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Are you connected to the tourism/travel/hospitality industries or travel media in any way? If so, please specify how (kindly include any relevant company names/Web sites!).: I am one of the authors of the travel blog Stuck in Iceland - www.stuckiniceland.com

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At 11:29am on December 9, 2012, Tripatini said…: Jon, welcome to Tripatini, the Web's smartest travel/food community and blog! On Tripatini, you can mingle with travelers and top travel experts alike, so everybody learns how to travel better and smarter. A few tips to get you rolling:

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Bad Santas: The Thugs and Thiefs of Icelandic Christmas

Everybody loves Santa Claus. That jolly “big boned” fellow that zooms across the continents on his sleigh to give us presents is obviously a welcome guest to most. But Icelanders have a lot darker tradition and Icelanders being Icelanders, it is a bit weird as well.

More on http://stuckiniceland.com/history/bad-santas-the-deviants-at-the-heart-of-icelandic-christmas/

Posted on December 15, 2012 at 5:53pm

A rusty fate for a century old steel giant

Garðar BA 64 is thought to be the oldest steelship in Iceland, built in Norway as a whaling vessel exactly one hundred years ago. Not only has this ship an impressive history it now provides photographer with the most impressive photographic motives found in Iceland.

More here: http://stuckiniceland.com/westfjords/a-rusty-fate-for-a-century-old-steel-giant/

Posted on December 12, 2012 at 4:23pm

The Empire of the Fox

In the fog I could see dark shapes moving in parallel to us, watching us. I immediately realized that these were artic foxes, the only original Icelandic wild animal!