Earlier this week a local woman picked up a young German woman as a hitchhiker, driving her a to a campground in West Iceland. However, the hitchhiker left her camera in the car, and when the woman tried to search for the young hitchhiker she had left the campgrounds. Hoping to return the camera to its rightful owner, the local woman appealed to the internet to help find the owner of the camera.
Read more: Do you know the people in the photo? Help us find a foreign traveller who lost her camera
We at Iceland Insider shared the story yesterday, hoping to help return the camera to the unnamed young woman. We would like to thank the hundreds of our readers who shared the story on social media or sent helpful and encouraging comments.
But we are particularly happy to report that the young German woman has been found, thanks to the power of the internet!
Jónas Þrastarson, the son of the woman who drove the young hitchhiker and found the camera, has announced in a local Facebook group dedicated to Icelandic tour guides and others in the tourism industry, that the young woman has been found, thanking everyone who helped.
The German hitchhiker was found with the help of another Facebook group used as a sort of craigslist by residents in the region of West Iceland where the camera was found. A local woman recognized the young woman in the picture and realized she had left her name and contact information in the Tourist Information Centre in the village of Búðardalur. According to Jónas the young woman had managed to travel to Skagafjörður fjord in North Iceland before she was tracked down.
Earlier this week a local woman picked up a young German woman as a hitchhiker, driving her a to a campground in West Iceland. However, the hitchhiker left her camera in the car, and when the woman tried to search for the young hitchhiker she had left the campgrounds. Hoping to return the camera to its rightful owner, the local woman appealed to the internet to help find the owner of the camera.
Read more: Do you know the people in the photo? Help us find a foreign traveller who lost her camera
We at Iceland Insider shared the story yesterday, hoping to help return the camera to the unnamed young woman. We would like to thank the hundreds of our readers who shared the story on social media or sent helpful and encouraging comments.
But we are particularly happy to report that the young German woman has been found, thanks to the power of the internet!
Jónas Þrastarson, the son of the woman who drove the young hitchhiker and found the camera, has announced in a local Facebook group dedicated to Icelandic tour guides and others in the tourism industry, that the young woman has been found, thanking everyone who helped.
The German hitchhiker was found with the help of another Facebook group used as a sort of craigslist by residents in the region of West Iceland where the camera was found. A local woman recognized the young woman in the picture and realized she had left her name and contact information in the Tourist Information Centre in the village of Búðardalur. According to Jónas the young woman had managed to travel to Skagafjörður fjord in North Iceland before she was tracked down.
