Journey begins

Car for the week

Arrived, and here is my sad car for the week!
I'm responsible for the lights and the tyres, everythings else already has marks on it.
On route

Driving to the first hotel, Iceland looks awesome.
First Hotel

And sleep... enough travelling for the day.
Long day of sightseeing tomorrow.
Seljalandsfoss

First waterfall, and one you can go behind.
There were locals fishing pracrically in the waterfall, didn't look like they caught anything.
Skogafoss

It started snowing, also picked up Martin, Polish bloke living in England who was hitch hiking to this waterfall to start a hike.
Weather is very changeable...
Vik

Quick stop for troll rocks off a black sand beach.
Moss everywhere

Suddenly moss everywhere, stopped at an information board to find out why, it told me that it was moss...
Mini giants causeway

Called the church floor.
I've been told that giants causeway is smaller than you expect, but probably not this small.
Desert next to Europe's biggest glacier

Stood in the middle of a desert looking towards one of the 'tounges' of the biggest glacier in Europe.
Glacier

Walking all the way up to the glacier to stand on it.
Jokulsarlon

Lagoon filled with icebergs that have fallen off the glacier.
You probably can't tell but in the last picture there is a seal in the water. Was easier to watch them with binoculars, until my handsLue lisää
Hofn

Hotel for the night, long eventful day. I think I'm sunburnt...
Weather

So last night the road behind me was closed due to high winds, and the roads I'm planning on using today were closed due to snow.
Nobody else seems to be on the road. Dust storm, proof of theLue lisää
Windy and sign of things to come

It is incredibly windy, It's trying to blow me off the road. But it is beautiful here, and a view of the snow ahead.
Crazy weather

There aren't that many sights to see today, it's just pretty. But the weather is the main highlight.
It went from sunny but windy to snow on road and being blown down from the mountain, there was aLue lisää
Trucker stop before taking on snow

So, checked the road conditions ahead and they are now open but with snow in them and strong winds.
Refueling the car and me with Mr Plow and some lorry drivers. First place they haven't been able toLue lisää
Onwards through the snow

So I planned on doing a hike today, but I can barely see the road at times so I would have no chance following a path. So moving ahead to what was planned tomorrow. After some pictures in the snow.
Hverarond

Mud puddles gas vents and the smell of sulphur
Hotel for the night

Also a pizza restaurant.
Myvatn nature baths

Much cheaper and probably quieter than blue lagoon, with a nice view over the lake too.
A nice relaxing soak with loads of couples hugging and taking pictures of each other, where's mine?
Volcano crater walk

Had to abandon the car and walk to the start of the walk through some deep snow.
Slightly slippery climbing up but a good walk around the crater.
Dimmuborgir

Weird lava shapes
Godafoss

Godafoss waterfall
Hotel in the westfjords

Very different over here. Much less snow and very fjordy. Also got to drive on my first proper gravel road.
Going to explore more north tomorrow.