Welcome to New Zealand to Iceland by two wheels

New Zealand to Iceland by two wheels

PAGE CREATOR:	Ingolfur Kolbeinsson
EVENT:	New Zealand to Iceland
EVENT DATE:	01/04/2009

Hello people,

Come April 2009, I'll have finished my life here in New Zealand. The time will have come to travel back to my homeland in the distant north...the land of ice and fire - Iceland. Airports are boring and aeroplane food isn't that great, so I decided that riding back (on a motorbike not a horse!) and seeing what lies between these two far away countries would be more like an exciting adventure. My plan also appealed to fellow Icelandic childhood friend Viggo Mar Jensen. So it was decided, the two of us set out for Iceland next year.

Unicef work to help children in all the regions that we will ride through, and we decided that this trip would be a great opportunity to be able to help others along the way.

As we go we'll be taking lots of pictures of current Unicef work, which they will hopefully be able to put to good use but just in case my photography isn't too flash (excuse the pun) I thought I'd attempt to get some of my friends to donate some cold hard cash!

Those of you familiar with my habit of having big ideas and barely thinking them through will know that whilst traveling thousands of kilometres across the world, there's a good chance that I'll lose the bike over the side of a ferry or get hungry and come home. So dig deep and shame me into carrying on in the face of laughable mishaps and easily preventable equipment failures!

If you decide to sponsor me on this gruelling holiday, rest assured that all your money will be going straight to Unicef and will not be used to cover 'expenses' or anything like that.

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor us.

Unicef will receive your money faster and if you are a NZ taxpayer, any donation is tax-deductible (receipt's are provided). So please sponsor me now!

We will keep a blog about our traveling.
www.nz2iceland.blogspot.com

Many thanks for your support.

Ingolfur and Viggo.

My Online Sponsors To Date
DATE	NAME	AMOUNT	COMMENT
13/07/2009	Þórir Kjartansson	$40.00
13/07/2009	Ingibjörg S. Gunnarsdóttir	$30.00	Wish you all the best
13/07/2009	Kolbeinn	$50.00	Svo er bara að klára alla leiðina og koma sér í Norrænu og bruna heim. Bíð spenntur heima. Kolbeinn
04/06/2009	Margrét Sveinbjörnsdóttir	$25.00	Sælir, ég er nú eiginlega bara að prófa hvernig þetta virkar - áður en ég fer að hvetja aðra til að heita á ykkur... Áfram strákar, vona að allt gangi sem allra best hjá ykkur! Bestu kveðjur, Magga
06/04/2009	Jane Newman	$100.00	Good luck Ingo (& Viggo!). Everyone here is hugely impressed. I am basking in your reflected glory so don't let me down - but please be careful!
05/04/2009	Lilja & Sævar	$25.00	Svo er bara að skila ser heim :)
29/03/2009	Nick Kirkland	$101.00	Good luck Ingo! I'll be seeing you soon in Iceland! I want to see curly haired babies appearing all over asia in 9-12 months!
29/03/2009	Loftur Guðni Matthíasson	$100.00	HÖJ HÖJ HÖJ
12/03/2009	Elsa	$50.00
09/03/2009	Gudsteinn	$50.00
27/02/2009	Rob	$100.00	Have a great time on your big adventure!
27/02/2009	Doddi	$35.00	This is just for beer. Ekki solunda thessu i neitt rugl.
26/02/2009	Simon Nieper	$40.00	If you don't make it I want you to live with the poor children and make them dinner!
24/02/2009	Einar Orn	$25.00	I trust that you finish the trip save. If not I will
28/01/2009	Þorbjörg og Phil	$20.00	Flott að vera fyrst... Eruð nú komnir með 0,1% af því sem áætlað er að safna :) Góða ferð