+01:00Ming,
Those must be of the glacier!!Ming,<br />Those must be of the glacier!!Trotternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-43584308775585748422009-08-03T18:50:53.456+01:002009-08-03T18:50:53.456+01:00I love the photos that shows the moon rock like su...I love the photos that shows the moon rock like surface.Ming the Mercilesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09957918533010735599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-13472648487080574572009-07-31T20:52:18.198+01:002009-07-31T20:52:18.198+01:00Ted,
It's true that the «elements» are really ...Ted,<br />It's true that the «elements» are really intense in Iceland! Everything is extreme!!Trotternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-52883927948635029372009-07-31T17:51:49.439+01:002009-07-31T17:51:49.439+01:00I'm arriving late, so I can visit your fire an...I'm arriving late, so I can visit your fire and ice as well as your water images. Great to see you covering, "the elements." I guess I didn't realize that Iceland had so much fire and ice. Silly me! Great post. Thanks.Emery Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764300703571229622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-74873075682995369722009-07-29T11:24:06.567+01:002009-07-29T11:24:06.567+01:00Lakshmi,
One day I'll get to the Perito Moreno...Lakshmi,<br />One day I'll get to the Perito Moreno and I'll show the most magnificent glacier... ;))Trotternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-81050972881373721042009-07-29T04:24:23.808+01:002009-07-29T04:24:23.808+01:00The pics of the glaciers are stunning...what pictu...The pics of the glaciers are stunning...what pictures..Lakshmihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10131764134144215720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-6159805337454189662009-07-27T15:11:00.985+01:002009-07-27T15:11:00.985+01:00Nazzareno,
Great to read you here! I'm glad yo...Nazzareno,<br />Great to read you here! I'm glad you enjoyed the post!!Trotternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-24849308801936315842009-07-27T13:54:11.013+01:002009-07-27T13:54:11.013+01:00Wow!!! This is incredible! Magnificent place and s...Wow!!! This is incredible! Magnificent place and spectacular photo.Nazzarenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00109729831579454873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-58249758687379519722009-07-27T09:11:33.705+01:002009-07-27T09:11:33.705+01:00Lynn,
A bit weird though, the combination...
Oliv...Lynn,<br />A bit weird though, the combination...<br /><br />Olivier,<br />Tu as raison; ça bouillonne partout....<br /><br />Lucie,<br />Mis il est vrai que, du point de vue eco, l'energie thermal est un grand atout...Trotternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-56160222957482639812009-07-27T07:45:57.808+01:002009-07-27T07:45:57.808+01:00La vapeur d'eau et la glace, l'eau dans to...La vapeur d'eau et la glace, l'eau dans tous ses états, je ne dirai donc rien d'autre que ce qu'a dit Olivier. <br />Le seul endroit où il semble faire bien chaud est la maison basse du bas ; cependant il ne faudrait pas en sortir sous peine de s'embourber et de se perdre dans les brumes...<br />:)Cergiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623905868861239570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-39586899265440424922009-07-27T07:18:51.309+01:002009-07-27T07:18:51.309+01:00geyser, glacier, d'un extrême a l'autre. c...geyser, glacier, d'un extrême a l'autre. c'est vraiment un beau et surprenant paysOlivierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602980523811128510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-47055656687466177432009-07-27T02:26:19.568+01:002009-07-27T02:26:19.568+01:00very, very interesting Gil ......Loved this postvery, very interesting Gil ......Loved this postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-21437173322706557932009-07-26T22:51:15.191+01:002009-07-26T22:51:15.191+01:00It's incredible, but this time I had to split ...It's incredible, but this time I had to split the replies into three portions!<br /><br />Rune,<br />That they have lots of ice and fire is definitely true... But there is also a lot of water, as I’ll try to show on my next post...<br />As for the financial crisis, it seems they now understand that it would have been better to be in the European Union; the problem is that it comes only when people find themselves in the middle of the crisis... Afterwards, they think they have «financial products» (or fisheries, or oil...) and believe they are too rich alone to join the Union... Bad choice!!