Akureyri Hotels - Reviews and Rates

My first tour on this trip- 8 hour tour of Lake Myvatn. Not a moment too late as this is the second to last organized tour for the 2007 season. Lake Myvatn is known for its birds, nature, and insects. The only positive thing about the cold is that it keeps the insects away. Iceland sits on top of two techtonic plates moving apart at 2 cm a year....

Yesterday Petros and I hiked around the town of Akureyri under the sunniest sky I've seen since I've been in Europe. We tried to hit all the Akureyrien hot-spots, but alas, there aren't any, really. The museums we tried were mostly closed or unappealing, except for the Akureyri City museum, which was quite good. We got a decent glimpse into life...

After a fish-laden breakfast, we circled town once more and headed over the foggy mountain into the barren land along Ring Road to Lake Myvatn. I do mean barren. Scary. No sheep, no grass--just a lot of gravel and dirt. It was a huge mountain with dirt & gravel roads. We ended up following the only other car we saw...a little Golden Yellow car (...