Hasta La Ideas

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pI dug the maps given to us press folk by our PR handlers. This map of Reykjavik looks like your standard accordion-folder, but each fold is slightly wider than the one before it, so they can make readable tabs on the sides, making it easy to open to a particular section:/p

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pA second map provided by 66 North, Iceland’s indigenous outdoor gear manufacturer, is hidden inside two little sticks attached to a lanyard:/p

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pIf you go to Reykjavik, be sure to carry a camera (and a ziploc bag, to deal with the surprise rainshowers); the quality of light here is unlike anything you’ve seen. The combination of bright sunshine and dark, roiling clouds produce lighting setups you’d spend hours trying to construct in a studio environment./p

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