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Feel Like at Home: 8 Things DON’T DO in Iceland

Feel Like at Home: 8 Things DON’T DO in Iceland

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Looking for new adventures&comma; pay attention to Iceland&period; This severe land is<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mydearhome&period;com"> popular for traveling<&sol;a>&period; Tourists from all over the world come to visit Iceland at any season&period; It’s not a problem to get there and travel by car&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;rental24h&period;com&sol;iceland&sol;reykjavik-keflavik-international-airport&sol;geysir">Geysir&comma; Reykjavik<&sol;a> can help to pick the best and comfortable car to protect you from cold weather and easily get whenever you need&period; Iceland is a country of new culture&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tripadvisor&period;com&sol;TravelersChoice-Hotels-cTop-g189952">new location<&sol;a>&comma; and rules&period; There are things you shouldn’t do there&excl; <strong><em>Why do you read this&quest;<&sol;em><&sol;strong> There are many articles written according to what to do in Iceland&period; You’d better know what you shouldn’t do&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;flic&period;kr&sol;p&sol;oHizmH"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;live&period;staticflickr&period;com&sol;5587&sol;14907254349&lowbar;37d9d5bbc7&lowbar;z&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Land Rover Discovery Sport &vert; Iceland" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"427" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>DON’T DO THIS<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<h2><strong> THE BLUE LAGOON<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Blue Lagoon is the first place all tourists want to visit&period; Remember one thing&colon; pre order your visit&excl; Don’t drive there hoping for better&period; The crowds of tourists do the same every day&excl; Everyone wants to get in&period; That’s why it is recommended to book a place beforehand&period; It’s not a problem when you have WiFi access or special app on your phone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"2">&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<h2><strong> SWIMMING<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">You can find a big number of swimming pools and SPAs in Iceland&period; Of course&comma; you want to visit all of them&excl; You should know that Icelanders are made on hygiene&period; Don’t get in the pool if you didn’t take a shower beforehand&period; It is important to take shower before bathing and taking water procedures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"3">&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<h2><strong> DRINKING WATER<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Of course&comma; you used to take bottled water only&period; This is a good rule for travelers&comma; as you know nothing about the quality of water in the city&period; But it is not about Iceland&period; Don’t buy bottled water here&period; It cannot save your budget&period; This is a country where you can drink from most lakes and rivers&period; But don’t drink water from small lakes and rivers that run along the fields and farms&period; The water from here contains fertilizers that are widely used by local farmers&period; Anyway&comma; Iceland is a unique country that offers to drink water from every tap&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;flic&period;kr&sol;p&sol;25KyQP5"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;live&period;staticflickr&period;com&sol;1835&sol;41187136730&lowbar;ab962e911c&lowbar;z&period;jpg" alt&equals;"2018 Iceland" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"425" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"4">&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<h2><strong> READING SIGNS<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Roads in Iceland are unexpectedly different&period; You can go through the mountains&comma; forests&comma; tunnels&period; That’s good and really helpful if you have GPS in your car or geolocation on your phone&period; Watch the road and read the traffic signs&period; The road troubles have happened because of the road specific condition&period; Just follow the signs and remember&comma; in your Iceland journey will be safe only if you pay attention to weather and natural road condition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"5">&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<h2><strong> DRIVING<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">First of all&comma; driving must be safe&period; That’s why off road driving is not recommended here&comma; especially for tourists&period; It is harmful for nature&period; It takes many years to restore vegetation&period; Secondly&comma; there are roads in Iceland&comma; so-called F-roads that are bumpy and very rough&period; You cannot go there on a small car&period; That’s why off roaders are popular to take for rent in Iceland&period; So&comma; don’t go off road and don’t rent small cars&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;flic&period;kr&sol;p&sol;rbC6Sh"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;live&period;staticflickr&period;com&sol;8584&sol;16529127928&lowbar;b9189f3b51&lowbar;z&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Northern Lights &lpar;Iceland&rpar;" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"427" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"6">&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<h2><strong> NORTHERN LIGHTS<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If you want to see Northern lights&comma; don’t come to Iceland in summer&period; The best season to see the Lights is autumn and winter&period; But remember one thing&comma; there is no guarantee you can see it even then&period; It is better to watch them at night&comma; when it is dark everywhere&period; Also&comma; it is recommended to drive outside the city when the sky is clean and not windy&period; It is not difficult to read the forecasts about Northern lights appearing&period; You can find many of them on the web&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"7">&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<h2><strong> DRINKING WHILE DRIVING<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Avoid drinking alcohol on driving&excl; Of course&comma; you shouldn’t drink while driving not only in Iceland&period; But in this country the law is very strict&period; The alcohol content is allowed to be no more than 0&period;03&percnt;&period; No matter where&comma; on the city or village road&comma; you’ll be finned and even can lose your driving license&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;flic&period;kr&sol;p&sol;25KyWsu"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;live&period;staticflickr&period;com&sol;1782&sol;41187155720&lowbar;1a11824494&lowbar;z&period;jpg" alt&equals;"2018 Iceland" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"425" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"8">&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<h2><strong> TAKING FERRY<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">It’s difficult to find another popular way of traveling than ferry&period; Being there&comma; take your chance to move from island to island by ferry or on a small boats&period; There are special excursions that suppose using ferry to pass the Arctic circle or something&period; You can read more information about ferry excursions on the web&period; Just don’t miss such a great chance to make a sea voyage&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Finally&comma; more about local driving&period; Don’t drive like locals do&excl; Never forget to use turning lights&comma; be polite and keep the road rules&period; Driving in Reykjavik and territory around is not easy&period; Just keep calm and give enough space to drivers&period; Oh&comma; it is prohibited to talk phone on driving&comma; not use lights&comma; or race on the road&period; You can see locals who often do that&excl; Don’t follow them&excl; Just be careful and enjoy your driving&period; Your car…pick the car depending on where you are going to go&period; There are many roads&comma; where driving small cars is dangerous&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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