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Hello, I'm Richard Ayoade,
the international face

of technology from the legendary
television programme, Gadget Man.

But I speak to you now with a new
thirst in my throat,

and that thirst can only be
quenched by travel.

'Although I essentially view
holidays as a time-hungry absurdity,

'even I can dream of cheerier
places than Britain.

'Well, I'm turning these dreams
into a televisual coup,

'by journeying to
some of the most exotic...'

I came here for a party in the sky.

'..and, crucially, nearby
destinations

'available at time of recording.'

So we're basically guinea pigs.

'Each week, I'll selflessly show
you, with brutal efficiency,

'how to enjoy one weekend away

'with the smallest outlay of coin
and effort.'

Oh!

'Welcome to Travel Man.'

I am very impressed.

Yeah, this is dynamite.

'This time, 48 hours amidst the wild
and wanton scenery of Iceland.

'And, because she had nothing else
on, I'm joined by actress

'Jessica Hynes...'

I feel the volcano vibrational
energy. You can't feel it.

'..with whom I will take to the
skies...'

This seems a steep descent.

'..chase elusive wildlife...'

That will be a moment that you
will never forget.

'..and consume inedible food...'

Both those things are awful.

'..as we reveal how to get in and
out of Iceland as efficiently as

'possible, while allowing brief
pockets of enjoyment.'

We're here,
but should we have come?

'Iceland can be reached from Britain
by getting a train to Denmark,

'and then a two-day ferry crossing.
Or by cruise ship.

'Or regular saps like us
can get there on an aircraft.

'Like this aircraft.'

I'm so excited.
About going to Iceland?

Yes. Have you been before?
Never. No.

'Three hours isn't classed as long
haul, but it's an eternity

'if you're forced to sit next to
someone with my conversational
skillset.

'So Jessica politely pretends to
brush up on her Icelandic.'

SHE SPEAKS ICELANDIC

Yup.

What's the matter?
SHE SPEAKS ICELANDIC

I'm lonely.
That's what's the matter with me.

I'm very lonely.

'With feet now on Scandinavian
soil, Jessica and I

'can begin to extract full value
from this not-that-icy land.'

So have you got a body in there?
What's in...?

How dare you? This is my toothbrush.

I've got a very powerful pneumatic
toothbrush.

Oh, good. That keeps my teeth at this
level of perfection.

Excellent. So, why have you brought
us to Iceland?

Well, let me tell you now.

'Firstly, for the timewhore or
readily bored, Iceland

'condenses a lot of amazing scenery

'into a relatively small area.

'Secondly, for those with one or
both eyes on fiscal stricture,

'it's much more affordable than
it used to be.

'In fact, if you enjoy nothing but

'the cost-free Icelandic scenery,

'you could spend less than �200 each

'on your weekend away.'

Now, Jessica, I have to look out
of the window when I'm in a car,

which can give off the impression
of being extremely imperious,

but it is better than me
vomiting on you,

so I'm going to maintain
a somewhat aloof gaze,

out into the middle distance.
I appreciate that.

But I'm going to ask you, what are
your first impressions of Iceland?

It's not very built up.
It's not built up.

I'd say there are very few
high-rises thus far.

It just seems to be nature
everywhere.

'We want to maximise our exposure
to Icelandic scenery,

'so we're staying out of town, in a
hotel where said scenery

'will be clearly visible through the
massive windows.

'The Hotel Ion was originally
built as accommodation for workers

'at the nearby geothermal
power station,

'which heats the hotel
and 90% of Reykjavik.'

Jessica, I can't get misty-eyed -
our time is short.

I've delivered what you've asked
for, which is a modern hotel,

45 minutes from the city in a
post-apocalyptic setting.

Happy? Very happy, Richard, yes.

Have I got time to put my boots on?
You have three minutes. OK.

FRANTIC HEAVY METAL MUSIC

TRANQUIL JAZZ MUSIC

FRANTIC HEAVY METAL MUSIC

TRANQUIL JAZZ MUSIC

Good. Do you feel settled in? Yeah.

The room's beautiful. Amazing view.

There's a spa here. Well, I don't
like this talk of being settled in.

Because I equate that,
idiomatically,

with boredom. Let's explore.

It's not just about fun.

'Much as I'd like to
stay inside among the minimalism,

'muted tones and complimentary
Wi-Fi,

'it seems appropriate to take
in a bit of the outside.'

Wow.

You'd be accurate in describing
this as cold. It's brisk.

It's pretty bracing.

'In spite of the cold, people come
to Iceland to experience

'the aggressive
and stunning landscapes.

'And while you can do this via
dog sled or snowmobile,

'most choose a bus tour.

'The most popular tour
is of the Golden Circle,

'a round-trip of some of Iceland's
most spectacular natural features.

