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<\/a>First View of the Faroe Islands (by Arjan Post)<\/p><\/div>\n
Around the time we were supposed to arrive in T\u00f3rshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands (part of Denmark), and the ship gradually slowed down more and more, all of a sudden the ghostly appearance of a big tower came up out of the fog very close to the ship!\u00a0 At first I thought it was a lighthouse, but it was a huge crane on our dock.\u00a0 We were almost docked and we still had not seen anything!\u00a0 Good navigating!<\/p>\n
<\/a>Norwegian Royal Yacht in T\u00f3rshavn Harbor (by Arjan Post)<\/p><\/div>\n
P.J and I split up again today.\u00a0 She did a boat excursion to the Vestmanna Seacliffs.\u00a0 She really enjoyed that and gave you her own account.\u00a0 She may have made the better choice.<\/p>\n
I chose a guided mountain hike on Streymoy Island.\u00a0 It was labeled \u201cfor the physically fit\u201d, so when I saw a few fellow passengers on the bus that looked like they might not be, I was a bit concerned.<\/p>\n
<\/a>View from the Top of the Hike (by Arjan Post)<\/p><\/div>\n
There was a young girl in her twenties who was dressed for a dating bar, not a hike.\u00a0 It turns out she had twisted her ankle a few days earlier.\u00a0 The guide advised her not to do the hike, but she was with family and insisted.\u00a0 All the older participants were real troopers and did just fine.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Hikers Returning (by Arjan Post)<\/p><\/div>\n
But we all had to wait endlessly for this girl, who was limping and in agony the whole walk and had to be helped by a family and staff member.\u00a0 She also acted resentful that she was put through this ordeal, instead of being grateful to the people that helped her.\u00a0 I do not know her side of the story.\u00a0 I did not talk to her, because my only possible question would have been, \u201cWhat the hell are you doing here?\u201d, and that would have been rude.<\/p>\n
Otherwise the hike was wonderful.\u00a0 We were not as blessed with gorgeous weather as on our day in East Iceland.\u00a0 Because of mountain fog, our guide had to scrap the original hike he intended for us.\u00a0 But he knew the island and the weather like the back of his hand and made the bus drive around until he saw a trail that looked like it was free of fog.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Back Country Lake (by Arjan Post)<\/p><\/div>\n
As the day wore on, the fog burned off and lifted in most places.\u00a0 We were able to enjoy the beautiful vistas the Faroe Islands have to offer.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Kollafj\u00f8r\u00f0ur Inlet on Streymoy Island (by Arjan Post)<\/p><\/div>\n
I was hiking mostly with the Faroe guide and two other guys because we had a similar pace.\u00a0 Where were the other two guys from?\u00a0 One was from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the other from Jamaica Plain, a Boston city neighborhood.\u00a0 Remarkable, since I had not met other people from greater Boston before.<\/p>\n
P.J and I agree: This is one of the most beautiful places we have ever seen.\u00a0 It has joined my top two (now top three): Alaska and the South Island of New Zealand.\u00a0 P.J and I have more or less decided we want to come back here on our own somehow.<\/p>\n
Photos \u00a9 2014 Arjan Post. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Early in the morning I got great view of the spectacular north coasts of the Faroe Islands. \u00a0I also saw we were heading for a fog bank further south.\u00a0 As we dove into the fog and the ship sounded its … Continue reading