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deep snowdrifts. Nearby were a series of baked’ feel, to the southernmost point at
Opposite: Gulfoss waterfall
beautifully stark isolated wooden Vik. Coastal scenery is dominated by the
1: Iceland’s M1 - road no 1 - the coastal
Lutheran churches. We ran out of road volcano Hekla (its eruptions killed more people
1: ring road near Borganes after 200km when only giant-tyred land than anything else in Iceland) and the huge
cruisers on steroids passed us, but I Myrdalsjokull glacier, from which
2: Stadara River - part frozen
1: near Ytri-Tunga, Snaefellsnes
captured decent shots of Snaefellsjokul, perfectly formed frozen waterfalls such as
the 1446m volcano, famed as the start of Skogafoss fell to the coastal plain. Then
3: Hvalfjdordur enters the sea Jules Verne’s Journey to the Centre of the east across winding outwash streams and
1: - (whale fjiord) from near Akranes
Earth. a causeway to Dyrholaey – at the end of
4: Lava cliffs at Dyrholaey- south tip of
On return we sampled Reykjavik the world - snow-covered black lava sand,
1: Iceland
nightlife along Laugaevegir, the main massive cliffs, caves and stacks, which we
street (avoiding the whale steakhouse) and caught at a dramatic sunset.
5: Stokkur erupting every 10 mins
found a decent Italian restaurant with That evening by Rekyavik harbour we
1: at Geysir
Cirencester prices. ate at ‘Icelandic Fish and Chips’ - plates
6: Icelandic Horses with Mt Hekla
We set out south-east next morning, of organic cod in spelt batter and
1: volcano in background, nr Hella past steam venting from geothermal delicious herby chips with a skyr tartar
power stations heating glasshouses full of dip, washed down with Egils - a tangy
tomatoes at Hvaerageroi and blocky lava Malt soft drink (I mistook it for beer) - a
fields giving the countryside an edgy ‘just- popular ‘credit crunch’ night out.
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