Goodbye to Reykjavik: Tomakint's update 4th of July

Posted by at 8:42 AM, July 4, 2004

Hi everyone,

I woke up today still savouring the experience I had yesterday. I had hoped to take some shots of the city´s life, this I have longed for knowing fully well that the ship will leave the harbour by 4.00pm for London. After the normal chores, I was trying to do some updates I owe the Greenpeace site, and later left for the Greenpeace office where I spent a greater part of the day. Preferring to get busy at the office cut me off from knowing the day is fast spent. Marnee, my mate in the Pledge Challenge, told me she wouldn´t be going with the ship to London, she preferred to stay behind in Reykjavik, perhaps for more "adventures."

By 3.12pm, it dawned on me that I am yet to take the pictures I have longed for, immediately I sprang into a swift action, I was told to report back to the ship by 3.45pm. My trip in town was well planned anyway, I took the necessary pictures that can fit in well to support any book about Reykjavik, and the greenpeace office was not spared in my paparazzi job as well.

I looked on my wristwatch, its 3.35pm, I have to start heading back to the ship now, the ship is set already for the journey, appearing from a distance of 200 metres away from the ship seeing hands raised up beckoning onto me to double up means all is set, oh! The experience is all coming to an end? Still find it hard to believe. The concealed feeling of sorrow and revealed joy you put up while leaving behind loved ones at the harbour, all waving towards one another is quite hard to deal with. I managed to pull myself together, wear a smiley face as the ship moved gently away from the harbour; it´s an experience indeed!

-tomakint