Last year I travelled to Iceland with my friend Alison, after we discovered you could get really cheap flights there with Iceland Express. If there's one place in the world that will certainly travel to again, it would have to be here - it really is a staggeringly beautiful place with a rich history and amazing geological phenomena everywhere you go.
We spent 8 days there in total in September, so although most of the tourists had gone, the weather was still good. In fact the weather was amazing as we had 5 days of clear,
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Statue in Njarðvik We started our Icelandic adventure in Najarðvik, possibly the...
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Hallgrimskirkja Reykjavík's monstrous cathedral is modelled on columns of...
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Hallgrimskirkja in Full The whole facade of Hallgrímskirkja. It almost looks like...
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Reykjavík From Hallgrimskirkja It has to be said that Reykjavík is little more than a big town....
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The Author and A Statue This is my good self posing with a statue outside Hallgrímskirkja.
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Steaming Vent On arrival in Hveragerði, the "Hot Springs Garden" we...
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Leppaluði, near Hveragerði We were shocked when this thing erupted - it had been smoking innocently for...
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Leppaluði in the Morning This geyser was so great we came back the following morning on our way...
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Hveragerði Waterfall One of the highlights of the trip was a hike we did in the hills behind...
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Glacial Valley From a geological point of view, this vista is stunning - a perfect U-shaped...
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Gates of Hell If I was a religious man (And being a humanist I'm not) then...
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Hot Spring This is the source of the hot stream Klambragil that we had to wade...
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Cave on Heimaey We were at a bit of a loose end so we decided to head out to the Westmann...
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Lava Flow This is part of the lava field erupted in 1973 by the Eldfell volcano....
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Heimaey Heimaey is the largest of the Westmann Islands and is an active volcano -...
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Kerið This was our first stop on the Golden Circle tour which we did under our own...
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Skalholt Cathedral The holiest place in Iceland - the equivalent of Canterbury. Skalholt...
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Skalholt Cross and Hekla I thought this made for quite a stark view - my friend and the cross are...
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Gullfoss I think this is pretty good for a 35mm Compact. This is the famous Golden...
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Gullfoss and Rainbow This is the classic view of Gullfoss, and you can just make out a...
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Burst My Bubble! This is the geyser Strokkur just prior to an eruption - Geyser's erupt...
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Strokkur Icelandic for "The Churn" this is the stand in for the Great...
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Þingvellir The assembly plain of Þinglvellir is interesting for both historical and...
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A Deep Chasm The water in the chasms in Þingvellir's chasms is so clear...
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Chasm in Þingvellir This is Þingvellir's main chasm through which tour groups are...
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