Sorry, not sorry ...it has been so long not writing this
blog...
Many travel venture I have skipped, but will try to
challenge myself to keep on writing about it. Hopefully, I still remember the
itinerary....#siscuba..but this I cant skipped anymore to tell you about ...
I'm just excited to share my previous travel trip with my
girls' friend aka #girlstrip. This gonna be the first ever trip after having my 3
Lovely daughters. It is actually just a quick call from my bestie asking
whether I could join her with 2 other friends to Iceland....and I was like Iceland
what?
Are you serious Norm? (my friends name Normah)
I'm just laughing, and she continues saying she got an email offer saying
that there is a discount offer to go there...blah bla..bla...so without knowing
what am I going to do there?
'ok, I will ask my en hubby whether he is ok to take care of
my girls '... I replied
I have a dream la to go to Switzerland with my
bestie...just because I love to see that drama Cinta Jangan
Pergi...hahhaa....berangan but apparently not happening yet, so I was thinking
ok, la Iceland as long as I have a girls trip...
I have a sceptical mind where I don't think my hubby gonna
let me go as he is so busy with his work .so when I asked him.
ok, .you should go B...you have been so long at home taking
care of the girls ...
say
what?
you should have seen my blurred face
are u gonna be ok with the girls cause u are so busy with
the works etc....bla blah... can u take care of the girls...
Of course...he said spontaneously...
and the rest is history...
So being a good friend... I was just listening to my friend plan. I totally have no idea what are we going to do, the itinerary and so on...
she said
I want to see the northern light you know the aurora the green light? and then we go to Dilwale location
the Hindi film...the one shah rukh and Kajol...and so on so off...
of course, as a fan of the Hindi movie especially Shahrukh-Kajol movie definitely a go plan...hahaha
Ooh ok... I just agree .. I only
need a girl trips u see...
Since we go there early in February and it is still
winter..we might be facing some road closure and rearrange the plan..so we
decided to go for a golden ring journey rather than ring road journey, and of
Course, I intend to be safe and enjoy the trip and why the rush?. Iceland, the driver, is on the left, so this is going to be the first time driving on the
left side plus icy road...whos driving... of course not me.
So where is the northern light?
From the first night, we have no idea how to search it
(actually, I am not that excited at first .. I just want to enjoy
travelling), and we only bluntly refer to one other blog that we have read,
and refer the approximate time that they have seen the aurora borealis which is
around 4am.
Like seriously we have no idea on how to search for it..we have visited the weather forecast web that shows the aurora information...
hahaha... the situation is quite funny cause we are like
some silly girls go out from our hostel and randomly drive anywhere and look at
the sky...and it is -13C.sejuk giler
Nevermind, but this is the sweetest, funniest thing that
happens to us so that we can appreciate more.
Me myself who doesn't have an interest at first to search for
it has become more excited after talking to another traveller next door telling
that they went out around 12 am that night to see the northern light.
Even
though my friend without fail keeps on waking us telling to giddy up ready to go out and
hunting for the Aurora.
Where did you see it? i asked our cottage neighbour alamak ..why o why we didn't wake up
last night..tido mati ...
There...his hand showing just at the back there. Behind our
cottage...
just drive out 5 minutes...he continued explaining.
Oh ok...denggg... I said to my self while recalling how
comfortable I have slept that night because we been everywhere during the day
time.....and it's so freaking cold....ok I need to blame that cosy small
the cottage which contributes to my comfortable sleep...hahhaha
meanwhile, my friend keeps on mumbling...(u know the one who
keeps waking us up at 1-2 am)
That's why I already wake Normah... I
got the reminder that aurora showing up last night on my phone...
she mumbling2
me and aza just smiling to each other because we were
already telling each other to wake up at 3am.....but you know... the
combination of the heat, blanket and after eating the delicious food, you tend
to terbabas in sleep...
nevermind girls maybe tonight we got to see the aurora...
I said confidently
so here I share the web that we use to see the information,
https://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/aurora/
but then later we use these apps which more accurate where it
will notify you the time to see it based on your location...how cool is that...
After 2- days using it, then only I understand that Aurora
actually passes by and cover the whole island of Iceland, so we need to find an area with clear skies, no snowy turun, no rain(of course rain is with the
cloud) hahaha...
It will show which area is cloudy and which area has clear
skies .and it will tell you the possible rate to see it from no 0 to 9...the the more significant number indicating the possibility to see aurora also more
prominent. So they said the key is a clear sky and dark...but first, make sure
your travel time is within the month that aurora happen.
But afraid not if you
won't be able to see the aurora, Iceland is still a beautiful place to go to
despite its first name Ice. It is a beauuuuuutiful place behind the name.
I must admit that, although it is freezing during winter
where my friends and I experience the weather down to -14C ..subzero as they
said.
Iceland has beautiful scenery during this time (sometimes
I feel whether I am dreaming or am I looking at the desktop picture?)I found it
worthy plus we able to tick all of our bucket lists...yeayyyyyyy...
ok, I will share the picture..stay calm..stay
calm...seriously berbaloi tengok aurora borealis aka northern light...
How do we found it.. of course, you wouldn't know what sign
that you will see..but definitely keep looking on the sky when the sky
is apparent especially in less light or dark area.
Aurora Borealis
The first aurora that
we saw is only 5 minutes from our BnB in
Hella. We saw its first appearance as a grey line...
you
should
hear
our
excitedness...
keep on chanting...
Wei Wei apa tu!!!...is it Superman is it batman...whats that
on the sky?... Cahaya iman...weii apa wei...we keep patting each other...
No no, I think its aurora borealis girls!!!
It Starts dancing its colour in front of us...quickly park
our rented car...and enjoy the scenery...and did I tell you guys its -14C...
We waited until the aurora cover all above our sky......
crayyzee man.... but it worthy...
do you need to book a tour to see aurora borealis aka
northern light?
Definitely up to you especially if you have the budget or
more to spare. There is a lot of tour group available to see the aurora ....we
just decided to find it by ourselves and only to the information from the apps,
and the web for information .....nak save budget kan...
what do you need to take northern light aka aurora borealis
pictures
Smart phone-iPhone, Huawei(Samsung-x sempat nk pakai cause
we are so excited to see the dancing aurora)sorry Samsung...
DSLR-me using Lumix (i just love because besides using the
manual mode Lumix also have a ready-made setting to take pictures of Aurora
even though it did not state that) I just try..and besides able to take the
Aurora borealis picture I was able to take the stargazing picture too.
flexible camera tripod octopus...or tripod but I just bring
the octopus
and of course we, not a pro...
how to video aurora borealis
Sorry, I wasn't able to explore that first. Maybe you need
to ask the expert.
we do see the green and the colourful aurora too..and it
showing its intense colour.
Do we need to go far?
Up to you.....we are lucky to experience it just a few
minutes from our bnb .... definitely just use that app...
SERIOUSLY THIS APPS HELPS A LOT TO FIND AURORA!!!...
and it will keep notify you when is the best time to search
for aurora...what you need to do is keep looking on the clear sky except for
the driver...hahaha..but must make sure no cloud..clear..dark...but in our
case..we still saw it even near to the city centre itself...
And it is winter in February. It is -14C
at night to be exact
