Places of interest

Iceland – Meeting on Another planet XVII

Published: 15.3.2015

Dyrhólaey is a peninsula on the south of the country. It is also a natural reservation. There are many rocky cliffs of various shapes. The cliffs are favored by maritime birds such as puffin, duck, or murre. Beaches of black lava sand fill the area between the rocks.

Iceland – Meeting on Another Planet XVI

Published: 8.3.2015

Alarm at 7 o’clock. Leaving camp an hour later. Originally, we had to stay over night on the Vestman Islands. But it would have taken us much more time. We would use it much better – at the farm of Skálakot.

Iceland – Meeting on Another Planet XV

Published: 1.3.2015

The journey goes according to the plan. We go to the waterfall of Seljalandsfoss near which is the camp. There the drivers were supposed to be accommodated. Upon a short break in the camp, we go further to the harbor. It is raining cats and dogs, and wind blows strongly. Soon we learn that the trip to the island has been postponed due to large waves.

Iceland – Meeting on Another Planet XIV

Published: 22.2.2015

We are on a tour of the largest geological fractures. It is on the place where Icelandic tribe chieftains adopted common laws.

Iceland – Meeting on Another Planet XIII

Published: 15.2.2015

Today, not really pleasant weather starts today. It is raining cats and dogs here. One cannot see in this dense rain, so our plans from the previous day are hard to realize. The departure is postponed. Yet we still are going to get on the top of the highest waterfall on Iceland.

Iceland – Meeting on Another Planet XII

Published: 8.2.2015

Morning, sun wakes us up and the sky is clear! Great! Other travelers arrived in the night - six new participants.

Iceland – Meeting on Another Planet XI

Published: 1.2.2015

The night was quiet. It doesn’t rain in the morning so we have a quick breakfast, pack our tents, and set off to the Kotagil gorge after 8 a.m.

Iceland – Meeting on Another Planet X

Published: 25.1.2015

"Working" with the elves worked out pretty well. We have a nice sunny day, although it is bit cold. Skútustaðir is one of the few towns at Mývatn lake. Our goal is a walk near pseudocraters. Local name for these strange hills, about twenty of them, is skútustaðagígar.

Iceland – Meeting on Another Planet IX

Published: 18.1.2015

We moved to the rhyolite hill on the opposite side. It is what remained of Leirhnjúkur crater. The land is really strange yet beautiful.

Iceland – Meeting on Another Planet VIII

Published: 11.1.2015

I wake up at 7.20 a.m. in a shock. I burst out of sleeping bag heading to washroom. Fortunately, I remembered the time of departure. It is an hour later so when I get it back together I start preparing for the departure. The weather is not very good today, it is a bit foggy.