Friday, May 30, 2008

Study Tour - from Höfn to Reykjavik

We left Höfn in the morning and head west along road 1 which is kind of ring road for Iceland because it circles whole island.
The map - click to zoom :)












The first stop was Jökulsárlón - best known and the largest of glacial lakes in Iceland. The lake is filled with icebergs, which are calving off the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier.













We spotted a seal swimming in the lake.







































Next stop was Skaftafell National Park. We had an about 1.5 hour walk with a guide there.













Glacier in the back :)










They actually filmed "Batman Begins" in that location :D
















Vik, one of the towns we stopped by on the way. They had Vínbúð opened only for an hour during the day, but we got there on time luckily :D










Skógafoss - an impressive waterfall, I just love them here in Iceland :D




























































Notice the face-like rock looking in the direction of a waterfall :)













Seagulls have their nest in the rocks surrounding the waterall.













Another waterfall on the way - Seljanalusfoss. You were actually able to walk beind it - amazing expirince :D


































































After that we went to a ghost center in Stokkseyri. Wasn't really scary though, but beer was included in the price ;). We left our bus in Reykjavik, took 3 cars and went to Keflavik, Keilr - old USAF base for a sleep. We were to stay there another 6 days.

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