A stormy Iceland Expedition (2014)
A stormy Iceland Expedition
Our group has chosen a new destination: Iceland! After our successful first trip through Scotland, the three of us want to challenge nature once again and drive around this island in the North Atlantic in a 4×4 vehicle.
We will travel back and forth between the continents of Europe and America, climb a glacier, see incredible waterfalls, experience cold, bright nights in a tent and even see the blue whale, the largest animal that has ever lived, with our own eyes!
Iceland (2014)
So this is Iceland. When you arrive in Kevlavík, the first impression is that of a gray, cloud-shrouded flat piece of land. It is not as cold and wet as it looks … Barely pronounced, a horizontal drizzle sets in.
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🇮🇸 Sea Birds and the Blue Lagoon – The lava rock in the North Atlantic
After 1200 years of people living in Iceland, not much has changed. There are just as many Icelanders as Bonn has-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 How to get hot in the Cold – The Reykjadalur hot springs
We spurn the touristic Blue Lagoon and hike to our own hot springs. They are a bit smaller and not quite-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 Þingvellir – The Continental Rift of the Kings
We follow the route, which is also called the “Golden Ring”. This is the most popular route for anyone visiting Iceland as-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 The old Geysir and the mighty Gullfoss
Of course, every area with geothermal activity also has an impressive geyser. The forefather of all geysers is located in-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 Pjorsardalsvegur and the Roads of ashes
Roads not covered in snow. We follow route 32 towards Pjorsardalsvegur and have Hjárparfoss to ourselves. Admittedly, it’s-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 In the Land of Waterfalls
The campsite at the foot of Seljalandsfoss is terrific. Three waterfalls line up, one more impressive than the other. We-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 The Black Beach of Reynisfjara
We make another detour to the sea, which is never far away here on the Ringstrasse. We have left the Golden Ring and are-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 At the foot of the Katla Super volcano
We are between the sea and a super volcano – the Katla . Should this active volcano ever erupt, the eruptions of-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 MY Foot on the Ice of the Svinafellsjökull Glacier
If we are already in the land of ice and fire, we must at least have been on a glacier. And there are enough of them here. The-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 Hundafoss – The organ made of Basalt
After our exciting excursion to the foot of the largest glacier in Europe, we move back into the countryside.
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🇮🇸 The Heavy Ice Floes of Jökulsárlón
Between the huge glacier and the open ocean there is a large glacial lake – the Jökulsárlón. Ice floes break off-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 The Place to Write a Book – The Fiord of Berunes
In the fjords of the east coast we come across the ruins of a Viking village. Only up close does the idyllic village emerge-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 The Reindeer route over the Lagarfljót Pass
We leave our cozy accommodation in Berunes. At least since we left the imposing Seljalandsfoss and Skodafoss waterfalls-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 Visiting the Puffins of Borgarfjörður
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🇮🇸 On the Backs of The Icelandic Horses from Húsey
Húsey is a farm far away from civilization and can only be reached via a long gravel road. We read about this place in our-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 The Dettifoss and the End of the World
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🇮🇸 The Gate of Hell at the Craters of Dimmuborgir
The situation with our increasingly empty tanks makes us increasingly nervous and we decide not to stop until we have-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 Whales and Sails in the Fiord of Húsavík
t outside of Húsavík we find beautiful accommodation in a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. At night it gets so cold here-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 Akureyri and The Trolls and FAiries of Northern Iceland
We leave Húsavík and come across an impressive waterfall, the Goðafoss. It is also particularly big, but meanwhile a-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇮🇸 Hvítserkur – The Troll Rock in the Deep Cold Sea
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🇮🇸 Hiking the desolated Landscape of Snæfellsnes
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🇮🇸 Iceland’s Essence at Europe’s highest Waterfall
We visit a few more waterfalls in the west of the island. The first is the Barnafoss; actually a rapids through a narrow-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
