Being waken up by the alarm clock at 4.30 a.m., I immediately jumped from my bed as I knew that I could fall asleep again very easily and that I would risk missing my flight. In 10 minutes, I finished my daily morning activities and packed my suitcase ready to go. As I was so tired for the late night and too little sleep and knew that the taxi would come at 5.15 a.m., I made super strong coffee, my last cup at Seljavegur 32 in Reykjavik...
When we were downstair, a taxi van was waiting. It was surely large enough for Fergal, his friend and their luggage to fit into the space of the van. Anyway, it was too late to think about it that the taxi we ordered would be a van.
Arriving at BSI Bus Terminal 5.20 a.m., we could take the 5.30 bus instead of the 5.45 one as planned. The bus ride took 45-50 minutes, meaning we arrived at Keflavik Airport before 6.30 a.m.
It was early morning, but the queue for check-in was already very long. A long queue for early morning flights wasn't entirely unexpected and shouldn't be the matter that annoyed me. What disturbed me was human behavior. First, while I was standing at the end of the queue, a man walked into me, causing my passport and ticket fall from my hand. With a brief glance from the man, he said no apology. Although I knew he didn't hit me on purpose, he should have simply said "I'm sorry" which would be the civilized way a human should do in this kind of incident. However, this wasn't the only displeasure... Having queued for the check-in for a while, TT thought of trying to do self check-in on a machine. So, I was left alone with a large suitcase, a large box and a large backpack without a trolley (as there was none at the entrance we entered the airport). At the moment when I was moving the three items, a couple approaching from the left-hand side came to stand in front of me. Simultaneously, another couple, very well-dressed indeed, did the same thing but approached from the right. What happened was truly unbelievable! What a shameless behavior! I was really angry and felt so sorry for those queuing behind me...
Luckily, TT came back with the success of the machine check-in. If he have been back later, I would have said to these two couples "excuse me, I'm queuing for the check-in and please notice that the queue ends far behind me". Well... even if I said this, these uncivilized people would do this on purpose, anyway.
After several days, I realized that this incident had revealed a truth about the world. On this planet, there are numerous people who think that they are smarter than others if they can get whatever they want while means to achieve what they want is unimportant and consequences of what they do on other people aren't their business. This made me understand why the world today is full of problems!
Keflavik Airport was rather small. It was difficult for us to find seats to sit and eat out last Skyr... The Iceland good-bye weather was really nice, warm and sunny.
View of Seltjarnanes Peninsula from above... Seljavegur 32 is situated on the Northwestern bay.
Reykjavik from above looked large and quite densely populated.
Mount Esja (780 m) where TT went yesterday.
The middle of Iceland is a no-man's land. The interior is uninhabited because of the harsh weather due to the high altitude (500-1000 m) and the insufficient water due to the desert highlands.
Views of Vatnajökull...
The rugged Austurland (East Iceland)...
Whirled clouds appeared rather strange...
Finally, I safely arrived at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport at 2.20 p.m. These 34 days in Iceland have granted me superb experiences regardless of exhaustion caused by walking and working... I hope to return to this island in the middle of the ocean some time in the future.
