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Ahhhh! That pool looks so inviting...glad you took the plunge.

I am so so SO jealous. Looks amazing.

The photos tipped it for me, I will go to Iceland next year.

Yes - it tipped it for me too and got me in. Did you stand under the waterfall and feel the weight of the water pressing down on your shoulders?

I always enjoy your blogs, but this one in particular.

I didn't like the Blue Lagoon: gritty underfoot and it made my skin itch. I liked Iceland though, and the people have a sense of humour: I saw a splendid t-shirt which read: "ICELAND - great weather, cheap beer; what more could you want?"

Your comment (which seems to have gone now) about the cycling nuns reminded me of that old Kenny Everett sketch with Joanna Lumley - there is a nun, you do love me!

Excellent but you should also find the out door lido north of Reykavik - hot pots - lovely, proper pool - lovelier!!!!

I went to a naturally heated outdoor pool in Glenwood Springs, Colorado very relaxing. Off there again next year.

The Blue Lagoon opened before '99, surely? We bathed there in '94 or '95.

Hmmm, yes, it seems the spa opened in 1999, but the pool opened years before....

1976: geothermal power company drills hole
1976: hole fills with sea/freshwater
1981: locals request permission to bathe
1984: clinic for psoriasis opens
1987: first public bathing facilities open
1999: Blue Lagoon Spa formally opens

Heh, heh...excellent history there DG, love those first four stages. How many other tourist attractions are planned so I wonder.

You do know that the heat actually comes from deep underground and that the power station converts that heat into electricity? The heat in the water in the Blue lagoon (great place, have been there twice) is actually waste that could not be used. The steam is more heat that could not be captured. And it's all clean.

Most of the power gets used in Rio Tinto's nearby aluminium smelter.











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