Drive-by culture

It seems that Icelanders like to stay in their cars.

A feature of every town we visited is that people drive by (often in 4x4s) and slow down to look at the ship, but unless approached, they rarely stop or get out.

I think this makes some of our activists feel like they should have a squeegee mop and a bucket of soapy water when they go to talk to people. Hey, maybe it'd be a good way to fundraise...

Another strange thing (well - to me it is) is that they have 'boy racers' in Iceland. You know what I mean, young guys in souped up cars where the windows are down, the stereo is up and there are fluffy things hanging from the rear-view mirror... I had hoped that that was a peculiarity to the UK. Anyway, those cars sitting so low to the ground can't be much use when the snow comes or they have to use an un-tarmac-ed road.

-- Willie