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Lake Mývatn Area
Now heading west again our first stop was the most powerful waterfalls in Europe – Dettifoss. From there we went to the Lake Mývatn area where there has been a lot of volcanic activity. Below is the Viti crater (Krafla caldera). We also went into the Krafla power station (for a pit stop), wandered around…
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The East Fjords
After going as far east as we could go in the south part of the island, we then worked our way north along the east part of the island – called the East Fjords. It’s an isolated area, with only a smattering of fishing villages. Of course tourists like us pass through on our way…
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South Iceland
Highway 1 is the ring road that goes around Iceland. We more or less followed that going east of the Golden Circle. The first stop on our 4th day was the Lava Centre which is very worthwhile. It shows animations of all the different types of volcano eruptions. Amongst the most dangerous are those that…
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Iceland – The Golden Circle
Many people only stay a few days in Iceland. In some cases it is a one or two day stopover when travelling between Europe and North America. They usually take a trip around “The Golden Circle” which is a short day trip from Reykjavik. Within a matter of hours you can see many of the…
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Iceland – the Trip
We are finally home for a few days so I’m starting to go through pictures in the order taken, The first stop was of course Reykjavik so I will mention a couple of things that I didn’t mention previously. There was a major fire in Reykjavik in 1915 and many of the old wooden buildings…
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Geothermal Heat and Power
We just arrived at our hotel in the Westfjords area of Iceland – just outside the town of Holmavik. We had stopped at one of the two restaurants in Holmavik. Ours was a combination seafood restaurant, witchcraft museum and information centre in a relatively small building. We had seafood soup and a rhubarb cake –…
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