After a good night sleep at the guest house, I looked outside the window and it was a beautiful sunny day, it was the first time that I saw the sun hitting directly without a layer of clouds underneath. I felt so rested that I was in an incredible mood full of energy, my first thought was to go outside and look around the small town of Grundarfjörður and find something nice to eat at whatever the cost.
Read MoreSunrise was at 2:30 am, I woke up and the weather wasn’t any good for photos, but there was some texture in the sky and decided to give it a try and see if the conditions improve over time.
It was a cold morning and the rain was coming and going. I was all alone in Skógafoss, so I took my time and scout the place around.
Read MoreIt is 1 o’clock in the morning and I was 5 km from Höfn, I stopped at a gas station to think about my plan. Should I go to Höfn campsite and wait for sunrise? Or, should I go to Stokksnes and wait there directly? As this was my first trip to Iceland I didn’t know what to expect, reading some reviews on the internet days before, I found that Stokksnes was private land, that you need to pay a fee for entering, so, because of this I decided to go rest a bit at Höfn campsite instead.
Read MoreThe sound of stones hitting my van woke me up, at first there were a few, then the frequency was rapidly increasing until it sounded like rain, but it was no rain, it was hailing hard, it was dark and I was a little bit confused of where I was, it took me a minute to remember that I was in Iceland, I open the shades and look outside, I’m able to see a soft blue light on the distance through a small part of the windshield that was yet not covered by the hail, it was 2:30 in the morning, it was almost sunrise time, but with the weather like this I was sure that there wasn’t going to be any.
Read MoreAfter my arrival to Skogafoss campsite, the night started to come in, but it never got completely dark at this time of year the sun just hides behind the horizon, low enough to deliver a civil twilight, after three to four hours the sun rises again.
Read MoreJust landed in Reykjavik, is 6:00 in the morning, customs line is small and fast, the baggage claim is a bit confusing, the carousel numbers are small and not at first sight, the monitor points that the bags from my flight are already on the carousel, but there are only a few and no more are coming out.
Read MoreGoing to Iceland is been on my bucket list for at least four years now, even knowing that every year that passes it gets more crowds that the previous year I wasn’t really able to get myself there any sooner. But the time finally came, so follow me on this adventure.
Read MoreShanghai, one of the most prosperous cities in China, its rapid development during the 90’s has made this city an amazing place to live or to visit.
Follow me on this series of blog posts where I will be sharing my knowledge about Shanghai, a place where I had the great pleasure to call home for more than 3 years, a place full of contrasts, a place that saw my first child born, full of memories, good and bad, this is Shanghai.
Read MoreIf you are a landscape/travel photographer, and somebody ask you about the most famous place to photograph a sunrise, most would answer without a doubt, Angkor Wat, and by famous, I mean that everybody knows about it, some love it, and some hate it.
Read MoreIf you think of China, which is the first thought that comes to your mind? Maybe the food, panda bears, Oriental people? I can assure you that the Great Wall of China is going to be one of the TOP 5, and this is because is one of the most famous landmarks not only in China, but in the whole world!
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