Edda Plus Vik
Myrdal Vik, 870, Iceland
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Whale,waterfalls and wonders
Day 2 Saturday 3rd September
Today we picked up the 4 X 4 left hand drive, automatic Skoda wagon. Looks perfect for the job in hand. First stop is the Pingvellir National Park. Famous for a couple of reasons, first being the site of oldest parliament on the world, Alpingi, established in 930. It is also where the tectonic plates …
Views of Vik
Day 3 Sunday 4th September 2011
The gloomy weather that greeted our arrival in Vik , the southernmost borough in Iceland, late yesterday has been lifted and we are blessed with a very pleasant day to see the sites around Vik. A stroll down to the black sand beach across from our hotel sees us peering high up the mountainside …
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Iceland's South Coast - Dramatic Country
... handsome assortment of international cuisine selections.
While I expected herring vendors throughout downtown Reykjavik, to my amazement, I discovered a New York style pizzeria, next to a Thai restaurant, next to a pastry shop, next to a cheeseburger and fries stand. Even hot dogs sold at hot dog stands were a Reykjavik staple.
Once away from the big city, however, a problem arose for me in the smaller towns throughout Iceland; the scarcity ...
Iceberg lagoon, sea-stacks and waterfalls in South
... along the south coast exploring the various sites as we went.
The first part of the drive is uninspiring but after 100 km or so you come around a bend and everything is different. Steep cliffs rise on the north (ie. inland) frequently punctuated by twisted ravines and pretty waterfalls. The landscape is very green here but the green comes mostly from actual grass rather than moss, and sheep dot the landscape in greater numbers than elsewhere. Gulls also ...
Our vote for most scenic spot in Iceland
... The drive in is very scenic, along Iceland's notorious F roads - on which it is illegal to take vehicles other than high clearance four-wheel-drives - through lava fields and past black mountains covered in bright green moss and nothing else. The Icelandic highlands are very difficult to describe. Old lava flows form a hellish surface to cross but have often been covered in moss and lichen, so that they present as rounded and green but very ...



