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Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Selfoss August 24th 2011

Geysir is the original geyser. As you can see, Gulfoss is another of the wonderful Icelanding waterfalls.... read more
Gulfoss
Gulfoss
Gulfoss

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Landmannalaugar August 23rd 2011

Landsmannalaugar is full of wonderful hiking opportunities, but getting there is a little tough. A 4WD is highly recommended along with knowing how to use 4WD driving skills such as crossing rivers.... read more
River crossing
River crossing
Landmannalaugar

Europe » Iceland » South August 22nd 2011

Here are some of the highlights from my most recent trip to Iceland. Enjoy.... read more
Reykjavik
Reykjavik Sculpture Solfar Viking Ship
Reykjavik Graffiti 1

Europe » Iceland » South » Hella August 22nd 2011

There's an iceberg field on a river after Kirkjubaejarklaustur.... read more
Jokulsarlon Icebergs
Jokulsarlon Icebergs
Svinafellsjokull Glacier

Europe » Iceland » South » Höfn August 21st 2011

The Skaftafell glacier in the Vatnajokill National Park is very large. The drive south is on rugged roads. It was good to have a 4WD, as some of the hair pin bends and steep inclines made it a little "exciting". We met some local Reindeer hunters on the road. Hunting licenses are issued by lottery, and these two guys were both lucky winners of a limited number of licenses. They send the carcas to a processing plant for their winter supply of meat, but they had the trophy antlers with them.... read more
Near Reydarfjordur
Scenery
Reindeer Hunting

Europe » Iceland » North » Mývatn August 20th 2011

Selfoss and Detifoss are waterfalls on the drive east from Myvatn. We hiked to the falls.... read more
Detifoss and Selfoss
Detifoss and Selfoss
Detifoss and Selfoss

Europe » Iceland » North » Mývatn August 19th 2011

We hiked down from the Krafla crater's Hverfel tephra ring down to Myvatn town. We finished the day with hours of soaking in the Myvatn nature baths - a series of hot spring fed pools with natural (i.e. mud, not tiled cement) bottoms.... read more
Myvatn Hike
Myvatn Hike
Myvatn Hike

Europe » Iceland » North » Mývatn August 18th 2011

Myvatn is a volcanic hotspot that looks and feels like another planet. It is a gorgeous location with excellent hiking opportunities. But, hiking lava fields is not easy. A 1729 eruption of the Krafla volcano brought the lava flow right into town. The priest delivered a "fire and brimstones" sermon claiming this was all God's way of punishing people for their evil thoughts and deeds and low and behold ... the lava flow went around and spared the wooden the church. The current church was built on the foundations of this original church. We hiked from Krafla's crater down into the town of Myvatn. It took a good part of the day as we weren't in any hurry. The geothermal activity has been tapped as an abundant source of almost free energy.... read more
Lake Myvatn
Krafla
Krafla

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík August 18th 2011

What a sad day; it's our last day in Iceland but the good thing is the Golden Circle Tour was on our agenda. This tour is another jam packed, 8 hour day, loaded with fun! Just like the last few days we were picked up at 8:30 and driven to the bus terminal where we transferred to another bus with about 15 people total on the tour. Our first stop today was our only stop yesterday, Þingvellir National Park. But today we stopped at the top of the park on a cliff overlooking the entire park, well as far as you can see at least. The Park is enormous and obviously can't be seen by the naked eye. We were able to see the sites we visited yesterday from a bird's eye view. It was quite ... read more
Rachel and I at Gullfoss
Rachel shooting at Gullfoss
S.W.A.T. Snowmobilers

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík » Kopavogur August 18th 2011

Við hjónakornin höfum ákveðið að halda úti ferðabloggi meðan á bakpokaferðinni stendur. Við leggjum af stað 3. september, byrjum í París þar sem við verðum í eina viku og þaðan fljúgum við svo til Frönsku Guyana, Surinam og Guyana. Þaðan ætlum við niður til Brasilíu og sigla niður Amazon. Að öðru leyti höfum við ekki skipulagt þetta mikið, við stefnum á að vera í Bólivíu um jólin og enda ferðina í Bandaríkjunum næsta vor, annars látum við okkur bara berast með straumnum. Undirbúningur stendur sem hæst, þessa dagana, flugmiðar, check! malaríutöflur, check! minniskort, check! vatnsheldar hlífar á bakpoka, check! Immodium, check! check! og svo sannarlega check! Ekki vill maður eyða allri ferðinni á dollunni! Við bloggum örugglega ekkert aftur fyrr en við erum farin í ferðina, fylgist endilega með :)... read more




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