<br /><br />Ram,<br />Great to read you here! Thanks for your visit and first time comment on this blog! I’m truly glad you enjoyed the post and liked ted the blog! There are some twenty old posts on sites in India; I would love to have your opinion on some of them...<br /><br />Constance,<br />It was great to see your trip to New Orleans! The glacier and geyser trip was amazing; and the climate surely much fresher than in Texas... ;))<br /><br />Ron,<br />You’re not that far from Old Faithful, a nice and reliable geyser to see!!!Trotternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-69399147497033444222009-07-26T22:46:41.097+01:002009-07-26T22:46:41.097+01:00Second part of the replies comes in, due to Blogge...Second part of the replies comes in, due to Blogger restrictions!<br /><br />Addy,<br />I’m so happy to read you back here; Hope things will cool down in the near future and you’ll have some more time to visit Blogtrotter... ;)<br />Oh dear, you have to wait for the true blue, which will come in the last post; maybe by the end of next month... ;))<br />Thanks for the Kreativ Blogger Award! You’re too kind! Truly appreciated!!<br /><br />Dana,<br />Don’t know if it’s luck; from my point of view I would love to travel much more than what I actually do; at least for the time being... ;))<br /><br />Brigida,<br />I’m not so sure I agree with that luck question; ok, it maybe luck, but when you think of the long list of places you would like to see and have never been to, luck is a troublesome concept... ;))<br /><br />Barb,<br />Cold? Fair enough... The rain, at least when you’re supposed to be in summer, is much trickier... ;))<br /><br />Tinsie,<br />Somewhere among the clouds, there is a shinning glacier... ;)<br />As far as cold is concerned, it was pretty cold (+12º centigrade), but only if you can’t forget it was supposed to be summer time... ;))<br /><br />Mitr,<br />Thanks for your visit and first time comment here! I’m glad you liked the post and the blog and I look forward to reading you here more often!<br />I’m sure you’ll manage to see those beautiful things in person one day!!<br /><br />Celine,<br />You’re welcome. My pleasure to post it for you also!<br /><br />Sue,<br />I’m so happy you found some time to drop by; I’m so jealous of your trip... ;) Many years ago I had a friend who used to travel with a British agency named Trailfinders (?) and they had a six week tour of the United States (NYC-LA-NYC, Trek America) going by North and returning by South. He made it, I never did, but was always envious... ;)) Hope you’re enjoying your tour and I’m glad you liked my Iceland posts. More to come! ;))<br /><br />Louise,<br />I’m happy to hear that you never saw actual «fire» there; I had an interesting experience in Hawaii and lost my video camera with the dust and humidity... ;))<br />Walking in lava, I did it many years ago in the Azores Islands... but didn’t do to the Vestman Islands! If you forget that august is summer in the northern hemisphere, everything is perfect... ;))<br /><br />Lyliane,<br />Bonjour Lyliane! C’est magnifique de te savoir de retour. Je suis sûre que la Dordogne et les châteaux cathares sont magnifiques. Je n’ai jamais visité la région à fond, mais deux passages ont donné une bonne idée du site… Malheureusement, pas de vraies vacances : juste beaucoup de travail et quelques jours off pour résister jusqu’à la fin du mois d’août… ;))<br /><br />Shooting Star,<br />Wow! Welcome back!! Great that you enjoyed the posts. Iceland is truly an amazing surprise!!<br /><br />Alex,<br />One of the «clouds» is actually a glacier; at least it looks like a cloud but a bit more white... ;))<br /><br />Paul,<br />Geysers and glaciers are a piece of cake... ;)). Actually, it isn’t that easy to walk on the glaciers and getting some hot water from the geysers is far from being interesting... ;))<br /><br />Unseen Rajasthan,<br />I must confess that I’m always impressed with your opinions on the places I visit, as for me, the places I wish to see in Rajasthan overpass everything I’ve seen elsewhere... ;))<br /><br />Hélène,<br />Le seul bouquin que j’ai apporté de Reykjavik a été «Independent People» de Halldor Laxness, Prix Nobel de Littérature en 1955… ;))<br /><br />Pietro,<br />This visit was in 2008... Unfortunately, holidays are at a premium nowadays, and I’ve to wait until early September to get my week of holidays... ;)). If you forget that it is summer time, the weather isn’t that bad. I thought it was winter in Portugal, and though it was just a little bit worse... ;))<br /><br />Pat,<br />No holiday actually!! Anyhow, I’ve seen the Old Faithful in 1982; time to get back, definitely!! As far as the moon is concerned, I gave up the trip... ;))Trotternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-65571602400225500892009-07-26T22:14:39.999+01:002009-07-26T22:14:39.999+01:00Awesome pics! I've never seen a geyser.Awesome pics! I've never seen a geyser.