What came before the globe got hot? Glaciers. What will be here after we leave? Rocks that glaciers helped form. We took what ended up being a private boat ride to Fjallsárlón glacier on the southern part of Iceland. Check out some of the videos to appreciate the cold. https://videopress.com/v/eMewpXSx?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true https://videopress.com/v/umCfVC9a?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true
Seydisfjordur is a half hour drive over a twisting mountain landscape where you move from 25 km/h to 90 and back down again every 150 feet. A small town of less than a thousand provides a nice break from other travelers that might be filling the ring road. We got there even earlier, by European [...]
If you’ve seen Eurovision starring Will Ferrell you’ve heard of this town before. What you’ve not seen though is the more than 100 year old one of a kind church, or the natural bay that it sits on. That bay contains some of the best whale watching in the world due to micro underwater earthquakes, [...]
This is what 5 miles of hiking gets you (other than in my case a sore back)
The videos will never do it justice, but appearances included a group of 20 or so Pilot Whales and a Humpback the locals have named Jubilee. Jubilee visits almost every year for the last five years. The group of pilot whales are a rare sight for the area as they don’t typically come in as [...]
Through a half days drive and some questionable roadway infrastructure, we made it in to this beautiful city.
Driving the small ring road is like experiencing all of what Iceland has in just a three hour drive. If you have only days in Iceland and want a glimpse of the full experience, I recommend taking a long days trip up north from Reykjavík.