'But that takes up to eight hours.'

So I've got a better idea. Look.

'For a mere ten times
the price of a sluggish coach,

'we jointly commend you to
charter a copter.

'By taking to the skies,

'we can complete the Golden Circle
tour in just one hour.

'Seven hours quicker than the bus!'

Ohh...

Imagine, we could just be along
at a sedate pace,

not encountering the frankly
valuable lesson

that life can end at any moment.

'Our first stop on the Golden Circle
tour is the home of Iceland's

'most famous water features -
the geysers.'

Jess, shall we go and check out
this geyser this that everyone's

going on about? Yes. OK.
Let's vacate the copter.

'These geysers are liquidy
illustrations of Iceland's

'active landscape, and have been
spewing out magma-heated water

'here for 10,000 years.'

We're here, Jess,
at the biggest geyser in Iceland.

The diamond geezer. The Ray Winstone,
if you will, of Iceland.

Wow. I'd better get my camera out.
Well...

I don't think it's going to
go off any time soon.

It last erupted 70 foot
high in the air, in 2000,

when D:Ream were at their height.

Things can only get better. Yep.
Well, they didn't. No.

Unfortunately, they got a lot worse.
We did get Brian Cox out of it, so.

Swings and roundabouts.

I'm going to take you to the
second-biggest geyser,

the Danny Dyer, if you will.

And that erupts every three
minutes, much like Danny Dyer.

Only joking. He's just an actor.
He's not like that. He's in control.

Wow.

That's Strokkur for you.

Strokkur. Regular as you like.

I imagine that you will be wanting
to document this

with a picture of yourself with
that in the background.

That's what you... Well, the memory
of it's certainly not

going to be enough. It's not
sufficient. We must document it.

I'm going to gift you now...
Yeah. ..the MPoD.

It goes around your smartphone,
thus.

You can attach that to any object -
a bench, a branch. And so on.

And also the HALO Remote.

How does it work, Richard?
Well, that's already clipped in.

Yeah. You click that. Sure.

Give the tripod to somebody else.
Yeah.

And then you navigate using this
remote. Click on that.

Do you think I could just perch it
somewhere on you? If I just...

Clip it on. Perfect. OK. OK.

Oh, look. It's swelling. Oh! Yeah!

Here we go. Bang!

I hope you didn't blow it.

'With three minutes
wasted on frippery,

'we must return to the terracopter
and continue on our so-called way.'

We are journeying to a valley
where the North American

and Eurasian tectonic plates
are tearing the world apart.

That is straight from Wikipedia.
They're moving towards each other?

Or kind of, they're about to collide?
All I remember is that,

in geography, that's where you did
extra special training.

'Moving 2.5 centimetres a year,

'it's a rollicking romp in
geological terms.

'Another Golden Circle tour stop,

'checked off without even
touching the ground.

'But I demand yet more speed.'

Wow, look at that.

That's a whole heap of boiling
water.

Gorgeous.

'We are ending the Golden Circle
tour here at Gullfoss,

'A waterfall with a 32 metre drop
over its two steps.

'Thereby, Iceland's second
biggest glacier.'

This seems a steep descent.
This seems too steep.

Wow. Here we are. What a view.
It's pretty good. Yeah.

Look at those saps.
On the other side.

All in a big line,

ostensibly closer to it.
With a better view.

On the face of it,
looks like that, but...

not only can we see that,

we can also see them and
the car parking facility,

and the visitor centre. Sure.

And we have the added bonus
of no protective barrier,

so it keeps it alive and jangling.
Now I'm really glad...

You're pleased we're in the 'copter.
I am.

It would have been weird not to have
travelled by helicopter.

Why doesn't everyone do it?

What do you feel, Richard?
Do you feel...

I feel pretty cold.

That's what I feel. Yeah.

It's a cracking display of nature.
Yeah.

Words like "vitality"...
Ah! .."vivacity", "water".

Those sort the words, certainly.

I'm thinking of words like "inside",

"heating", "tea".

'Travelling in the 'copter has
enabled us to drink in

'the Golden Circle experience

'while saving ourselves seven hours
of valuable Icelandic daylight.

'A tour de force in time-trimming
travel.'

Shall we... Shall we go?

Yeah, we don't want to have too much
fun. My nose is so cold. Yeah.

It's going to come off.
I can feel it. I'm going to...

'Golden Circle successfully
circumnavigated,

'our two separate minds turn to
food.

'Eating on holiday is
a miasma of uncertainty,

'but Jessica insists on booking an
authentically Icelandic dinner.'

Hello. Hi. Hi. This is hakarl.

Hakarl? Yes.

And this is Brennivin, but also
known as Black Death.

