Author:cywok
Today’s leg is about 416 km and according to Google maps, about a 5 h 35 min drive. It involved a bit of backtracking in order to see 2 waterfalls: Dettifoss & Selfoss. The weather has turned sunny but a bit cooler by 4-5 degrees compared to southern Iceland. There were a few neat mountains on the way to the waterfalls. When I arrived at the parking lot for the waterfalls, there were 2 campers and 2 pup tents in […]
Today’s leg is about 472 km and according to Google maps, about a 5 h 33 min drive. My ass. Let’s try about 8+ h of driving. Wish I had my car as there were some great winding roads along the coast with almost no traffic to speed along. Lots of small pretty fishing villages along these eastern fjords. Very scenic. Mainly overcast & raining so was unable to take many pictures. I did a small detour to a town […]
Today’s leg is about 271 km and according to Google maps, about a 3 h 26 min drive. Today is my attempt to get a puffin picture. Dyrhólaey Point is the home of a large puffin colony and the only place on the ring road where puffins can be easily accessed. Unfortunately, the weather was not good (for me not for puffins) & one could not be found. Damn. Did you know that greater than 50% of Icelanders believe […]
Today’s leg is about 221 km and according to Google maps, about a 2 h 58 min drive. One thing I first noticed on this trip was the difference on how the initial interaction is between host & guest. This difference is even more pronounced in Iceland. In North America, the host makes the first move by saying “Hello” or “How may I help you”. Here it is up to the guest to make the first move, otherwise, you […]