I am up on the northern end of Iceland after a smooth day casually meandering through the countryside. Made some fun stops along the way - learned a few Viking tales. The drive was easier than I expected. Whale watching was not on my agenda. In fact I typically scoff at paying someone to hopefully get you a glimpse of a tail flipping out of the water. But since they have a midnight sun tour...
I walk into the ticketing office for the tour as a handful of people were being sent out to find that tonight’s tour was fully booked, but there were a few spots open in the morning. This would get me out of town no earlier than noon and I wanted to have been to many other sites down the road by then.
When I came out of their restroom and found all but one lady gone just before locking up I asked, “if I show up here at 8:45 what is the chance I might jump on the boat due to a cancellation?” She got on her cell phone, called the captain, made some crazy Icelandic speak - boom! I’m on the boat!
Funny that I never considered doing a whale watching tour and now I really hope to see some massive whalege.
I walk into the ticketing office for the tour as a handful of people were being sent out to find that tonight’s tour was fully booked, but there were a few spots open in the morning. This would get me out of town no earlier than noon and I wanted to have been to many other sites down the road by then.
When I came out of their restroom and found all but one lady gone just before locking up I asked, “if I show up here at 8:45 what is the chance I might jump on the boat due to a cancellation?” She got on her cell phone, called the captain, made some crazy Icelandic speak - boom! I’m on the boat!
Funny that I never considered doing a whale watching tour and now I really hope to see some massive whalege.
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