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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Vikings, Geology, Folklore, Puffins Dear Readers: Just as we are all becoming painfully aware of our energy dependence, it is refreshing to visit a country that has most of its energy needs met by renewable sources. Of course, they are conveniently located above a geothermal hot-spot! Our first stop today is at the Nesj...

My last hitchhiking day, in New Zealand, was easy. Tomoko, a Japanese girl, insisted on hitchhiking together from Arthur´s Pass to Christchurch. "Let´s do the hitch" she always said. First, I was reluctant to hitch together but I agreed if she´d do the thing with the thumb. She did with a big smile and I watched her doing so. Now the job was all...

We turned the radio up loud and headed out. Past blue mountains, a rainbow and all those green chunky fields. I'd read Summer at Little Lava by Charles Fergus--and remembered his description of thufur--the frozen bits of ground that jut up here and there. Farmers who've grown accustomed to negotiating these thufurs, find it difficult to walk nor...