Our first voyage into the interior of Iceland today, I suppose this makes it sound exotic, but it sounds better than 'today we drove inland'. We followed the route of the river Markarfijo inland to the Fjallabak nature reserve. Now we are away from Reykjavik as soon as you get a few miles inland the tarmac disappears and the gravel roads start. This is where Icelanders come out to play: all along the route today are hikers’ huts with beds and stoves. All you need to carry is your sleeping bag and food, everything else is provided for you. As for the scenery, well the pictures do not do it justice, I doubt I can describe it either but needless to say it is spectacular. The road starts off following the river bed, in the spring
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