Iceland

Lost Woman Looks for Herself

I love Iceland, and I love getting lost. What do you get when you put the two together? This hilarious bit of news from the Iceland Review:

“A foreign tourist was reported missing in the volcanic canyon Eldgjáin the southern highlands on Saturday afternoon after she failed to return to her tour bus. The driver waited for about one hour before notifying the police and continuing the tour. Search and rescue were sent to the area shortly afterwards. However, the search was called off at 3 am when it turned out that the missing woman had been on the bus all along and even participated in the search for herself.”

Alright people, time to go find yourselves. I’d start in Iceland!

(photograph by Swen)

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That’s all.

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