31st Oct (Sun) - Iceland Day 6

Went to Blue Lagoon (geothermal pool and spa) today. At first, I was worried that I couldn't get into the pool coz I didn't have any swimsuit nor towel. But thank god I could rent those over the counter. Paid like 1600 ISK for those two items. I felt funny wearing a one-piece swimsuit since I've never worn it before. But oh well, I just got it over and done with.



It was freaking cold before I got into the water. The temperature was 2°C. But the moment I got into the pool, it was super comfortable.

Since I didn't know how to swim, I pretty much anchored myself to the boards at the side of the pool, near the stairs. And because of the strong wind and me being so close to the stairs, I kinda had to help scoop out a pink croc shoe and a towel, and threw them back onto the platform when they got blown into the water beside me. Sigh. Alas, I had a great time. Some people even ordered a beer from the floating bar counter. Cool...

But when it was time to get out of the water, I hesitated. Coz the wind was getting stronger and I had to wait for the right moment before making my dash back into the enclosure. I ran as fast as I could whilst shivering non-stop at the same time. Hahaha.

And when I got back to the hostel, I decided to treat myself to a decent meal for once (in Iceland). Have been surviving on my maggie mee all these while. So I went to a local restaurant around the corner and ordered a Blue Ling (one of the Icelandic fish) dish. Yummy!



After which, I ran back to the hostel, got my laundry done and began blogging this entry. :)