Iceland - Day 1

Snapshot
Where - North East Iceland
Weather - Chilly @ 15°C
Distance - 350km
Steps - 10,500 or 7km and 45 storeys

So Iceland is not the same as the Faroe Islands - it is much more open and some very different landscapes. We have been following quite a detailed route that has been prepared for us by the company we bought the self drive tour through. Or journey today led us through a lunar landscape, totally barren - a believe Neil Armstrong did some training in this area.

After that we turned toward Dentifoss - Europe's most powerful waterfall. Unfortunately, this meant travelling over what turned out to be 50km of gravel road full of potholes and corrugations. BRAD DOES NOT LIKE DRIVING ON DIRT ROADS! So I had o endure comments every few minutes such as "this had better be worth it" to swearing at the road in general, to hurling abuse at other drivers who dared go past us at more than a snails pace. We did finally make it and the waterfall was quite spectacular (but not in the same category as Iguassu Falls that we saw last year.)

Moving on we visited another smaller waterfall, then a rather unusual horseshoe shaped canyon with a peaceful pool at the bottom. We followed the northern coastline through the whale watching town of Husavik which looked quite attractive but we had a big day of driving and walking so made or way to our accommodation (a farm converted into a guesthouse).Read more