Hotel Ingolfur Selfoss

... his dad from Denmark, and Jason and Tony from London. We floated through massive underwater caves and fissures on the North American side of the ridge. The weather above was **** again but underwater visibility was 200m and Ive never seen clearer waters, not in Australia nor the Red Sea. It really was breathtaking. The water was 2' C which also made it breathtaking. heh We were decked out in dry suits though, so I wore 2 layers underneath so my body ...

... discovered our first of what is sure to be many icy waterfalls.<br><br>From there we took in stunning sights around every turn in the road, and made stops at Geysir, Gulfoss, and the still-active Hekla volcano. It felt like at least a week's worth of vacation crammed into a single day, and hopefully the pictures speak for themselves.<br>

... yet described the incredible numbers of Icelandic horses, but I will.  Anyway, the hotel was extra comfortable and pleasant.<br>The next morning we drove the short distance down to some of the coastal fishing villages.  It was Sunday morning and everyone was sleeping in.  The only person we saw was the local guy out with his friendly labrador retriever emptying the town trash bins in the public areas.  In a little park area at the foot of the seawall was this ...

REMEMBER: Click on the small picture to bring up one that is full-sized.<br><br> Day two of our trip took us out of Reykjavik and onto Iceland's highways and byways. Icelandic words are all about 10 letters long, many of them consonants and vowels unknown to us and therefore navigation was a bit tricky.<br>"Where do we turn?", I'd ask Linda. "At thinga-bork-tha-renterreker-jotul", she'd reply. Fat lot of good that did me.<br>But by-and-by my pioneer ancestry helped ...

... mischten sich aus d** f**ne zu ein** surreal wirkenden landschaft. (siehe bild**)<br>am fuße eines **kalteten lavastroms lag uns**e hütte welche sich direkt in d** nähe eines natürlichen hot pots befand. so ließen wir bei 40° heiß** wass**temp**atur und st**nenklarem himmel den abend ausklingen, das hat schon was. es ist weit**hin zu bem**ken das ein st**nenhimmel in dies ...

... up and scoop out as much as you want and slather yourself in it. People apply it (very) liberally to every available part of their skin and then lounge around like something out of a 1950s B-flick. I did it too, to what skin still clung on desperately after Paris. <br><br>After paddling around for a bit, I grabbed an ice cream and sat on the deck watching the merriment. Germans, French, an extraordinary number of Quebecois, Italians, Spaniards, the odd ...

... us and tells us we have to wiat because the bride is throwing<br>up!!! she drank too much! GREAT so we wait have some wine on the side<br>of the road this massive beast is eating everything and I am at LEAST<br>drying up I just look filthy from the knees down!!! and the famous gay<br>man who I had mety the last weekend looks at me up and down and I was<br>mortified like yup I know I KNOW he wa sliek umm your a little dirty I<br>almost died I wa sliek YES ...

... and North American tectonic plates meet, and the location of the first Viking parliament. Sounds impressive? Not on a day like today. Visibility was incredibly poor, the rain was incredibly heavy and horizontal by now, but for some reason the bus sat there the whole half hour we were given to explore, even though everyone just bolted to the loo and back. I'm sure in the summer time it's an awesome place to go camping, exploring etc. So that was the Grey Circle. Do it. In summer.

... Ohio, 11% covered by glaciers, greater than 100 fjords, 10000 waterfalls, and 300,000 people. They alone uphold the tradition of patronyms. Enjoy one of the highest stands of living of the world. Everyone regardless of age understands and speaks English. Some even speak better than I. I will remember the immaculate city signs and maps ...

... in the early evening (dark already!) and then walked in to town for dinner and drinks. We found a really nice restaurant called the Geysir Restaurant. Despite the touristy name the food was incredible and the portions were generous. I had Icelandic lamb and Kevin had Icelandic lobster. Afterwards, we checked out some of the bars in the centre of town. On Sunday we went on "The Golden Circle" bus tour. It is one of the most ...