Vik

On Monday morning we rented a car (little Suzuki Swift …). Our Austrian Capsuleer friend Oliver decided to go with us. And after we got picked up at the hostel and were brought to the local Europcar rental service center we got the keys for the car. After checking the weather conditions for our planned route, the journey was about to begin … (During the day we found out, weather forecasts in iceland are far far away from reality 🙂 – Weather is changing every 5 minutes, from sun, to snow, to rain, to storm, to hail and back …)

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First target on our route was Urriðafoss:

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Next stop was at Seljalandsfoss: It was a very wet walk, BEHIND the waterfall 🙂 (click the picture below, to get a high resolution version, and see people walking there)

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Some kilometers/miles later, we arrived at one of the biggest waterfalls in Iceland: Skogarfoss

As you can see, people are very small on the picture 🙂 – On the second picture you can see the stairs at about the half way up … Getting sweaty and wet from rain was a very “funny” experience …

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Finally the EVE nerds (gasping for oxygen) made it up there 🙂

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A short (and extreme windy, so we are short of pictures) stop at Dyrhólaey:

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Finaly we arrived in Vík í Mýrdal. A small church, few houses – And a black beach. Nice fact: If earth would be flat like a pancake, you would be able to see the SOUTHPOLE from Vik. There is nothing in between.

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Last target was few minutes following the street to the east – The black wildlands – Glacier-Melting-Area (Besides endless black flat plains there were destroyed street parts):

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Glad, to be back at the hostel and get rid of our wet clothes and heating up in the shower, we started a relaxed EVEning at the hostel, just drinking few Captain-Cokes and fell asleep, exhausted from this more than 12 hour, freaky weather, much to see, get much impressions, trip 🙂

 

Our Route (and then back to Reykjavik):

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