Month: July 2018
The Snæfellsnes Peninsula – Western Iceland
This is our second last day in Iceland before we head back to somewhere near Reykjavik tomorrow and then on Wednesday we catch a couple of flights that will take us to Oslo in Norway for the second part of our trip. We had an easy start this morning. The main thing was that we […]
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Látrabjarg Bird Cliffs
We had a rest day today so we didn’t have any long driving distances to cover. We took our time getting started and then drove about 50 kms around to the headland on the other side of the fjord to where we have been staying in Patreksfjörður. On the headland are the Látrabjarg bird-cliffs – the […]
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Iceland’s West Fjords
Tonight we are staying in Patreksfjörður, the biggest town in the southern part of the Westfjords, with a population of around 660 people. The Westfjords region is a large peninsula that is located in the far NW corner of Iceland. It lies on the Denmark Strait, facing the east coast of Greenland and is connected […]
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More of Northern Iceland
We woke to a bright sunny morning in Siglufjörður and thought that was a good omen for the day. We were up, packed and breakfasted, ready to be out of our hotel by 8.30 am. We had around 28 kms to travel today. By the time we left, the clouds were covering the mountains. The first […]
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Driving In Iceland
It’s a little different driving in Iceland than it is at home in Australia. Many places are very remote and it is a long way between towns and any form of help if needed. There is so much to see, making it easy to take your eyes off the road and if you do this […]
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Northern Iceland
Northern Iceland is very remote. For the last few days we have seen only a couple of towns but a lot of farms and some wildlife. Yesterday morning we had a quick look around the beautiful Lake Mývatn. This is Iceland’s fourth largest lake, 36.5 km2, and it has around 50 islets or skerries in it. […]
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Central Iceland and Volcanos
We had a much easier day than yesterday with only 180 km to travel. This gave us lots of time take some deviations and to backtrack along the road to see a few things had we had missed. The weather was cooler – about 8C and with a bit of a breeze that dropped the […]
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Iceland’s East Fjords
Today was a long day. We drove around 400 km getting from Kirkjubaejarklaustur in the south to Egilsstadir in the Eastern fjords. We didn’t arrive at our hotel tonight until 6.00 pm so it was a long day of travelling. For the most part, the weather was relatively mild – about 14C. It was mild enough to […]
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The Ice Cap and Icebergs
Our plan for today was to drive east around the ring road and along Iceland’s southern coast to Jökulsárlón ()Icelandic for “glacial river lagoon”) where there is a large glacial lake on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, it developed into a lake after the glacier started receding […]
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South West Iceland3
Yesterday’s rain had passed on but this morning was still drizzly which made it very difficult to take some good photos of the first two sites we came across. I was hoping for better weather, but you have to work with what you have. I am still amazed at the number of tourists visiting Iceland. […]
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Around the Golden Circle
We were packed and ready to leave our hotel early this morning to start our drive around the ring road.. We are still waking up around 5.00 am thanks to some jet lag and this certainly helped us get going this morning. Breakfast at our hotel was very nice and we are already enjoying nordic […]
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Reykjavik
We have two nights in Reykjavik. mainly to help us to adjust to the local time before we start driving. Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It has a latitude of 64°08′ N, making it the world’s northernmost capital of a sovereign state, With a population of around 217,000 in the Capital […]
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