11th March -2C to -6C Last day in Iceland. Woke up a little later this morning. We are going to take it a little easier today and visit the Blue Lagoon to relax. The bus collects us at 10.30 this morning. The Blue Lagoon is a geothermal spa set in the desolate lava wilderness. It was created when superheated seawater flowing out of the Svartsengi geothermal power station collected in the surrounding lava. The lagoon is bordered by rough masses of black la...

10th March -7C to -15C Windy, Snowing Awake at 7am again this morning as we are going on another tour today. Taking much of the same route as yesterday following the south shore but going further south. It's really cold but in Reykjavik it's not so windy. We follow highway number 1 (which runs the whole way around Iceland) along south shore. Along this route we pass Eyjafallajokull volcanoe, the same as yeterday (the one that erupted last year) only toda...

9th March -7 to -15 degrees Groan...we so didn't want to get up this morning! The tour driver arrived in a 4WD just after 8am. His name is Clint and we are the only two on the tour. We're doing the Golden Circle + South Shore tour. From Reykjavik we drove through the south shore and stopped at the waterfall Seljalandsfoss where normally you can walk behind the fall but because of the recent snow it was too slippery so we just looked and took photos. On the...

8th March -7C Snowing Woke up this morning to a thick, thick layer of snow. Last night we had dinner at Perlan which is a revolving restaurant under a glass dome and built on the city's hot water tanks. It has wonderful views and l could see it would be awesome durnig the warmer months. I had a steak which was cooked perfectly but it didn't taste like the steaks back home. Same with the veges and even the watermelon isn't as crisp and fresh tasting. Wha...

7th March 1 degree Snowing and windy Our flight out of Akureyri was supposed to depart at 6.25pm last night however because of bad weather we didn't fly out until nearly 8pm. Once again the plane was quite small (about a hundred seater) and the wind was blowing it around and a couple of times it dipped a fair bit which was frightening. Anyway, we arrived safely and caught a taxi to our apartment which is in the centre of town. The room is small but not as...