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Skaftafell
Travel Blogs from Skaftafell, Iceland
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Day 12: 7/18/07 Skaftafell to Kirkjubćjarklaustar
Day 12: July 18, 2007 Skaftafell to Kirkjubćjarklaustar and Lakagígar I slept about 10 hours. I was a little sore when I first got up but after walking to the WC and back I felt fine. We broke ...
At the foot of Vatnajoekull
Hallo, naechster Stop war dann Skaftafell, wo ich zwei Naechte verbracht habe, weil ich eine Gletscherwanderung machen wollte und danach nach Ladmannalaugar weiter fahren wollte (und der Bus schon um 8 Uhr losfaehrt). Das Wetter war recht bedeckt ...
Skaftafell, a day in the life of ...
Brekkies, then drive to park. It took about an hour and a half, but it did not feel nearly that long, as each turn in the road revealed a new glacial tongue reaching towards the sea. Farms reached from the edge of the estuary to the edge of the glacier: ...
Night Photography
... not very exciting. Tony showed me a couple of interesting techniques when using long exposures. We then drove back east heading past Skaftafell and to the Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon and beach. by this stage it was around 1am. we grabbed our gear and ...
séjour ŕ Skaftafell
... Vatnajokull, le plus grand glacier d'Islande, mais aussi d'Europe Mercredi 16 juillet : Randonnée dans le parc de Skaftafell qui se finit par les chutes de Svartifoss. Encore des chutes encadrées d'orgues basaltiques, encore magnifique... ...
Day 11: July 17, 2007 Hike to Skeiđarárjökull
... the abyss. I kept willing it to fall but it held firm. I did hear several other blocks fall. My next hike in Skaftafell will be up the Morsá to visit the Morsádalur and see the ice falls. ...
ICELAND
hello hello i only have 2 minutes of internet, so i am just here to tell you that we are in iceland and it is beautiful, but expensive. we are heading home on tuesday¨(2 days!!) so we will update it all then!¨can´t wait to see ...
Day 10: July 16, 2007 Eglistađir to Skaftafell
Day 10: July 16, 2007 Eglistađir to Skaftafell National Park Once again, I slept through the night. Bill complained of all of the noise in the campground but I'm afraid I ...
Sick...
... to feeling crap I pretty much spent most of the day in the hotel room. I took a couple little quick trips to the Skaftafell National Park shops to grab a sandwich and to quickly check out the mountains. the winds were amazingly strong at times and ...
To the top, together!
... too. Once that was squared away, the rest of our rest day was left open for exploring the lower elevations of the Skaftafell section of Vatnajokull NP. We gave the informative displays at the visitor center a thorough read, then took a leisurely hike ...
Over the hills and far away
The weather appears to be improving, gone are the grey, misty, cold and wet days when I was wondering why am I doing this to me? I sit in the bright sunshine eating breakfast watching and listening to all the birds. Not a clue what most of them are but ...
A walk in the park (National Park)
... , it was still not working. A sharp exit was called for and we headed the 3km up the road to the campsite at Skaftafell without petrol again! The campsite at Skaftafell is situated between two glaciers. After pitching the tents, we went for ...
Hello again Iceland!
... meant to improve in the next couple days as well. it's been pretty grey today. Things got pretty interesting about 30mins from Skaftafell as the ash from the recent volcano eruption was all over the road and covering the sky. hopefully it clears a bit or ...
Het zuiden en het binnenland (2)
... de Grimsvotn vorige maand het meest geraakt. Er lagen hele bergen stof en zwarte modder. Ook op de rest van de route naar Skaftafell was de zwarte modder nog goed te zien. Het sneeuw op de gletsjers is ook goed zwart. In Skaftafell nog een wandeling naar ...
THE ART OF GLACIAL RIVER-CROSSING
... what to do, I stomped on. I now found myself wet from shoes to shirt to the walkman and papers in my backpack, in Iceland, with a strong wind nearly pushing me off the trail, 300 kilometers from home, and I STILL had a puffin to catch! Actually, ...
Ginormous Glaciers
... language today is still basically what the Vikings spoke back in the year 1000. Anyway, the roads in the interior of Iceland can get a bit sketchy (multiple river crossings, exploding volcanoes, etc.), but despite this the entire country is ...
Jun 18, 2011
Glacial Lake
This and the last blog are not to be missed...be prepared for EXTREME beauty!!! We woke up at 6am, continued on our drive for about an hour and then we were there...at the breathtaking views of the Glacial Lake and we were able to see Glaciers and ...
Amazing national park
... lake with icebergs where I spotted 3 seals; ice blocks on the black volcanic sand beach Skaftafell national park; Vatnajökull = huge glacier; Svartifoss waterfall Skaftafell: stayed overnight at lovely ...
Road to Skaftafell
... under the Grímsvötn lakes belonging to the Vatnajökull glacier erupted, and the river Skeiđará flooded the land in front of Skaftafell National Park. The jökulhlaup reached a flow rate of 50,000 cubic meters per second, and destroyed parts of the ...
Day 7 - Skaftafell
Today I did a really nice hike. The weather was great in the morning, so I headed to Sel first, which is a 1920s turf-roofed farmhouse with a great view of the glacier Skeiđararjökull. From there I headed to Svartifoss (Black Falls), something I´ve ...
Día 17 o del Camel Trophy
Esta mańana hemos visitado a primera hora la oficina de turismo de Myvatn donde un antipático y frío islandés no nos ha servido de gran ayuda. Hemos hecho una ruta andando por el cráter del volcán Hverfjall, y después hemos ido a visitar la ...
Glaciers and Waterfalls
Spent five hours hiking in Skaftafell (part of Vatnajokull National Park). Yes, Kathy actually hiked five hours. No fear of darkness, as Iceland has nearly twenty-two hours of daylight each day! Hiking trails were well marked and very well ...
de Reykjavik au parc national de Skaftafell
... Hyundai Getz!! A son retour nous avons chargé la voiture pour la journée et sommes partis vers le sud en direction de Skaftafell: aller-retour dans la journée de 700 km! Nous sommes passés par Skogar, Vik, Kirkjubaejarklaustur (eh oui, lŕ ...
Workcamp: Skaftafell
... , Lithuania, New Zealand (yours truely), the US, the UK, and Japan. Our first week was spent in Skaftafell National Park in the eastern part of Iceland, and on the edge of the massive Vatnajokull ice cap (the largest piece of ice outside of the poles and ...
Day 6 - Egilsstađir to Skaftafell
Well, I lied. It turns out there actually is internet at Skaftafell! I left Egilsstađir at 7am (ugh) on the bus. It was a 6 and a half hour ride there, but we were able to get off a few times. One of the best things was the bus stopped for half an ...
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