Skogar, Iceland

... so there's the excuse for buying some new gear! We then hit the road – Circular 1 and started out on our Iceland adventure.  Navigation was quite easy once we became accustomed to the scale.  The first port of call was Pingvellir National ...

The Foss, or waterfall, is ubiquitous in Iceland.  As previously mentioned, the fall line between highlands and coastal plain is sharp and all that water has to go somewhere in a hurry.   ...

... , we though that we'd make a go at a second one... So this time we ventured off along the sounthern coast of Iceland...following the coast and making our way to a variety of destinations... After about two hours of driving (and thankfully no wrong ...

Historical Architecture Although Iceland has been occupied by settlers since the 9th century, remarkably little remains of early architecture.  Some of this is due to the passage of the centuries and the rudimentary materials used for building.  Unlike  ...