Day 3: Silfra snorkelling and Glymur

So, might have been one our best days ever. Started the day doing our Silfra snorkel at 9am in 2 degree water with amazing weather and sun for clear snorkel visibility! (Photos to come later) it was unbelievable… hard to put in words how clear the water was and turquoise underneath. The snorkel was so tranquil, viewing tectonic rocks, deep fissures, lots of algae and getting to taste the pure glacial water which was the nicest water we’ve both ever had. We ended up getting convinced to use dry suits, just as well because it was absolutely freezing. Due to Iesha’s bad circulation (which is what we’ve pinned it down to be) she felt very dizzy and nauseous walking out of the snorkel and her hands were so numb. I eventually felt better after warming up and some sugar from the hot chocolates we were given but otherwise it was pretty bad :( We have made a big decision due to weather forecasts to change our trip and do the ring road clockwise rather than anti clockwise so we started to drive north west today for our first big hike at Glymur Waterfall. It is Iceland’s tallest waterfall sitting at 300m high and we climbed all the way to the top (it was actually quite tiring). The pictures don’t even do the scenery and views justice. We were in awe the whole time. All up it took us 3 hours to hike there and back, and we finished around sunset, tired and with very wet shoes from our failed river crossing. In our drive to our campsite we saw our first wild mountain sheep crossing the road in front of us!Read more