4th
Well the only day i sleep in is the day i need to be at the Music hall where the tour bus departs at 8.30am. Anyway i make it before the tour leaves. The bus is a 30 seat and is very new with a nice smell of leather from the seats. And the seats are very comfortable indeed for a bus.

There are 24 people on the tour, and according to our tour guide this is a lot. Normally they would only have 6 to 8 people. So we depart the music hall and head to the Power station. A Geo Thermal power station. The tour of the plant was very enlightening and full of statistics.

Its just after 10.30am when we leave the power station and we head to see water falls and Geysers. At the Geysers it is a bone chilling minus 10C, and my gloves are not keeping my hands warm. Its is a struggle to try and take pictures with bulky gloves. I tried to take some without gloves, but it became too painful. It was so cold that the camera stopped working. I had to put it in my jacket pocket for a while to warm it up. I suppose having the camera body made of metal, not plastic doesn't help.

The scenery on the tour is pretty stunning. The guide promises us if she sees any Icelandic horses near the fence, we will stop to feed them. Well its not far before we come across a few by the fence, so the bus stops and everyone is keen to get out to see these cute little horses up close.

I am able to pat a few of them, but if you don't have any food for them they are not really interested in being patted. Their coat is so soft and thick, no wonder they can endure the Icelandic weather. And they have really cool eyes, similar to a goat.

As you can see by the photos when the sun did rise at 11am we had magnificent blue sky still sunset, a whole 5 hours.

We arrived back at Reykjavik just after 5pm. What a great day!

Now i am waiting to go on a Northern lights tour at 9am. Going by the weather report the clouds wont be a problem, but according to the Aurora activity is low. Anyway the lights are a no show i go again for free.

The tour leaves at 9pm and we head to the National park away from the city lights. We are lucky to have clear skies, but this means it is freezing, around minus 15c.

Our first stop i move away from the group and find a spot to rest the small tipod. Now all the people are looking north so i set up the camera and push the button. I can see a slight glow of light, but the camera reveals a lot more. Green and red lights of the Aurora.

I take a few long exposures, but then we are ordered back on the bus to find a better spot. We end up at a pretty remote place and its just too cold for me to go outside and set up the camera on the ground as there is nowhere else to put it. I am not alone as half the people stay on the bus. I am watching out the window in the direction of the lights and cannot really see anything except what looks like light pollution from a town. I venture out and point the camera in the direction and and push the button. Well i am shocked. I cannot seen the green and red lights with mu eyes, but the camera shows me the the lights are definitely in action. I take a few pictures but as i dont have the tripod they are all a little blurry.

Well at least i have proof of the lights, still disappointed i did not see them with my own eyes. I dont get back to my apartment till 1am, and have to be up early for a tour of the south coast.