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Hallgrimskirja The famous church in Reykjavik. Very modernistic. The organ inside the church is impressive. The sound that it makes reminds me of the songs from Phantom of the Opera. The view on top is pretty, but the tickets are weirdly pricey (compared to all the other museums). National museum Tells you the history of Iceland. Which I thought was very interesting. Kaffi brennslan (smoke salmon and egg salad grilled sandwich-yums)... read more

Kerid Lake was semi frozen Silfra (Þingvellir national park) snorkelling So cold but amazingly blue and clear. Met three australian girls, one of who's mum came from Seremban! What are the odds? And one of the staff of dive.is has family in shrewsbury. What a small world! The north america tectonic plate and euroasia one are 5 km away, so the place we were snorkelling in (silfra) was technically in no mans land. Geysir, bruarfoss, gullfoss Didn't see bruarfoss. Gullfoss (gold... read more

Diamond beach It was opposite the glacier lagoon. Glaciers had washed up against the black sand beach, so they look like diamonds. It was a sight to behold. Very cold though. svinafellsjokull (glacier stop) We walked a little to see the glacier next to svinafell (mountain). Basically, along the entire road, it was sea to our left, and glaciers or mountains to our right. And we were driving in between greeneries. It was very bizarre and awesome! Skaftafell - svartifoss (waterfall) in vatnajokull national park (stay) ... read more

Godafoss It was cloudy when we woke up. It started snowing as we were heading towards godafoss (it was in the mountains). It was such a beautiful sight. Gushing water accompanied by frozen water (snow). I find that very mesmerising. Lake myvatn (fast furious 8) We found out that fast 8 is filming in this lake! We got so excited. The entire lake was somewhat frozen and its surroundings were covered in snow. We had to alter our plans when we found out that some of the things we wanted to see were not accessible due to the snow (viti crater and the other one). I was quite disappointed. We also opted not to hike up ... read more

Glymur (waterfall) 3.5-4 hours of hike. Definitely worth the hike. The scenery starts out quite plain, kind of like a scene from LoR. Then you start seeing cliffs and a river. You have to walk through a huge boulder-cave thing and down to the river. You have to meander along the river for a bit then the cool part starts. You have to cross a seemingly innocuous river. But as it is still spring, the log that allows us to get across isnt yet put in place, so we have to climb across the river using a rope. It was so cool and fun! Then its quite steep, scrambling all the way up. But the views of the cliff and the waterfall is worth it. It ... read more