Blogs from Kirkjubæjarklaustur, South, Iceland, Europe

Up early’ish and into the shower. Extra cost for that as well. Decided that we would keep the shower in the Motorhome for emergencies as well as the toilet. Breakfast was had sitting in the sun outside and relatively warm already. We then set off to view the geyser. Our camp boss had suggested a path that went up the hill from the camp. You can look down on the geyser and it is a very scenic walk he said. OK, bloody hell. Even the goats would be suspect of this steep climb. Made it after a few rest stops and got to see the geyser blow, from above. And very scenic it was. Down the hill past a few other hot springs bubbling away and the slight odor of sulphur is there. Got down to ... read more

Kdyz mame naplanovane chozeni na cely den, znamena to zakonite jedine. Bude prset. Trasa byla jednoducha - asi 10 km okruh, koupani v prirodnim hot potu a obdivovani jednoho fakt fotogenickeho vodopadu. Prvni cast cesty nebyla moc zazivna. Prechod kameneho pole, ktere tu vytrousil ustupujici ledovec, nebyl nic moc. V dalce sice byl onen ledovec videt, ale skoro to nestoji za zminku. Drama se zacalo odehravat pri hledani hot potu. Pruvodce sliboval jasnou cesticku, ale to byla jen vejicka na naivni turisty, tedy na nas. Postupne jsme obchazeli kopec a ochmatavali potucky, abychom jim zmerili teplotu. Asi jsme i nasli ten spravny, ale cesticka nikde. Tak jsme zkusili prvovystup neprobadanym uzemim. A jeste jsem nezminil, ze zacalo relativne dost prset. Takze se tak brodime lokalnimi travinami, snazime se vyhnout propadajicimu se mechu a zaroven neuklouznout po ... read more

9:15pm. Sun still high. Beautiful. Night to all!! ... read more

Pour la première fois en près de 10 jours, je me réveille dans des draps. Pas que je n'aime pas mon sac de couchage mais un lit douillet, ça fait du bien. Si vous venez faire un tour en Islande, n'oubliez surtout pas votre sac de couchage, les hôtels ne fournissent généralement pas de draps. Le vent est tombé. Enfin, tombé pour les hautes terres d'Islande puisque le manche à air de la piste d'atterrissage voisine est encore presqu'à l'horizontal ce matin. Par contre, le soleil est au rendez-vous. Il partage le ciel avec de jolies cumulus bien ouateux et il fait un magnifique 8 degré Celsius. On entre dans le désert par la F208: la route aux mille gués. Un petit écart par une piste secondaire semblant seulement faire une banane par le flanc d'une ... read more

Our first day's driver Matti left us yesterday and this morning we met Olie, our driver for the remainder of the trip. He would turn out to be wealth of information if one asked. A morning drive towards Myrdals-Jokull, the country's southernmost glacier, offered us views across the lava plains toward Hekla. This volcano was believed to be the entrance to hell, the name being one of several Icelandic words for that destination. At the entrance to Thorsmork, Valley of Thor, we stopped for a walk around and behind Seljalandsfoss. The suffix foss denotes a waterfall. After a drive through a flood plain up Thorsmork, including the first of many river fords, we stopped short of the end of the road, avoiding the campsites there, for a hike up a side canyon. The canyon floor was ... read more