Lyonel Perabo
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Northern Lights in Mosfellsheiði
For the second day in a row, I was given the task to go out and hunt the Northern Lights, and for the second day in a row, I was quite fearful of the tour’s outcome. Just like the day before, Solar activity and Weather forecast looked blight at best, and while on Tuesday we managed, I still don’t know how, to find the Aurora, I still wasn’t certain we would be able to do so on Wednesday. Anyway, we picked up our guests for Thingholt Hotel and this time, everyone showed up! Generally there’re always a couple people who get lost, get stolen by another company and so on, but not this time! Onc
Northern Lights in Kleifarvatn
There are days when you know you’re going to have a hard time seeing the Northern Lights. Last night was one of those nights. Basically, we had been lucky to enjoy a week of quite strong solar activity, coupled with great clear skies. As far as the reading went, it seemed that last night was to have very little to no solar activity and very thick cloud covering. We went out nevertheless and headed towards the South Coast, where the skies were supposed to be at least partially open towards midnight. We headed therefore south, crossing Hafnarfjörður and entered the Eastern part of the Suðurn
Northern Lights in Hafnarfjörður
The great thing about being a Northern Lights hunter is that your average day is far from average. It is impossible to say how any given tour will go and while sometimes you end up seeing nothing at all, the fact of not knowing the outcome or the unfolding of the tour brings much excitement! Like last night, for example, the Weather and Solar Activity levels were a bit worrying and it seemed that we might end up going home without seeing anything…Well, it was the total opposite! We drove out with a relatively tiny group (23 pax) and set off to Reykjanes. As usual, we had to escape the Light
Northern Lights and Moon Rise
The other day I got a call from my boss…and I guess you know what happened next. Yes, I had been booked for a Northern Lights tour! I hadn’t been called for over a week since the four rather good days we had in the beginning of the month. This time, it looked like the Solar Activity was going to be quite okay but that the Weather might be a problem (well, it’s like always a problem if you ask me). But this time I was given the task of guiding a group in a mini-bus and it sounded all quite nice! We started the tour at about nine and picked up our guests at their various hotels and guesth
Overwhelming Northern Lights in Laxá
For the fourth day in a row I had been drafted to go out Northern Lights hunting. The past three nights had already been quite successful with Northern Lights way stronger than average and I feared that the Aurora would recede, or even completely fade away after such a bountiful week-end. Uncertain about the evening’s fate, I boarded the bus and picked up our guests. The weather forecast had announced extremely cloudy weather for just about everywhere in Iceland and it was with some surprise that, as we headed for Mount Esja, we spotted numerous stars, clear signs that we had some decent
Majestic Northern Lights in þórufoss
So, for two days in a row I had the chance of experiencing some really really strong, almost life-shattering Northern Lights (here, and here). Yet as I was been drafted for a third night out in the wilderness I contemplated the sad conclusion that it would be very unlikely to experience Northern Lights of such an intensity for a third Night in a row. And indeed, the Northern Lights were real weak for most of the evening. The skies were real clear though, and we headed out towards Þingvellir and soon the (almost) full moon was lighting up the frost-covered hills. It was a sight to behold, fo
Incredible Northern Lights in Vogar
So, you might have read my last post, where I told the tale of the incredible evening we had in the southern tip of Suðurnes. This was Friday, yesterday, on Saturday then, I was drafted for yet another tour. Considering how strong the Northern Lights had been on the night before I was a bit afraid we would get to see much less, as it is often the case after a strong surge in solar activity. We nevertheless drove out of the city, heading, as often, towards the tip of the Reykjanes Peninsula. The weather was sensibly worse than the night before and we did not stop until we had left Hafnarf
Monstrous Northern Lights in Ölfusá
I had a funny feeling for this night even before we started the tour. For once, my boss described the upcoming tour in a positive way, and that’s damn rare. After a quick look at the weather and solar activity levels, I reached the conclusion that yes; we had some decent chances of seeing the Northern Lights. That sounded quite sweet to my ears, especially considering that the last two tours I did proved to be disastrous. So yes, I jumped on the bus at half past eight and we started picking up people at various hotels. Then, when we had to get up to Þingholt hotel I jumped out of the bus
Northern Lights in Laugardalur
For the second time in a row, I got called at the last minute for a tour. This time I was given the task of heading a mini-bus towards the area around Þingvellir in the hopes of reaching the only spot with potential clear skies for the night and We actually managed that feat ! It wasn't easy though: We stopped first at Hveragerði and then at Selfoss but the skies were still mostly covered by a thick layer of evil clouds. That's only when we reached the hamlet of Stóra-Borg, in the middle of the Laugardalur valley (not the same than the one in Reykjavik, just to be clear) that we got an actu
Northern lights Photo Tips 1: The Basics
I have been blogging about Northern Lights and posting my pictures at GuideToIceland for quite some time already but I just now realize that I still haven't said a word about Northern Lights Photography! How stupid of me! I will have to remediate to that by the second! So yes, Northern Lights Photography is quite easy as long as you follow some, also rather easy guidelines. What I am going to talk about now applies to DCLR Cameras (ya know, big, fat, fancy cans like this one) and point-and-shoot cameras with a full manual mode. I will talk in another post on how to (attempt) to take Norther
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