Vik, Iceland Travel Blogs

Iceland beyond Thorsmorck...
Sep 14, 2007 (19 photos)

... is misplaced....dealing with that is stressful...American embassy and all....can't imagine why we really need an American embassy in Iceland...but I guess one needs a place to go when the passport disappears...anyway, a plan is in place....we've moved ...

Sur la route du retour : Vik, macareux et cascades
Jul 18, 2008 (11 photos)

 Vendredi 18 juillet : Transfert vers Vik, sa plage de sable noir et ses macareux. Petit extrait des photos de macareux... En fait, Yannick en a pris des centaines ! Samedi 19 juillet : Retour vers Reykjavik Premier arrêt ...

Djupivogur to Vik, Iceland
Jul 16, 2004 (24 photos)

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I'm going to run out of adjectives.
Oct 9, 2009 (34 photos)

... navigating our rental Hyundai through boulders and icy streams toward Þórsmörk National Park. Ubiquitous as waterfalls are in Iceland, every time we spotted one induced excitement and awe, and a particularly stunning cascade through a giant crevase in the ...

Fickle weather
Sep 12, 2007 (18 photos)

... cuts in the coast that surrounds Iceland. I had the best view of them flying back from the Arctic Circle. Then... Iceland has bad weather, 3 degrees C temperatures with spine-chilling winds. And rain pelting so hard that I thought that someone above ...

South Coast Calamity!
Oct 22, 2008 (28 photos)

... what we might do instead of our planned South Coast adventure.  However, as the guidebooks and locals say, 'If you don't like Iceland's weather, wait 15 minutes.'  Sure enough, in the 30 minutes it took us to eat breakfast we watched it clear up ...

Vikings, Geology, Folklore, Puffins
Aug 6, 2008 (16 photos)

... also happens to be in a rift valley where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are receding from each other, causing Iceland to grow a little bit larger each year. We are delighted to have a geology professor in our group, and his descriptions ...

The quest for puffins
Apr 17, 2007

Núpsstaðir cute church with grass roof   Vík, cliffs and beach, trying to find puffins but apparently they were still out at sea...  

Vik
Jun 21, 2004 (8 photos)

... boarded another train, the Flåmbana, to take us to meet the ship. It was a very scenic and interesting trip. While in Vik we stopped at a stave church. These all wood churches used to be found throughout Norway but now only about 30 remain. We ...

Iceland Photo's #2
Aug 14, 2003 (5 photos)

More photo's.

Vik
Oct 25, 2008 (2 photos)

Vik

Ridetur på Mosi
Jul 19, 2004

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Road to Vik with beautiful weather
May 27, 2009 (61 photos)

Amazing trip to Portsmod
May 31, 2009 (83 photos)

... . I would love to one day live in Scandanvia ideally Stockholm or Norway because of the high standard of living but I dont know about Iceland, it might just be a little bit to quite for me I think as Reykavik reminds me of the kind of place where everyone ...

South Coast
May 7, 2007

South Coast

Do the Hitch
May 30, 2007 (16 photos)

... in progress. He´s 18 years old and wants to become a football player. He´s hoping to be selected for the upcoming game of Iceland against England. Currently he lives on a farm near Fludir so at some point I was left behind on Road1. Some Icelandic folks ...

Vik - Höfn
Sep 19, 2009 (4 photos)

Первый опыт ночевки в хостеле. Недоволен. П&# ...

Vik
Sep 7, 2009 (3 photos)

The little village of Vik is the southernmost point in the country.   ...

Laugavatn
May 18, 2007

Staying in Laugavatn after a long day's driving around Iceland

Viking Bay
May 17, 2009

Thankfully we still have one more week in Iceland -we have seen so much in this one day!! -A beautiful waterfall that we walked behind and watched rainbows emerge from the mist. -Kilometre long shores stretching shallow waters in the sun to sparkle ...

A rest stop at Vik
Jul 26, 2007

Our fisrt chancve to see Reisendreger (apologies for my spelling), the little church and to have a loo stop!

Driving to Vik
Sep 18, 1999 (9 photos)

... , you get back on the road--and then begin seeing signs warning of imminent danger if Katla erupts. Katla volcano is one of Iceland's most destructive volcanoes. When it boils over, it melts some of the glacier over it--sending a wall of water, sand and ...

Vestmannaeyar
Oct 30, 2005

Great little trip to the Westmen Islands. Broke my camera in the snowstorm.