Day 1 part 2 Keflavik to Hevaragerdi

We landed, the journey stress quickly dissipating, but then Arushi realised she'd left her phone on the plane as the transfer bus pulled away! An hour later and after several fruitless conversations with lost property, we gave up hope and found our campervan man. He drove us to the pick up place and the reception girl took us through some brief tips, including how to avoid a toll road and her favourite whale watching tour, then an even briefer tour of the camper van and we were off!

We headed to Hevaragerdi and found a campsite, rather basic but the weather wasn't changing much from the on/off drizzle we were experiencing so far. As we started settling down for the evening, a miraculous email arrived with news that Arushi's phone had been handed in! As the airport was just over an hour away, we decided to head back to get it. We celebrated with a stir fry meal and collapsed in our beds.

I went for a shower last thing and met a Canadian guy who was roller blading the ring road! Millen and I had actually seen him on the way back from the airport and remarked on his mix of madness and magnificence! He'd arrived at the campsite several hours after flying in from Canada and was soaked and exhausted but grinning with enthusiasm! He told me that he was raising money for mindfulness and called 'blading for bees'.Read more