| Monday
        14th October 2002 | 
    
    
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      Stop one on the
        Golden Circle tour - a garden centre | 
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      Team photo on the
        edge of the Kerid crater (l-r: Ally, Sue, Rich, Helen, David) | 
    
    
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      Paul: on the edge | 
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      Helen, looking
        windswept and interesting | 
    
    
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      The big fun bus,
        with Clive James (our tour guide) in front. | 
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      Rich and David
        looking interested at Skalholt Church | 
    
    
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      Gulfoss - the
        Golden Waterfall | 
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      Stokkur - the
        remaining working geyser (the Great Geyser is all bunged up now) | 
    
    
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      Ally and Sue at
        Geyser | 
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      The picturesque
        setting of Thingveller national park - this is where the Eurasian and
        North American plates are pulling apart and was taken in "nomansland" | 
    
    
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      David, coming
        back from his brush with nature | 
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      Much happier now
        - a man with a weight off his bowels | 
    
    
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      Helen, wrapped up
        warm | 
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      The scene of
        fruit based sordid (or should that be "sorbet") confessions -
        the hotel bar at the Hotel Loftleider | 
    
    
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      An eyecatching
        sign in downtown Reykjavik | 
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      | Tuesday 15th
        October 2002 | 
    
    
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      Scenery in
        Hvalfjordur (Whale Fjord) | 
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      A famous salmon
        fishing river, beloved by Kevin Costner amongst others | 
    
    
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      More scenery | 
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      Ally, the
        intrepid outdoor explorer | 
    
    
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      Helen inspects a
        whale bone at the whaling station | 
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      Ally and the tour
        guide talk outdoor wear | 
    
    
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      Boling water
        coming up from the ground | 
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      An Icelandic
        Horse (don't call it a pony!) doing the "Thruft" | 
    
    
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      The lava
        waterfalls at Barnafoss | 
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      Helen and Paul on
        the viewing platform | 
    
    
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      Helen away
        exploring | 
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      The lava fields | 
    
    
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      The jeep parked
        up next to snowmobiles, by the glacier | 
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      Helen on a skidoo | 
    
    
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      Close up,
        courtesy of Ally | 
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      On top of the
        world | 
    
    
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      A hunter shows
        off his catch | 
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      The weapon used
        in the shooing | 
    
    
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      Sunset over the
        mountains | 
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      Helen and Ally on
        a tasteful sofa in Glaumbar | 
    
    
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      Moira lets the
        Dubliner know she's leaving | 
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      | Wednesday 16th
        October 2002 | 
    
    
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      Helen, the Tjorn
        and some ducks | 
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      The Esso garage
        that was supposed to have the tickets | 
    
    
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      Why the railway
        revolution never reached Iceland | 
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      Far from home - a
        Japanese boat moored in the harbour | 
    
    
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      The Icelandic
        whaling fleet, waiting for the green light (which should be soon) | 
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      The only whale to
        be seen on our boat trip | 
    
    
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      Helen and Sue on
        board | 
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      Ally getting
        wrapped up, again | 
    
    
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      A sign in Nelly's
        window on the Wednesday day time (translation coming soon) | 
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      Bananas in a
        grocers window - remember - they don't grow them to eat, only for
        "fun" | 
    
    
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      It's soup, in a
        bread | 
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      Paul
        - inflated for the game | 
    
    
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      All the essentials
        for sale in this Sex Shop | 
    
    
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      Helen outside the
        ground | 
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      Parked cars | 
    
    
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      A Lithuanian fan
        in the row in front | 
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      Graffiti at the
        stadium | 
    
    
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      A
        "artistic" shot of the ground | 
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      A scenic sunset |