Iceland (to hike or not to hike - that is the question) |
Prologue |
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Iceland - sunny one minute, storms the next |
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The fair Nello "takes the waters" of the Blue Lagoon |
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Reykjavik skyline |
The older houses added a dash of colour to a grey day |
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The Golden Circle |
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A curious light on the hills north of Reykjavik |
An empty landscape on the road to Þingvellir |
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Lake Þingvallavatn and the rift valley between the North American and European plates |
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Site of the AlÞingi - Iceland's first parliament established in 930AD |
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The Oxana River Falls plunge into the rift |
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Thermal pool the colour of the surrounding soil |
View of Strokkur erupting from the hill |
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Mists rise above the rocky gorge beneath Gullfoss |
A panorama of the Hvítá River pouring over the Gullfoss |
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The 60m drop of Seljalandsfoss |
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A rare shaft of sunshine lights up the mountains of Skaftafell and the Svinafell Glacier |
The moss bound church of Hof |
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Icebergs drifting in the still water of Jökulsárlón |
The colour and pattern of icebergs |
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Nello adds the only splash of colour ... |
... to the ice covered black sand of Jökulsárlón Beach |
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The fog lifts to reveal the houses of Hof (where we had spent the night) |
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Nello - between the clouds and coastal plain |
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The 600m high cliffs of Lómagnúpur shrouded in the mist |
A farm tucked into the sheltered face of the old sea cliffs |
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The mists return |
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Heading off to climb the volcano |
The route ahead - looking promising (briefly) |
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... as bad weather sets in |
Wet and windy descent from Snaefellsjökull |
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The cliffs of Arnastapi |
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The entry to Raudfeldsgja Ravine |
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