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Iceland - Day 11 Glymur

The parking area for glymur is called Botnsdalur, from there it is a moderate hike up. Not a hard hike but tons of shear cliffs and loose rocks leading to a cliff. It is so worth it though, climb up to the top and you can traverse the glacial stream ( barefoot) and then climb down the other ridge. It is now time to pack as it is wheels up from KEF tomorrow afternoon.

Iceland - day 5 vikings

Started off the day at church in skalholt, then on to the first waterfall of the day, Hjalparfoss. We then drove north to a Viking housing development recreation in anticipation for stong, after some advanced puddles we discovered the road to stong is an F road and cannot be travelled on by 2wd rental cars. On to Haifoss Waterfall. Being from Maine it is a sub par dirt road but you can make it within 600 meters, of the fall with a car. Walk the last bit and you will be amazed. Will post tons later. We stopped by a sheep sorting corral and saw some Icelandic horses.

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...