ARTICLES:
AROUND ICELAND: TWO-UP ON BMW GS
TOP TEN SCENIC PLACES IN ICELAND
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Links to Iceland Motorcycle Web Pages:
EDITORS NOTE: THIS LINKS NO LONGER WORK BUT MAY IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE RESEARCHING TO SEE IF THESE LINKS ARE NOW FROZEN.
www.vortex.is/~TheStone/GSPort.html
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www.treknet.is/sniglar/english.htm
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Motorcycle Association of the Republic of Iceland
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or for weather reports with good maps
THESE LINKS STILL ARE GOOD.
Iceland Weather Reports Weather reports are important if you are going to Iceland by motorcycle.
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How to get to Iceland
TRAVELLING TO ICELAND This is a good page for information but their link to a motorcycle page is also frozen but may work when you try them. We are also researching this.
RESOURCES:
BESIDES THE NORMAL TRAVEL BOOKS THERE ARE TWO OTHERS THAT ARE A MUST READ:
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#1 ICELAND ROAD GUIDE. THIS NEARLY 400 PAGE BOOK NOT ONLY CONTAINS VERY DETAILED MAPS OF ROADS BUT DETAILED INFORMATION EVERY MILE OF THE WAY. TRY ORDERING FROM THE PUBLISHING HOUSE ORN og ORLYGUR hf. SIDUMULI 11, 108 REYKJAVIK, ICELAND.
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#2 EGIL'S SAGA. THIS FICTIONAL ACCOUNT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO IN GUIDE BOOKS AND IS A CLASSIC IN ITS OWN RIGHT. IT STANDS ALONG WITH THE ILIAD AND OTHER WESTERN CLASSICS. READING IT GIVES ONE A MUCH BETTER INCITE TO PLACES ONE WILL VISIT IN ICELAND. PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN CLASSICS AND OTHERS.
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