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Europe » Iceland » East » Seydisfjördur June 29th 2022

It’s 4am and it’s raining again. It’s quite nice hearing it beating on the van…but not so nice when I need a dash to the loo block! We are staying in camp for a rest day today. The camp is right in the centre of town so the three things of interest, which we reckon will take all of five minutes, are all easily walkable. Taking advantage of the camp kitchen, we indulge in a full English breakfast courtesy of Ian…bacon, eggs, tomatoes, beans and fried bread. Yum. It’s stopped raining though the air is generally damp and the cloud is low. I’m glad we don’t have to drive over that mountain pass today! Tomorrow is set to be fair though anything can happen in an instant weather wise here. Our first stop is the ‘Avalanche ... read more
Rainbow Street
Decorated House
Cloud over Seydisfjordur

Europe » Iceland » East » Seydisfjördur June 28th 2022

This morning was earmarked as a rest day but as the weather is looking better for the side trip planned for tomorrow we decide to reverse the days. Although overcast today, it is not hammering with rain and there does not appear to be such a heavy black cloud over the mountain as we experienced yesterday! Our trip involves making our way back towards Egilsstadir, in fact almost all the way there, before taking a right hand turn down another ‘there and back only’ road for a mere 98km each way. Ian remarks that the van is now half full of fuel so we’d better fill the tank in Egilsstadir on our way back. Should we do it now? No, it will be fine for today. The road to Bakkagerdi looks fine - metalled and just ... read more
The route to Bakkagerdi
Wooden sculpture
Turf House

Europe » Iceland » East » Seydisfjördur June 27th 2022

We awake to rain drumming on the van. I suppose that (apart from day 2) we’ve been very lucky with the weather so far. Today we have not got far to go and have made good progress so we can take it easy. So far there has been no sign of anyone taking payment at the campsite…a little worrying as Iceland seems to be full of hidden cameras, snapping your number plate and waiting to slap you with a hefty fine if you don’t work our which website to visit or app to download in order to pay! Until now this has only applied to various carparks or national park areas that we have driven in to. Most campsites have been fairly unsophisticated…ie someone drives in between 7-8pm, collects payment and issues ticket for windscreen. Perhaps ... read more
Garden ornaments
Islenska Stridsarasafnid War Museum
Mountain road

Europe » Iceland » East » Seydisfjördur June 26th 2022

We’ve both had a decent nights sleep and Ian’s cold is feeling a bit better. Good job as there are no chemists open till Monday (the one in the last campsite close at noon on Friday) and we’ve discovered that they don’t sell cough medicine in supermarkets here! We decide to take advantage of the campsite shower before leaving. There is just one shower and one loo each for ladies and gents so there is a queue. No one is actually using the shower (I guess they don’t want to pay the hefty add-on shower fee) but they are using the room as it contains a basin. The wind is bitter so we all cram inside…no sign of social distancing here! Finally I get inside, only to find that my shampoo and soap have migrated to ... read more
Jupiter
Scenic route
Clouds on the glacier

Europe » Iceland » East » Seydisfjördur June 17th 2022

Das Städtchen Husavik ist bekannt für die tollen Walbeobachtungsmöglichkeiten. Wir sind zunächst im wirklich tollen Walmuseum gewesen (Highlights: tolle Skelette und einen Film, der die beeindruckende Intelligenz und Kreativität von Walen zeigt) und haben anschließend eine Whale Watching Tour gemacht. Wir haben so einige Delphine und ein paar Minkwale (10m lang) gesehen; leider keine Buckelwale, obwohl die hier sehr häufig sind. Aber wir wollen uns mal nicht beschweren, die Minkwale waren auch schön zu beobachten. Nach einem erholsamen Intermezzo in einem Thermalbad ging es weiter ins Vesturdalur mit seiner Schlucht und bizarren Felsen und Klippen, wo wir etwas gewandert sind. Nach dem einsamen Norden haben wir uns mit dem ebenso einsamen Osten beschäftigt. Die Halbinsel Raudanes hat schöne Basaltfelsen, die sich super zum Nisten anbieten und auch viele Papageientaucher anziehen. D... read more
Das isländische Stonehenge
Skelett eines Bartenwals
Hengifoss

Europe » Iceland » East » Seydisfjördur May 7th 2022

The wind started picking up again during the night, so much so that I got paranoid and woke Dennis up at 0300 so we could move downstairs from our soft sided pop top before it ripped. The wind did blow out the clouds and we were greeted with blue skies in the morning. Our first stop was at Stokkness, a seaside Viking village built as a movie set near the ruins of an old farm. It was a small collection of deteriorating wooden structures distinctly Norse in architecture, mired in damp, muddy grass and partially enclosed by driftwood battlements. Besides the friendly herd of beautiful horses grazing nearby we had the place largely to ourselves. Stokkness also has black beaches, more picturesque in my opinion than the famous ones to the south because these have small ... read more

Europe » Iceland » East » Seydisfjördur June 28th 2018

My drive through the East Fjords was fairly unexciting...and grey, given more rainy weather. There are some fishing villages, one of which is known for a lady's astounding rock collection and another of which features a fairly large and somewhat random piece of artwork based on the eggs of Iceland's different birds. I ended up in a town called Seydisfjordur which was a great surprise - you drive into it over the cross of a glacial mountain pass, and it sits in the bottom of a huge fjord with a 'waterfall alley' - it was little, still with an active fishing industry, but full of random art (that somehow appealed to me more than the bird eggs). I loved it, the sun came out (literally), and I did one of my favorite hikes of the trip ... read more
Seydisfjordur covered by fog
Hiking above the fog
The avalanche barrier trail (I think it has a real name...starts with a B and is based on the mountain...but I can't remember it)




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