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12902983138851666188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-20713057480224985802009-07-26T20:57:10.963+01:002009-07-26T20:57:10.963+01:00How refreshing to see you and Mrs. Trotter all bun...How refreshing to see you and Mrs. Trotter all bundled up, eating ice, especially since it's quite warm and humid in Texas. Thanks for visiting earlier.<br />Hope all is well for you both!<br />Constance <br /><br />ps<br />Thanks for taking me along on your journey~rochambeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02142325813293645555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-5563197884226764182009-07-26T19:16:22.822+01:002009-07-26T19:16:22.822+01:00Hi Folks! Here is the first part of the replies to...Hi Folks! Here is the first part of the replies to your comments. As Blogger has limited the number of characters on each comment, I've to splilt the answers... Second part will come as soon as I manage to take care of everybody else... ;))<br /><br />Thanks for your truly appreciated comments. One of the counters passed sixty thousands visitors last week and the other is approaching seventy five thousand since January 29, 2007. Taking into account the number of comments made, this means that there is an average of roughly a bit more of five percent of the visitors who actually comment. In the last three posts however, the ratio was probably only of 2% or 3%. So, anyway, you’re the two percent always in my heart! ;))<br /><br />Jen,<br />Airfares to Iceland in Iceland Air were always a great deal, since the seventies... I remember some friends travelling to Luxemburg and Reykjavik to get to NYC; a low cost «avant la letter»! ;)<br />I suspected you would love «pasteis de nata»!!! And I remember many years ago, when Augusta Ave. was the centre of a Portuguese community, that there were pasteis de nata to end a nice dry cod fish typical meal... ;))<br /><br />Emm,<br />That blue is absolutely amazing; there is a huge lagoon with such a colour: the Blue Lagoon! But that will only come by the end of my Icelandic posts; probably by the end of August... It’s not that cold; just rainy; nothing that a UK resident isn’t used to... ;))<br /><br />Alice SG,<br />I wish I had time to visit some places I’ve never been to. Unfortunately things are getting too hard now; and now the flu... ;(<br /><br />Diane,<br />There are some incredible forms just around the corner in Iceland! As far as the darkness is concerned, my first experience with a dark glacier was in Alaska and I was actually surprised to see it that way... ;))<br /><br />Z,<br />It’s true that almost all glaciers in the world are shrinking in a threatening way... It seems that only the Perito Moreno is keeping its shape...<br /><br />Gattina,<br />I had not much time there and took some hundreds of pictures; if your son had more than a week there he surely must have thousands of incredible pictures... ;))<br /><br />Eye,<br />Fairy tales dreams (or it could be Sagas, as they name the stories...) are something that we may easily create in Iceland!! ;))<br /><br />Susu,<br />Magical, indeed!!<br /><br />Thérèse,<br />C’est vrai que la main de l’homme n’est pas intervenue ici ; surtout elle n’est pas là pour faire des dommages à ce que la nature a crée… <br />Il est vrai qu’il y a une ressemblance avec le «Old Faithful». Je me rappelle des photos que j’ai pris au Yellowstone en <a href="http://blogtrotta80s.blogspot.com/search/label/Old%20Faithful" rel="nofollow">1982</a>!