Blue Lagoon
August 11, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Blue Lagoon was our first stop and it turned out to be a good decision after the long flight from Hong Kong via London. We purchased the package of "Comfort" but if you bring your own towels, you canRead more
Krýsuvík
August 11, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
This is a mid stop from blue lagoon to Reykjavik. Good to have a short walk to admire the special landscape. But after this point going North, there is a short section of gravel road which requires aRead more
Blue House B&B
August 11, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
The accommodation of our 1st night. It's in a residential neighbourhood. Thus, if you would like to try the famous night life of Reykjavik, you better select something near the town centre.Read more
Þingvellir National Park
August 12, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
That is the start of the Golden CIrcle. The National Park is a very pleasant and would easily take you around one or two hours to walk around the main parts.
Geysir
August 12, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
After lunch, we drove to the second stop of the Golden Circle. The famous geyser allows you to walk quite near without much danger. And more importantly, it sprints very often, around once every tenRead more
Gullfoss Falls
August 12, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
The last stop of the Golden Circle is Gullfoss Falls. That's the first major waterfall we visited in Iceland. It's awesomely powerful! It's not easy to have such experience in other areas of theRead more
Cafe Arhus Hella
August 12, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
We chose Hella as our base for two nights. It is a great spot after touring the Golden Circle to give us a good rest before the hike in Landmannalaugar tomorrow.
Landmannalaugar
August 13, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Today, we drove two hours to Landmannalaugar. That's far away from the Route 1 and would give you a taste of the roughness of Iceland's wilderness in its central part. The landscape is very specialRead more
Cafe Arhus Hella
August 13, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
After a long day at Landmannalaugar, we drove back to Cafe Arghus Hella to have a good sleep.
Seljalandsfoss and Gljúfrabúi
August 14, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
There are two waterfalls in this location. One of them is bigger and allows you to walk behind it. Though it seemed small when we drove to it, it's very powerful when you got near. But the second one,Read more
Skógafoss
August 14, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
After a short drive, we went to another waterfall. Yes, Iceland is full of waterfalls. This one is also very spectacular but you can't get too near because it is too powerful!
Fjaðrárgljúfur
August 14, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
This is very beautiful canyon. Exactly the scene you would find at a postcard. If the weather was good, you can sit over the cliff to enjoy the scene for hours.
Hvoll Guesthouse
August 14, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We found this hostel because it was the nearest one I found to the glacier next morning. But it was a gem in nowhere. The kitchen is extremely well equipped and spacious. Highly recommended. All of usRead more
Skaftafell / Vatnajökull National Park
August 15, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Today we visited the Skaftafell / Vatnajökull National Park. We joined the "Blue Ice Experience" tour organised by Icelandic Montain Guides to walk on the glacier. That tour was the most basic oneRead more
Svartifoss
August 15, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
After the glacier walk, we took a short hike around 1.5 hours to Svartifoss. The hike was an easy one. However, the waterfall seems more beautiful in picture than in real life because it was quiteRead more
Jökulsárlón Iceberg Lagoon
August 15, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
This is the small lagoon with iceberg. We didn't join any tour as the area is easily accessible by our own. However, by joining tour, you can take a boat trip to go near the iceberg. We saw that someRead more
Klif hostel, Djúpivogur
August 15, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
After a long day of hiking and drive, we drove to stay at a little town called Djúpivogur tonight. The hostel we stayed at Djúpivogur was a very nice one. And, the host was so good to prepare aRead more
Seydisfjordur
August 16, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
The weather was still not good today with shower rain. We drove two hours to Seydisfjordur, which was a beautiful coastal town. If the weather was good, we would spend some more time to stroll around.Read more
Litlanesfoss
August 16, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
We had lunch at Skaftfell Bistro, which is a very nice bistro with an art gallery. Actually, the town of Seydisfjordur is full of cultural atmosphere. Afterwards, we drove to another waterfall for aRead more
Eyjólfsstadir Guesthouse
August 16, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
We stayed at this guesthouse tonight, which is located at the middle of nowhere. But the scene is very beautiful. If the weather is good, you can try the short walking trails around this guesthouse.
Krafla
August 17, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
We finally arrived the Myvatn area, which is the top visitor attraction area in Northeast Iceland. Our first top today was a crater. But it was very windy and cold today. We were only able to get offRead more
Namaskard
August 17, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Namaskard is only a few minutes away from the previous stop. It's similar to Krysuvik in Day 1 but this one got some strange piles of stone with steam coming out constantly. And it was very stinky!
Dimmuborgir
August 17, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
We took a 1.5 hour loop hike here among the lava field. It's quite interesting and the formation of lava stone was quite impressive with many arches like the one in the photo.
Hverfjall
August 17, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
As the weather was still okay, we took a 0.6Km hike to another crater. The uphill hike was an easy one. This crater is quite large but we did not take the 2.5km hike around the crater as the weatherRead more
Myvatn Nature Baths
August 17, 2017 in Iceland ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
With continuous shower rain, we decided to escape the coldness by going to Myvatn Nature Baths. It's similar to Blue Lagoon of Day 1 but this one was more simple in facilities and also much cheaper,Read more