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The last few days we were in very beautiful, peaceful, remote areas largely free from the internet. On the evening after Odin's tear, we drove to Langisjór in the black lava...

Yesterday we drove back into the highlands to drive the roads that were still closed at the beginning of July. Once again, we drove through fantastic landscapes and...

In Husavik, we also visited the very interesting Whale Museum before setting off south again. Yesterday, we met up with Harry, a travel acquaintance from the ferry, with whom we...

After arriving in Husavik on Saturday, we signed up for a whale watching tour the following day. Due to the poor weather and the fact that the operator couldn't go out the day...

The contribution for yesterday was only made today, as it was a very long day. After breakfast, which we managed to have despite the strong wind, we headed to the Northern Blue...

Today, as has often been the case, we did not travel much further but explored some interesting and impressive areas around Myvatn. First, we visited a very beautiful stretch of...

Today from Kopasker past wonderful black beaches to Dettifoss. This is said to be the largest waterfall in Iceland, and also in Europe, and it is truly very impressive. Before...

As noted yesterday, it is very quiet here, and today there was hardly anything at all. It feels like this is the most deserted area, comparable to the highlands inland. During...

Yesterday traveled from Bakkafjörður further over Vopnafjörður to Þorshöfn. The Westfjords are already very sparsely populated, but in the northeast we saw even larger uninhabited...

This morning, hiked directly from the campsite to Studlagil Canyon, walking about 2.5 km from the parking lot to the descent. Then went down and did all sorts of climbing on the...

After a very pleasant evening at the Dreki Hut, we woke up this morning to strong winds. Nevertheless, we set off on the path to Askja. We made reasonable progress; contrary to...

This morning set off to Askja towards the Dreki Hut. The approximately 97 km long path offered a lot, water crossings, lava rocks, volcanic stone, washboard terrain, and quite...

Yesterday we continued north-east from Fossadalur. Interrupted by some fishing activities, it went quite well, though the fish still have to learn a bit more, and we reached...

Today we hiked to the waterfalls and the river near the campsite. Not particularly spectacular, but still interesting and very beautiful. At the Fossadalur campsite, you can...

Yesterday and today we enjoyed the beautiful, nice weather at the campsite, interrupted by a lovely hike. We also took the time to sort things out again and reorganize.

This morning we went fishing. The attempt was not bad, nobody got hurt. Unfortunately, only vegetarian fish (seagrass) were caught - it can still get better. After that, we headed...

Today we wanted to go kayaking on a glacier lake with icebergs. The booking and coordination turned out to be extremely difficult. After much back and forth, and also many...

This morning we set off to Joekusarlon, which is the lake located at Diamond Beach where the glacier calves. On the way there, we took a detour to Svinafellsjoekull. Then we...

This morning, under slightly better weather, we left the completely overcrowded and muddy Vik campground to explore the Black Beach of Vik. There are no monster waves here, and we...

We just wanted to quickly check out another "Icelandic attraction" today, namely Skogafoss. It wasn't so easy for us anymore, with all the buses and hundreds of people...

This morning, at 4 degrees and with a strong wind, we set off after two very nice days in Landmannalaugar. Before heading south, we spontaneously drove along the F228. The track...

After escaping the mosquito plague the day before yesterday, we headed to Landmannalaugur yesterday. A place of extremes. The landscape is truly breathtaking and absolutely worth...

Yesterday we departed from Siglufjörður in Northern Iceland and traveled through the Highlands to the south. In very stormy winds and freezing cold, we explored beautiful...

Today we had sunset at 01:08 and sunrise at 01:28. Then we took a whale watching tour from Dalvik. We drove out into the enormous fjord on a 13m long RIB with a 720HP engine at 50...

Today, after the gas stove, the second one on this trip, stopped working in the morning and we had to get a replacement, we drove to Dalvik. We plan to go on a whale watching tour...

We visited the city; Akureyri presents itself very tidy and organized with beautiful houses. One house, in particular, caught our eye because its owners have decorated their...

All night long and especially this morning, we were besieged by very strong winds and rain in Skagastroend. The wind strength is perceived as a fierce storm here; one must be very...

Departed from Skagastroend towards the Skag peninsula. First, we headed to the lighthouse Kalfhamarsvik by the basalt cliffs. There, we made an unsuccessful attempt to catch...

Yesterday we stayed in Drangsnes and had a laundry and organizational day. Today we left the Westfjords and entered the hustle and bustle of the Ring Road. It was a really big...

Today, we drove up the east coast of the Westfjords almost to the end of the road. It’s about 85 km from Drangsnes, all gravel road, so around 170 km round trip. We’ve seen many...