<br /><br />Daniel,<br />Cela bouillonne, surtout en Islande, mais aussi aux Azores, beaucoup plus proche de nous et beaucoup plus bon marché… ;))<br /><br />Betty,<br />I’ve posted some <a href="http://blogtrotta.blogspot.com/2006/05/glaciers.html" rel="nofollow">glaciers</a> from my 2002 trip to Alaska. Unfortunately, by that time, I was using a video camera and the pictures were from a disposable camera; junk... ;))<br /><br />Peter,<br />It was ok at the glacier; much more comfortable than we would anticipate; actually, more than the cold – we were prepared – the most annoying was the rain.... So, you missed Alberto Contador beating Lance Armstrong; enjoy your holidays!!! ;)<br /><br />Leo,<br />Great to read you back here! I’m glad to see that you enjoyed the Icelandic posts; it’s a surprising country, to say the least... ;))<br /><br />Piika,<br />Welcome back to the world of blogosphere; long time no read... Glad that you enjoyed the posts!!<br /><br />Lara,<br />You’re absolutely right: nature at its full force!!<br /><br />Cuckoo,<br />Wow! Welcome back! I’m so glad to read you back here after such a long time!! It’s a wonderful place, indeed, provided that you choose the right time to get there... ;))<br /><br />Sai,<br />Thanks for your visit and first time comment here! I’m glad that you enjoyed the post!!Trotternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-15144964895546474232009-07-26T13:19:36.858+01:002009-07-26T13:19:36.858+01:00hi
Hi
Greetings from Coimbatore,India. This is my...hi<br /><br />Hi<br />Greetings from Coimbatore,India. This is my first visit.You have an awesome blog on Iceland.The photographs are breathtaking !Really enjoyed this. I am going to follow you henceforth.<br />RamRamakrishnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391020678534194379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-72272700420105079942009-07-25T09:09:17.199+01:002009-07-25T09:09:17.199+01:00You seem to have caught the spirit of Iceland very...You seem to have caught the spirit of Iceland very well. The country of ice and fire is very aptly named - I just hope they will be able to make it through the present crisis.Rune Eidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008247272056395901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-49671629294487439612009-07-25T02:55:12.669+01:002009-07-25T02:55:12.669+01:00Hi Gil
The first few photos looks like a moon shot...Hi Gil<br />The first few photos looks like a moon shot!<br />The geyser is fascinating...I'm surprised how tall it rises! I'll be seeing Old Faithful in Yellowstone before the end of the year.<br />Enjoy your holiday!Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoritihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922525910685129822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-87679527715316271082009-07-23T04:38:23.748+01:002009-07-23T04:38:23.748+01:00What beautiful and interesting images, Gil. The we...What beautiful and interesting images, Gil. The weather seems to be cold and the sceneries are simply amazing!<br />Happy holiday!Pietro Brosiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18131884567187959415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-45918595784986629312009-07-20T09:24:13.316+01:002009-07-20T09:24:13.316+01:00Je suis en train de lire un polar d'un auteur ...Je suis en train de lire un polar d'un auteur islandais, mais comme je ne l'apprécie pas trop, j'en tairai le nom. Les images sur ce blog sont bien plus intéressantes!hpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03909569906337732982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-48411204331648812612009-07-20T08:49:47.364+01:002009-07-20T08:49:47.364+01:00This is a fantastic view !! I loved this shot....G...This is a fantastic view !! I loved this shot....Great location to visit !! Thanks for sharing the real beauty..<a href="http://www.unseenrajasthan.com/" rel="nofollow">Unseen Rajasthan</a>Unseen India Tourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181236800235013022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-21151731608148057462009-07-20T04:08:59.980+01:002009-07-20T04:08:59.980+01:00What a strange landscape (and weather)!
looks like...What a strange landscape (and weather)!<br />looks like you had fun at the geiser!Nikonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14271472315834976236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-23975264127313220502009-07-19T22:11:16.621+01:002009-07-19T22:11:16.621+01:00Stunning photos!
The first photo has a fantastic f...Stunning photos!<br />The first photo has a fantastic formation of clouds, and the second one is an eye opener to me. Something different from the ordinary. Cool!<br /><br />Alexander<br /><a href="http://www.kakinan.com/alex" rel="nofollow">Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex</a>Alexanderhttp://www.kakinan.com/alexnoreply@blogger.com