'Hakarl, or Greenland shark,
is poisonous when fresh,

'owing to high levels of uric acid.

'But by simply leaving it to decay
and hanging it out to ferment

'for a few months, it becomes
technically edible.'

Why won't this kill me?

Um...

I'm not really sure. No?

It's just fine. It's OK.

Yeah. OK.

But you don't, you won't eat this,
will you?

No. I don't like it. No.

Thank you. That's a good sign.

Both those things are awful.

Those are two awful things here.

Good grief. That feels terrible. It
was like a jelly cube of ammonia.

And this is made from mashed potato.
I quite like this.

I wish this was made back into
mashed potato... This, I don't mind.

..so I could frickin' eat something.

'It's certain that neither
Jessica nor I

'will ever chow down on rotten
shark again.'

I'm not paying.

Thank you.
SPEAKS ICELANDIC

'But it's another time-efficient
cultural experience

'that we can pretend was important
for some reason.

'Next, we need to make full use
of Iceland's winter darkness

'and head out on a quest to witness
the wonder of the Northern Lights.

'A monumental natural light display
caused by the collisions

'of the solar wind and our planet's
magnetic field and atmosphere.'

Jessica? We're here.

Beneath the majesty that is the
night sky. Oh!

I just saw a shooting star. No.
I did. It couldn't...

Are you sure it wasn't a plane? It
was definitely a shooting star. OK.

That's a bright one up there.

I see you're getting a bit
technical there. Yeah.

You've obviously got some star
knowledge.

All of these billions of stars...

..have no use to us.

JESSICA LAUGHS
They're rubbish.

There's nothing on them.

It makes you think how great we are.

'While we wait for nature to
reveal his or herself,

'here's what's coming up in our
final 24 hours in Iceland.

'Jessica and I rock up to elf
school...'

Within the elf community, do they
have health care?

'..go whale watching...'

I'm happy not to see a whale.

'..and experience another
of Iceland's geothermic wonders.'

Like a bunch of white people
drowning in milk.

I'm valiantly compressing an
Icelandic holiday into 48 hours

with actress Jessica Hynes.

You rejoin us now during a so far,
so fruitless, pursuit

of the celestial shindig
that is the Northern lights.

We've packed it in, though,
haven't we?

Yeah. Like a tin of sardines. Yeah.

Like a tin of rotting sardines

fermenting nicely.

No sign of the Northern lights, yet,

but, of course, the camera
can sometimes see things

that the naked eye doesn't,

so we may be having this experience

but our retina are letting us down.

As if planned in advance,

the time-lapse I set up was
experiencing the spectacle

on our behalves.

The machines have beaten us
once more.

It's like Terminator all over again.

In a sense, I feel like
I've been cheated by nature.

Now we have recorded evidence that
something actually happened,

we can go to bed.

After a short and troubled sleep,

rosy-fingered dawn
slaps us awake again.

Jessica, we've had an Icelandic
blast. Yes, we have.

I think it's been
relatively comprehensive

but we have not, as yet,
drunk in any folklore or culture.

Well, we could go and visit the
Handknitting Association of Iceland

and make an authentic
lopapeysa jumper.

Yeah, I mean, it's a bit route one.

We could, if we were going to go
off-piste culturally,

go to Bad Taste Records. Yes.

Which is the home of the Smekkleysa
record label, which is where...

PEOPLE LAUGH

I don't think they were laughing
at my joke.

I think they were slightly mocking

at the unnecessary increase in
volume when you go into Icelandic.

It's incredible.

Yeah, I mean, they've just
walked out in absolute fury

at the desecration
of their mother tongue,

but continue. And this record shop,

the home of the Smekkleysa
record label,

who discovered Sugarcubes

and, therefore, Bjork

and, also, Sigur Ros,

so that's a culture of a tasty kind.
Are you into that?

I don't want to do those things. OK.

Do you know what I want to do?
What you want to do, Rich?

I want to go to elf school.

Welcome to the elf school.

54% of Icelanders believe in elves
and 90% are open to the idea.

To my disappointment,
this educational establishment

did not teach Will Ferrell his craft

but it does teach visitors
to the island

about these made-up creatures.

Our teacher, Magnus,
is one of Iceland's foremost experts

on these non-beings.

Nearly 900 Icelanders
have seen elves.

The smallest one is five or eight cm
which is for flower elves.

The biggest one is about 70 or 80cm
tall, which is house elves.

Within the elf community,
is there a lot of discord?

Do they have a criminal justice
system, health care?

Yes. It seems to have because
there are elf doctors.

For the next 30 minutes, Magnus
regales us with fantastical facts

on elves in Iceland,

but now it's time for Jess and I to
go head-to-head in the final exam

to see who will take home

that all-important elf diploma
certificate,

and, if there's one thing I must
return to the airport with,

it's this pyrrhic victory.

