Iceland: Around the Ring Road
When planning a route around Iceland there are a lot of variations that you can select based on how much time you have. There appears to a general consensus around the route in southern part of the island. However in other parts of Iceland it seems like everyone takes a different route. This was the…Read more
My first thought when stepping off the plane at Keflavik Airport was, “What am I doing here instead of a nice warm beach?” The plane arrived around 6am after a very long flight and stopped on the tarmac, away from the terminal. Buses waited to drive us the rest of the way, and as…Read more
The Golden Circle begins and ends in Reykjavik making it a very popular day trip for tour buses. It is also a good option if you are visiting Iceland for only a few days. Different buses make different stops along the way, but they all stop at the three highlights: Thingvellir National Park, Gullfoss and…Read more
After two days in Iceland we were finally ready to set off on the ring road. Thanks to jet lag we were once again hitting the road very early. This was fortunate, because we had a lot of stops planned for the day. Day 3 Map Route Urriðafoss Keldur Turf House Seljalandsfoss Gljúfrabúi Skógafoss Sólheimajökull…Read more
The road from Vik to Hofn was very pretty. We passed glaciers, lava fields, and so many waterfalls. The landscape changed hourly between green grasslands, barren lava rock and mossy plains. All the time random sheep waddled around at the edge of the road constantly eating. We had fewer stops planned for the day and…Read more
On day five the rain caught up with us. This was unfortunate because today was supposed to include one of the more scenic drives of the trip. Route 1, in this section, hugs the coast and winds up and back down the eastern fjords of Iceland. But, due to today’s heavy rain, the visibility was…Read more
We awoke this morning to a beautiful sunny day. The rain clouds had passed and the sky was blue once again. Todays drive would be the first time heading westward back toward Reykjavik, this time through the north of Iceland. The destination for today, Lake Myvatn, is a very geologically active area of Iceland. We…Read more
Today was a bit of a lazy day. We had no fixed agenda other than a list of sights to select from. Between yesterday and today we had seen a lot of Myvatn and so Krafla, an active area similar to Hverir, and a hike to the top of the crater Hverfjall were punted from the list….Read more
Today we planned to go whale watching in the northern coastal city of Husavik. The proximity to the Arctic Circle means many whales spend their summers here in the waters around Husavik. We were looking forward to this excursion for a while now and had our hopes up to see humpbacks jumping out of the…Read more
The drive from Akureyri to Sauðárkrókur is around 90 minutes without stops. When planning the trip I though we might be tired of driving and so I decided to make another short driving day before the long drive of tomorrow. But by day 9, rather than being tired of driving, we had become accustomed to…Read more