# @discovery on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BZgwWIDBuSg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12161072-discovery-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/21748aa65a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-09-26T16:59:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Discovery (@Discovery) — https://gondola.cc/Discovery

## Caption

Photo and text by Ben Mikha BenMikha | Quite possibly my most amusing photo. This is the famous DC plane wreck on the black sands of Sólheimasandur, Iceland. I was on my internship with discoveryaus and had traveled from New York to Reykavik via Berlin, Germany. Upon arrival, I noticed my Suitcase hadn’t come through. I enquired with the airline staff who said all the bags had been unloaded and they weren’t sure what had happened to mine?! A couple of phone calls later and my suitcase had been declared lost. Perfect as I was in Iceland, an arctic country and all my warm clothing, essentials and chargers/cords were in that bag. I travelled around Iceland for the duration of the trip in a hotel bath robe (the one I’m wearing in this picture) and used it to break the ice cold winds. I still managed to survive 5 long days out in the rugged landscapes using only a robe and a shirt, hiking through valleys, glaciers and exploring waterfalls. Though I got some weird looks from hotel staff and tourists, I taught my self to be accountable for my own happiness by being resourceful rather than falling victim to circumstance. It would’ve been easy to spiral in to a series of negative thoughts had I let the situation get to me but I chose to run with it and I had ended up creating some of the best memories of my life so far!
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#POTD #photooftheday #picoftheday #travel #travelphotography #iceland #planewreck #abandoned

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planewreck, picoftheday, photooftheday, travel, potd, iceland, travelphotography, abandoned

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