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Land of the Vikings - Days 3 & 4

8/30/2016

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by kaleo.fp

Day 3: Today was almost a free day, we only had to do horseback riding and then we can roam around freely. So of course at the horse back renting place I had to open my big mouth and said that I rode horses almost all my life… that means I got the craziest horse! My horse was named Kopar (Copper in English) and he was cute, but omg eager to just run ahead of everyone! We galloped and did the special smooth trot these horses are known for along the black beaches of southern Iceland. It didn't rain thank God!!! At the half way mark we’re now turning around and my horse is going crazy cause he knows it’s time to go home… I end up switching to a lazy horse cause Kopar is insane. I got Lysing (Lighting in English) she was really calm but had the worst trot ever, so I had to go up down with the beat of the trot (If you’ve ridden on a horse you’ll know what I mean). Going back these seagulls pooped all over us, it was so gross!! We’re now back in the car and head to the Plane Crash near by. It says its a 2 km walk… probably a lie, it felt like a 20 km walk there and back for just a photo of a plane. It was cool, but really not worth 2 hours of walking for 2 minutes of photos. After the plane crash we ate on the black sand beach in Vik.
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Kopar the Horse (photo: kaleo.fp)
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Abandoned plane crash (photo: kaleo.fp)
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Black sand beach in Vik with arches (photo: kaleo.fp)
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Black sand beach in Vik with arches (photo: kaleo.fp)

Day 4:
We’re doing Fjotsdalshreppur and Laki today. Fjotsdalshreppur is basically a canyon with a beautiful waterfall and river at the bottom. I went right up to the cliff side and that was so cool. Laki was even cooler in a way. You have to drive on an F-Road and there's about 4 river crossings with no bridges. I was laughing at every crossing cause it was so funny to see the family screaming saying the car is going to flood! I mean the facial expressions were priceless.
The car didn't anyway flood but the rivers were getting bigger cause of rain. Laki is a field of lava (dried lava unfortunately) and at the end of the road (took us about 1 hour) there's these gorgeous mountains you hike to get these beautiful views of the valley and lava fields. Going down the mountain while its raining is a different story… it was slippery and steep and my family and I were basically jogging down the mountain lmao to get back to the car as fast as possible.
(Part 3 and 4 in a weeklong series of entries about kaleo.fp's trip to Iceland)
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Land of the Vikings - Day 2

8/23/2016

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by kaleo.fp
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My cousin and I woke up at 6am and walked towards this house of gold (just like Twenty One Pilots haha). It was about 2 kilometers away and it was shiny gold with steam in the background. Turns out it was a green house with golden lights for tomatoes and cucumbers.

The steam was from the Secret Lagoon. The water was 100 C (about 365 F) and I so wanted to touch it, but I’m not ready to be put in a hospital for a daredevil idea.
 But to actually get to the lagoon we had to push a fence and walk in warm mud…really weird but cool.
We started heading back to the house cause it was getting to be around 7 and we knew the property owners would not like waking up to trespassers lol. I eat kiwi’s for breakfast cause they are the best fruits ever, then we go to a supermarket and totally raid the place (we didn't steal anything lol).

Now we’re heading for Pingvellir National Park, Sudurland, the Golden Circle, Rangarping Eystra, and Vik. The Pingvellir is where the 2 continental plates are drifting apart which fascinates me cause I did a huge report about that in Iceland a few years back. Sudurland was a famous geyser that spits water out every 5 minutes. The Golden Circle was beautiful! It’s so much cooler than Niagara falls tbh (even though I’ve never been lmao). Now Eystra is really cool when its sunny cause there’s a rainbow, but the rain just loves to follow me around.

