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Iceland day 4 - waterfall

Day four started off with heavy rain and wind. It cleared up and turned out to be a very nice day, as they say in Maine "if you do not like the weather, wait 5 minutes" seems to ring true here. Started off the day going to an eco village that will not be named as they did not want me to bring focus of their activities to the internet world. They want volunteers to fly to Iceland and help but don't want me to take photos, they turned the lights out on me. From there to Geysir for a water shaft that shoots into the sky. Hike to the top of the hills right behind the water features. ( Do not wear shoes you like, the red mud is wicked sticky and you will be kicking it off for a while). From there to Gullfoss Falls, which is right up the road. Very easy walk to the falls, go down the stairs, do not just stay on the rim. We tried to find
Bruarfoss Waterfall but just drove around a community to no avail. It looks cool in pictures and gets good reviews on Google maps. Then we took a pit stop for some panoramas on the way home.

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