For the rest of my time in Iceland I rented a car (from a place that rents 'older' cars for less money that is called Sadcars, and my little Hyundi was definitely a sad car) and drove along the south coast to Hofn, about 500 km from Reykjavik along narrow roads with many single lane bridges. I only came close to hitting one sheep (they are free range everywhere) but fortunately for both the sheep and my sad car, we avoided a collision. I went on a zodiac boat a...

It is really great to see everyone´s comments. Deborah, you definitely would have loved the hike. Today I did a tour where we snorkled in a dry suit in 2 C water in the rift between the two tetonic plates, which is what has created Iceland - as the plates pull apart an average of 2.5 / year then Iceland grows wider. The water seeps underwater from a glacier for about 50 - 60 years then comes out in the area we snorkled, so it was very clean and clear (and col...

Got back yesterday from a 5 day trip, 3 days were spent walking a total of 55 km, which were long days and a stenuous hike with lots of up and down, wading across freezing cold rivers (one river was up to our thighs). When you actually pitch your tent right on the lava ash, you feel like you are really seeing Iceland close up. We had good weather (for Iceland) and saw some awesome scenery. We did it from from Þórsmörk to Landmannalaugar which is south to no...

Shouldn´t come as a surprise, but Iceland is not exactly warm. The average summer high (yes, the HIGH tempurature of the day) in June is 13 C, not like July when the average high will reach a sweltering 14 degrees C. Despite this, the weather has actually been quite nice, we had one sunny day and the rest have been cloudy with occasional light rain. The inland road was closed because of snow until yesterday when it was finally opened. I´ve seen puffins, gys...