I’m wearing jeans and I go right up to the waterfall and I get instantly soaking wet ugh! Its freezing cold water cause its fresh from a glacier. There’s these two British guys with a bro pro and they jump right into the water and got out of the water so fast lmao. Then once I was back in the car soaking wet and freezing we went to Vik!! Civilization yay!! That’s where I bought waterproof pants and my traditional Icelandic wool pullover at Ice Wear… Iceland is so creative with names jk.
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(Part 2 in a weeklong series of entries about kaleo.fp's trip to Iceland)
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Land of the Vikings - Day 1

8/21/2016

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by kaleo.fp
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I was nervous getting off the plane. I thought I would run into Kaleo, even though they were in California. I just had a weird feeling in my stomach, or maybe that was because I hadn't eaten since the last time I ate (I love food, thank God I have a metabolism). So at the airport I get my luggage and I run into someone who looks like JJ from Kaleo. I was freaking out, but it wasn't him! Really disappointing for me.

​So i went up to exchange some Euros and USD for Kronas, and I looked like an idiot trying to shove my money in the ATM machine. I couldn't figure it out so I just left and started laughing so hard cause its so stupid. I’m now waiting for my taxi… I waited like 10 minutes, but I’m so impatient that I wandered around looking for him. He was standing right in front with a sign that said my name, and I still missed him cause I was too busy wandering the airport. I’m really smart lol. This taxi i totally recommend, he has a great sense of humour tbh, he even helped me with currency exchange cause obviously I'm not so great with that task.
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The taxi takes me to the Blue Lagoon, and its raining and not at all sunny. I love the sun and I hate rain, I might have came to the wrong country lol. He was telling me that the Blue Lagoon water is basically human waste because of how dirty the water is once it gets filtered from the city, then to the Lagoon. (The city gets the fresh water then it gets moved to the Lagoon, its a cycle of water filtration) 

​That made me really excited, note the sarcasm.
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I get dropped off and I bring my luggage to the holding place then sign in to go swimming. Little did I know that the locker room is filled with naked women ranging from early ages to the stone ages… no offense to anyone, but I was vomiting over and over in my mouth (it's a metaphor). I found a changing room and its empty, no surprise there… I change then shower so fast to get out of hell and go right into the hot Lagoon.
It was really boring cause I was alone but I got a nice free silica mask. After an hour of being bored I get out into the freezing wind and rain and it turns out the package I bought doesn't come with a towel!!!​

WTF no towel? It doesn't make any sense to me, but I end up paying 1,000 Kronas for 1 towel. After changing in the changing room I find a lounge chair and sleep for well over 5 hours waiting for my family to come to Iceland and pick me up and head for the first night guesthouse. They arrive and I’m legit so happy to get out of there, don't get me wrong its really cool, but after a few hours it gets boring.

​(Part 1 in a weeklong series of entries about kaleo.fp's trip to Iceland)
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Why I Started This Fan Site

8/20/2016

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by UnofficialKaleo

I discovered Kaleo on my Sawyer Fredericks Pandora station. 
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This really beautiful, haunting song came on and I looked over to see who it was. Being born and raised in Hawaii, I recognized the name of the band being Hawaiian but not the name of the song -- "Vor í Vaglaskógi" .  And that was it. After Googling away a bit, I was pretty much instantaneously hooked.


I realized Kaleo had no fan sites. Being on #TeamSawyer, i knew the power of the FANDOM.
I started this site mostly because I realized that if I was surfing around and clicking all these links about Kaleo, I figured that other people must be too. And instead of always having to wonder if I'd already clicked that link or read that article, I thought that if they were all in one place, I could be helping out other fans to obsess a little more comfortably.
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i remember when i posted my first few photos on IG though, and a few very vocal haters cussed me out, claiming i wasn't a "real" fan because i didn't have any pictures with the band, claiming i stole pictures, saying i was a fake, spamming my feed, and calling me extraordinarily hateful names. and then they tried deleting their comments and blocking themselves so it couldn't be traced back to them. 

those users are actually the real inspiration for this fansite, and i've kept a screenshot of those comments to remind me of what i NEVER want anyone to feel. i never want anyone to feel unwelcome because they liked first what you like now. sorry, kaleo's about to blow up and you won't be the only superfan anymore.

so this  first post goes out to all the haters, because the fans are just going to keep on coming.
take me where the wheels take me!
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