Early wake up at 6:45 ; grey weather. Time for us to leave Skaftafell National Park: having breakfast, packing our tent, and we could take the road under light rain. "Rain, eventually!" as would say Alex who kept saying Iceland was not Iceland without rain, fog or cold weather ;-) But as we were driving farther east, rain disappeared and the sky turned blue again, only leaving a huge and threatening cloud over the ocean. We finally arrived to ou...

After a good night sleep, it was time to get ready for the first day hike of the trip: hot shower for 400 ISK, shaving, and a filling breakfast were just perfect. We left from the camp (alt: 80m) with the whole group around 9:30. It was a bit cloudy but nothing to be worry about. Alex and Pierre had prepared a wonderful day hike, starting on a trail dominating Skaftafelljökull, a large glacier tongue of Vatnajökull glacier, then cr...

Wake up at 7:30. Sunny. After having breakfast and packing our tents, we drove to the now famous closed road which was still closed and blocked by a big SUV and guards. We thus continued our way to Dyrholaey, a small peninsula, which was formerly an island of volcanic origin. In front of the peninsula, there is a gigantic black arch of lava standing in the sea, which gave the peninsula its name (meaning: the hill-island with the door-hole). ...

August 6th, Labour Day in Iceland. Wake up at 7am, then breakfast, and take off expected at 8:30. But a problem with the car rental company caused a slight delay and Pierre arrived with the rental car at 9:15 : a brand new 4x4 Toyota Landcruiser. The group splits between the two cars : 6 in the Defender (Pinto) and 7 in the Toyota. First stop in Thingvellir, the parliament valley, famous place in the icelandic history. This is the place where the summer sessi...

On our way to Vik i Myrdal, we stopped twice to admire two beautiful waterfalls : * the first one, Seljalandsfoss. The most amazing thing about this waterfall is the fact that you can walk behind it and see this wall of water flowing in front of you! * the second one, Skogafoss, is one of the biggest waterfalls in the country with a width of 25m and a drop of 60m. Due to the amount of spray the waterfall consistently...