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Iceland Re-cap
There are two sets of pictures: THE TRIP MY CHOICES Iceland was not on my list of places to go (we mainly went to meet up with our friends). However, now that we have been there, it’s on the top of my list of places to return to. Iceland is wet and cold but it […]
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The Snæfellsnes Peninsula
We stayed two nights at a hotel close to the peninsula so had one full day to wander around. Some of the ideas of where to go came from the people who organized the tour and some from the hotel owner. Some ideas were great and some didn’t pan out that well. For example, the […]
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Husavik to the West Fjords
During the next three days we travelled west along the north coast towards the West Fjords area. This included going through several long tunnels. The Vaðlaheiðargöng tunnel is a toll which you have to pay either before you go into the tunnel or within 3 hours of leaving it (you can pay via their web […]
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Jökulsárgljúfur National Park
From the Lake Mývatn area we went north to stay two nights in Husavik, a fishing village on the north coast. From there we could return to the Lake Mývatn area (which we didn’t) or go whale watching (which we didn’t). Instead we travelled east along the north coast to a couple of places in […]
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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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