Monday, July 7, 2008

All the way to the West.

We planned this trip for a long time and we were also told that this is one of the most beautiful regions in Iceland. Because of the distance, we decided to make it over 2 days in the weekend. We booked rooms in a hotel in Ísafjörður and, in the early morning on Saturday, we left our beloved dorm in Skjaldarvik.
Map of the route.












First stop on the way - farmers moved horses from one field to another.













Lunch break - by accident we stopped near, what looked like, a sheep cemetery...













Near Drangajökull glacier. If you look closer you can see a man playing piano carved in this stone. It's one of the most famous Icelandic composers.













RES jump!

































On the way to a glacier.























































Stop by a waterfall.

































































Way to Ísafjörður.























Barbecue in the hotel's garden.
























Ísafjörður by night :P













Our group in front of the hotel - Sunday morning.













It was a foggy day.

















































Near Dynjandi waterfalls.


























































































Airport in the middle of nowhere.





















Sandy beaches :P


















Látrabjarg
, marks the western-most part of Europe. It hosts millions of birds, sometimes up to 40% of the world population for some species e.g. the Razorbill. It is Europe's largest bird cliff, 14km long and up to 440m high. On the picture - Atlantic Puffin - symbol of Iceland.






























Puffins weren't scared of us at all, we could approach them very close.


























































"Cucumber" :D











On the way back we chose an "F" type road, which means it's only suitable for jeeps or cars with 4-wheel drive. We had a lot of fun there :)


























Into the valley near Akureyri.

2 comments:

El Escuincle said...

Yo, so I just glanced at your blog very quickly (courtesy of googling "akureyri"). i liked what i read, and i am also in akureyri, working for mannvit (my boss gave some lectures for RES actually). how long are you here for?

zBir said...

Hi, I'm here already 6 months, another 6 to go :)