Keep your valuables locked away in your hotel. Pickpockets are everywhere and the more bling flashing, the higher chance you have of becoming a target. Avoid excess drinking as you're a much easier target when obviously intoxicated.But as long as you stay alert to what's going on around you, you’ll be fine. Tourists are always seen as “easy-pickings” for thieves.
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Iceland is very gay friendly and you're unlikely to ever encounter any problems holding hands, even in rural areas! It’s important to be aware of any occurrences that may create difficulties.
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Along the way, we were rewarded with giant glaciers, explosive geysers, a multitude of geothermal baths, fabulous fjords, whale watching, and the quirkiest people you'll ever meet (you can't beat Icelandic humor!). We spent 3 weeks touring Iceland by car along the famous Ring Road in the deep winter months hoping to get a glimpse of the Northern Lights (spoiler alert: we did!). Wrong! There is so much to do – and we left wanting to do more, more, more! With a population of 360,000, land proximity that equates to the size of Kentucky, and only one major city, we assumed we would see everything there was to see in one trip. *Cue him banging me over the head threatening to throw me out of our car rental* “What do you tell the cashier when you have no money?”