The Journey Begins
6 Şubat 2018, İngiltere ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
It's time to depart and begin our journey to Iceland. But it's snowing even before we start and you can see the wings being de-iced before we left. This meant we were late leaving - only 35 minutes orOkumaya devam et
Reykjavik Airport
6 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ⛅ -2 °C
So, a great flight but a little late arriving due to the delay in Manchester. Moving through the airport went smoothly if you ignore that Tony couldn't get the electronic passport thingy to recogniseOkumaya devam et
Made it to Egilsstadir
6 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ 🌙 -6 °C
The flight from Reykjavik went well, taking 50 minutes to fly across the country. A bit bumpy at times and a cosy flight but we soon had a taxi whisk us away from the airport to the Birta GuesthouseOkumaya devam et
Car and Breakfast
7 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
Made it to the airport this morning to collect our car to find we had no extras to pay and may even have been overcharged for our car hire. That's good then!
Now we're having the breakfast at ourOkumaya devam et
Travelling on the First Day
7 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C
Mixed weather while we're travelling. Sunny one minute then high winds and snow. The first part of the journey was over high ground and snow covered roads.then we we're travelling along the coastOkumaya devam et
End of the Day at Hofn
7 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ⛅ -4 °C
One of the last stops for photography for today was an impromptu visit onto a beach of pebbles. We saw a couple of cars there and the views were of a frozen tidal area with snow covered mountains as aOkumaya devam et
We Begin Day 3
8 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ⛅ -4 °C
After sleeping well and having had breakfast we started the day with this view from our window. It snowed just a little in the night - just a dusting on the car. You can see the restaurant where weOkumaya devam et
Travelling South Towards Jokulsarlon
8 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ⛅ -4 °C
The light was constantly changing, like every few seconds. From the parking area we had a lovely view to the east and to the west some mountains with dark clouds as a backdrop. The clouds towards theOkumaya devam et
First Visit to Jokulsarlon
8 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
We arrived at the glacier lagoon mid to late afternoon and how different it looked from when we were here in October 2016. First of all, it wasn't raining and foggy. Second, there were far fewerOkumaya devam et
Late Night Photography
8 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Here is the reason our blog updates slipped behind. A late night at Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon.
Having arrived in the dark and found our room, we settled in and had a lovely meal then, given howOkumaya devam et
Clear Skies and Perfect Weather
9 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Winter Wonderland
9 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Photographing Glacier Lagoons
9 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Another Day in South Iceland
10 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
It was a slightly later start today, having been out so late. We had a pleasant breakfast, packed our gear and off we went even though our first stop was pretty much still in the hotel grounds. TonyOkumaya devam et
The Other Diamond Beach
10 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
The main activity of the day was scheduled to be a visit to an ice cave in the glacier. This promised to be one of the highlights of the two weeks so we had to be at the cafe at Jokulsarlon for 1pm.Okumaya devam et
Different Every Time
10 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ 🌧 3 °C
So why no photos of the ice cave?
We left the beach and turned up at the meeting point right on time, as did a young couple from Chicago who'd travelled from Vik (our next stop) that morning and hadOkumaya devam et
The Weather Changes
10 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ 🌧 3 °C
It seemed too early to go back to the hotel, so a little way along the road we pulled into one of the small car parks to go and see if there were photo opportunities looking over the lagoon ... more aOkumaya devam et
Ice Cave Visit
11 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
We were able to book the ice cave visit for midday which again meant an awkward morning, not because of timings but because when we arrived at Jokulsarlon it was blooming freezing. It was -6c with aOkumaya devam et
A Second Ice Cave
11 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
The storm of the previous night and the promised storm for later today meant that after our tour there were no more by that company that day, so our driver and guide offered us the opportunity toOkumaya devam et
Fantastic Weather Again
12 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Woke up to another lovely day with brilliant sunshine. We didn't expect this and if we had then maybe we should have gone to Diamond Beach for the sunrise. Mind you, we do have 4 million photos ofOkumaya devam et
First Photography Location
12 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
We hadn't been driving all that long, admiring the fantastic scenery as we went, when came across a parking area. As we've said already, these are few and far between so we decided to stop andOkumaya devam et
Skaftafell National Park
12 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We were scheduled to visit Skaftafell yesterday but had ended up at the ice cave and so decided we'd do it today and not miss out. We arrived at the visitor centre to discover it's no longer free toOkumaya devam et
Travelling to Vik
12 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ 🌙 -1 °C
After leaving Skaftafell much later than we'd planned (because we enjoyed our time there) we had a 2 hour drive ahead of us. It was cloudy and dull as we left as you can see from the couple of photosOkumaya devam et
New Day at Vik
13 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
It had started snowing as we settled down for the night and when we opened the blinds in the morning we could see the cars were covered. We went down and found breakfast and while eating we watchedOkumaya devam et
Time on the Beach
13 Şubat 2018, İzlanda ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
When we got outside we discovered rather more snow had fallen that we'd thought when we looked from the window and it now seemed as if maybe we'd need to dig the car out. But no, the Duster did it yetOkumaya devam et




















































































GezginHave a great time, Rob!
GezginLook forward to viewing your wonderful photos! All the best, Dick
GezginHave a super time. X