Tour guide in Reykjavik Pétur H.

Hello, my name is Pétur and I would like to be your guide in Iceland. Now, why should you choose me as your guide? Am I any different from the other talented people here offering their service? Well, I'm probably the oldest of them so I've been in the school of life for the longest time. And even though I'm 66 I try to keep in good shape by running and weight lifting. I started running 25 years ago when I noticed the weight was increasing steadily around 0. 5 kg a year and I had to do something about it. Luckily my body can still do it and is ready for some action if needed. I was born in Iceland and I have been living here my whole life, except for three years I lived in Sweden as a young boy. I'm as local as they get and financially independent and that means I can occupy myself with whatever I like, and I like being a guide showing guests from other countries our magnificent island with all its natural wonders. That is the reason I quit my 9-5 job and decided to become a guide. I had been working as a QESH manager for the Coca-Cola Company here in Iceland. Now some of you might wonder what QESH stands for. That is Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety. I had been working there for far too long, so I resigned. This was nine years ago, and I founded my own little company with me as the only employee and bought a van. Since then, I've been working as a guide, mostly for other travel agencies. But with the wise words from my wife saying don't put all your eggs in one basket, I also decided to accept an offer to become a lead auditor auditing quality, environmental, health and safety management systems in various companies. Interesting job I know well after all my years as QESH manager. With all of this, I'm working as a contractor for about 50/50. However, this meant I didn't develop my own guiding business as I had planned. It is hard to get the attention of travelers coming to Iceland. There are big companies in this business that catch them in their nets long before I have a chance. Now I'm trying to change that and here I am making my own tours to places I know so well. Most of my tours are similar to what others are offering. People like to visit the same places so it's impossible to avoid that. But one of my tours is different. I like to take you out of the crowd and into my world and let you feel how it is to be an Icelander. I like to bring you through the areas I was born and raised and then to other parts of Reykjavik including the neighboring towns you would probably otherwise not visit. I will show you where some Icelanders have lunch and you can eat as much as you like. We will visit the wonderful open-air museum with old houses that have been saved from destruction and moved there from the center of Reykjavik, all with their own stories. You get to learn everything about our unique geothermal open-air swimming pools and take a swim and finally, I will invite you to my home. You haven't been to Iceland before you have done this. Certified Tourist Guide and a member of the Iceland Tourist Guide Association. Day Tour Provider, license issued by the Icelandic Tourist Board. Permit of Passenger Transport issued by the Icelandic Transport Authority. None