Dritvik mission, unexpected beauty and a last drive
Nostalgia well and truly today. We awoke to a pretty but sobering scene of snow all over the ground. Not a lot, maybe 3-4cm covering, but enough to make me wonder if this was what it was like at sea level, then the driving today will certainly be going over that elevation. I had long promised a work...
One last crater walk and onto the Snaefellsjokull Peninsula
As we near the end of our adventures in Iceland, some nostalgia is setting in. Last night was super comfy as we improvised dinner like uni students with noodle cups, whole tomatoes and hot dogs in rolls with sauce, heated in the noodle cups using water from a borrowed kettle at the hotel...Iceland c...
A surprise oasis, pseudo craters, lava fields and a tuff volcano
After a yummy breakfast including dairy products from the cows I saw milked yesterday. Pretty much the first farm to plate sort of feeling we've found. No aurora during the night, despite the phone alerts...too much cloud! So, we decided to check the visitor centre and souvenir shops nearby before s...
Mountains, volcanoes, stinshy and a lake
Morning arrived and with it the now obligatory attempts to shift very sticky gunk from my (now our) airways greeted us. Undeterred, we enjoyed brekky and the beautiful scenery around our cabin. This one is another of the "pre 2011 volvano tourist boom" that Iceland is still in the midst of...quite a...
Coastal scenes, a drive and the northern lights
After a comfy night and a yummy breakfast buffet (including pate) we headed on our longest day driving in Iceland so far. Before leaving we snapped some images from the carpark of the place to show the fabulous scenery again, plus a short walk down to see the horses with Bronnie this time. Unfortuna...
Glaciers galore
After the excitement of the glacier tour yesterday, we weren't sure what the day would hold today but the maps certainly suggested a scenic drive was to come. We set out after a great breakfast (I think I managed to eat about the total cost of the night's accommodation just to be sure again) and hit...
Ice cave and glacier tour, black sands and scenes
Today was about our first trip to a glacier. It did not disappoint. We were met by our Icelandic Guide Alex, who was 100% viking in appearance. We boarded our custom setup 4WD vehicle with ludicrous lift kit and giant go anywhere tyres (see photo) along with about 10 other Americans, including a nic...
Lava tube tour, waterfalls and black sands!!!!!
A morning pack and we were off to our rescheduled 9:30am tour of the lava tubes about 30 minutes drive west of Selfoss. We arrived in good time and met our guide at 9:20am. What a cool place. The tube here is from an effusive eruption about 5000 years ago that erupted constantly for 3-5 years over a...
A second day in Selfoss
After what turned into a pretty massive day yesterday after missing the snorkel followed by some actually very good sightseeing, today was a quieter one in Selfoss. Took the opportunity to catch up on the last several days of the blog (last 2 in Ireland and first 2 in Iceland), upload some photos an...
A disappointment, salvaged pretty well.
We checked out of our somewhat weird place (with a munted dishwasher and not really brilliant setup) and headed the 45 minutes up to Thingvellir to meet up with our tour into the Silfra fissure. Again, the Icelandic scenery did not disappoint en route. It is simply incredible. We were delighted to h...
Reyjavik,wow!
After a sleep and a plan of attack for the day we got into it with a drive into the centre of town from our accommodation, including an inaugural reverse park into small space on the RHS of road from LHS of car. Weird. First stop was the Phallological Society of Iceland; a visit to the world's only...