That’s how Hollywood could have headlined and promoted my recent Icelandic road movie. At the end of a journey almost all around the island, I travelled more than 3800 kilometres through landscapes that nowadays still look like in times of God’s creation.

For some people Iceland automatically means something like an Artically cold island with all-season mulled wine service. It’s so much more. I was lucky to have weather, spring and the midnight sun on my side; two major ingredients to put the following photo documentary of a worldwide unique place, located at the interface of American and Eurasian continental plate as well as Atlantic and Artic Ocean in a perspective of God’s eternal creation »»

When you reach the limit of Iceland’s fourth biggest town, that is Akureyri, the North-East of the island approaches you a bit in the way “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet…!” - Highlights like the Goðafoss, the highly active Krafla volcano region are waiting to indulge your senses as well as the picturesque town Húsavík, being located on the opposite side of snow-covered peaks and offering the best opportunities for whale watching »»

The West fjords are Iceland’s most remote part of the country. It is not only in the back of beyond, but also a home for countless sea birds hunting for fish and raising their families. The always changing light situation in the narrow fjords surely won’t let you drive straight from A to B as behind every corner there’s another scenic amazement that lets you stop anew and enjoy »»

It really doesn’t take much time to drive through or around the World’s most northern capital. It is even not a problem to walk through entire Reykjavik. By western definition Iceland’s heart in terms of civilization would beat in the South and South-West; an area counting 200.000 inhabitants and home of the Golden Circle. It is the only place on the island where the ring road becomes two-lane and where you can get stuck in a traffic jam. A perfect place to unwind from suchlike daily routine is close to the international airport, where you can take a bath in the waste water basin of a geothermal power plant »»

In the East of Vik the roads seem to become endless. The lush lupines-spangled meadows partially blend abruptly into deserts of black sand easily reaching the horizon. The ring road becomes more and more interrupted by small single lane bridges, spanning the small rivers and glacial runoffs of the Mýrdals- and Skeiðarársandur plains. At the end of that tunnel a true touristic star comes in sight: the glacial lagoon Jökulsárlón; film set for James Bond, Batman and Tomb Raider »»

The quiet place where the storks are spending their winter vacation is so much more busy and hectic for us humans. Framed by the snow covered peaks of High Atlas while being riddled with exotic palm trees; that is the way how Morocco’s most known city is presenting itself. Marrakech, a place where you can bring your senses into closest contact with the Orient and its clichés »»

The Hungarian capital is often and too willingly called “Paris of the East”. It easily sustains that comparison. Instead of Seine river and Notre Dame there you can have a boat ride on Danube and view the city from Saint Steven’s Basilica. By its charming Mediterranean blend of Puszta, paprika and parties Budapest knocks Paris down a peg »»

If you can see your hand in front of your face and it isn’t vanishing into yellow air; if the inside of your lungs doesn’t become dust crumbed and the sun doesn’t burn the last drop of water out of your body; if a camel’s back is not the reason of bruises and that you’re close to being emasculated, yes, then the desert can mean lots of fun… ;-) »»

The old hub of the Kingdom of Fès accommodates the biggest historical medina of Northern Africa, while also being home of at least a million people and spiritual centre of the country »»

Is there a connection between Renaissance in Central Europe and the oriental world? To get on the bottom of that question one should have a closer look at Spain, especially at Andalucia and Cordoba »»