What was the name of the elf king
in the North Iceland?

King Therkalduthal.

King Thorinduil, the second one.
That was quite close, wasn't it?

What is the height of elves?

Well, flowers are six to eight cms.
Depending.

The flowers are five to six
centimetres.

The nature ones are ten cms.

And, then, there's also house elves
who are 70 to 80cms.

70 to 80cms. Yes. You have obviously
done your homework in the school.

I feel you are slightly just riding
my jet stream there, Jessica.

I'm disappointed.

Where are most believe in elves
in the Western countries

outside Iceland? Canada, America.

Scotland. Scotland. Ireland. Yes.

Bam, as Kanye would say. Bam.

And where in the world do, normally,

they have a similar belief
as in Iceland?

Aborigines. Yes. Thank you.

Thank you for coming to the school.

I'm sorry it turned nasty
there, Jessica.

I just really wanted to win.
I hope you learnt something.

I did not.

Mixed feelings about that.

Where do you stand on elves now?

No. I'm not standing on any elves
because they don't exist.

That's fighting talk

and I'm pleased you didn't raise
that with Magnus in there

because he was a big guy.

So, having experientially
conquered folklore,

it's time to go on a day trip
but in much less time than a day.

25% of tourists visiting Iceland
go whale watching

so, as cold-hearted analysts
of the travel experience,

it is our duty to see
what the fuss is about.

I am happy not to see a whale.

You may pretend but, inside,

that will be a moment that you
will never forget. Really?

You're not going to be standing there
going, "What's the point?"

Just wait. I don't believe you.
I may even yawn.

Connoisseurs of the deep claim

there are 23 different species
of whale beneath us -

blue, killer, sperm and a whole
bunch of other customers,

so I'm hoping to wrap this shiz up
pronto.

40 minutes in, we spot movement
among the waves.

Whale! I saw it!

Dolphin! Look at the dolphins!

Oh, look! Wow! That's pretty good.

That was good. They're beautiful.

Look.

This one's coming towards us. Yeah.

This one's pretty angry.

You cannot disguise your thrill.
It's pretty good.

No, the tears are from the wind.

They may not be the whales
we were seeking,

but they are still
water-based mammals

and, thus, I'm marking it
as a victory

in my embossed achievement diary.

As the end of our trip draws near,

we must assess the merits of Iceland
as a destination

and break down the temporal
and financial expenditure,

and, to do this, we must retire
to an attraction

some might consider relaxing.

This is the Blue Lagoon.

A geothermically heated pool
and spa.

The cloudy water is coloured
by natural silica and minerals

that have risen from
2km beneath the earth.

It's like a bunch of white people
drowning in milk.

I can't wait to get in there.
Really? Yeah. I can feel it.

I can feel the volcano vibrational
energy. You can't feel it.

I can. I can. No, you can't.

It's very good for skin conditions

so I think there's probably a lot
of people in here with eczema. Yeah.

That's an inviting prospect.

To share a milky pond with
a bunch of dead skin flakes.

And we're going to be part of it. OK.

Well, you've got two minutes to
change and ten minutes to relax.

Report back. I'm going to get into
my sport shorts.

Happy now?

Very happy. You're enjoying this,
are you?

This is the only place this happens
in the world. Yeah.

Geothermal seawater coming up
and healing us all.

I don't enjoy communal showers,

being confronted with a whole wall
of penis.

It's very difficult to narrow down
the richness of this holiday

to just a few highlights, but, if
you had to, what would they be?

This has probably been the highlight.
This is it?

Something that any amateur rugby
team takes for granted every weekend

has been your highlight? What was
your favourite bit, Richard?

I did like the breakfast buffet.
That was good.

The fish was incredible. All the
fresh fish. All complimentary.

There must have been something
more than the breakfast,

but I'm really struggling.

The quibbling must cease.

We have not come here
to enjoy ourselves.

We must assess Iceland.

And, while you can weekend here
for a frugal 186 quid,

we have spent a profligate 937 each,

but that does include a whopping
five large on the copter.

It's been a heady mix
of explosive landscapes...

I hope you didn't blow it.

..rotten meals...

Both those things are awful.

..and fantastic nonsense.

I hope you learnt something.
I did not.

But, overall, this has been
a time-efficient triumph

and, in the advisory capacity we're,
for some reason, claiming to adopt,

we're pronouncing Iceland
a must-do two-day destination

or MDTDD, for short.

Who knows? Maybe it will become
a catchphrase.

Jessica, time to get in the jeep.

Next time, a whirlwind weekend in
Marrakech with actor Stephen Mangan.

I ate the brain. You eat the eye.

That's not how it works. It is.

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