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Kasia with Dettifoss to her left
The noise was tremendous and you can see the spray thrown up in the background.
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Dettifoss 1
This is europes biggest/most powerful waterfall. Its 100m wide and drops 44m....
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Dettifoss 2
Paul standing in front of Dettifoss Waterfall.
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Crater of Viti on Krafla volcano
The road up to Krafla is full of strange sights. The water that flows down in...
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Somewhere in the interior.
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The barren interior 1
This was taken on the road from Akureyri(were we went whale watching)to...
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The barren interior 2
This was taken on the road from Akureyri(were we went whale watching)to...
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The barren interior 3
This was taken on the road from Akureyri(were we went whale watching)to...
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The road to Dettifoss
This was taken on the road from Mývatn to Dettifoss.
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Lava fields
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Dimmuborgir
From Lonely Planet..."The jumbled 'black castles' or...
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Lake Mývatn
The name of the lake (Icelandic "mý" = midge, "vatn" =...
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Mývatn and lava pillars
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Kasia on the shore of lake Mývatn
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Mývatn again!
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Goðafoss 2
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Goðafoss
Goðafoss which means "God's falls". It was snowing...
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Mývatn 1
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Our trusty Porsche 911 turbo
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East of Mývatn
About 5km outside of Mývatn.
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Fumerole outside of Mývatn at Hverarönd
After Mývatn we headed east. The road rises up steeply before you...
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Boiling mud
Boiling mud at Hverarönd.
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Hverarönd 1
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Hverarönd 2
The road from Mývatn is seen coming from the left down the hill....
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Hverarönd 3
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Hverarönd 4
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Landmanalaugar 1
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On a hike close to Landmanalaguar
Do I look cold? Anybody who knows me will realise just how bloody cold...
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Lava in Landmanalaugar
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Landmanalaugar 3
Hiking around the interior.
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Landmanalaugar 4
To the left lies a mountain which we decided to climb. The soil was green in...
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Landmanalaugar 5
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Landmanalaugar 6
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Landmanalaugar 7
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and our five star hotel ;)
This is Landmanalaugar. Its a very geologically active region. We are...
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and a bath ;)
Kasia enjoys a hot soak in a hot lake at Landmannalaguar....of course...
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Landmanalaugar 8
Kasia and I climbed up that ridge to the left of the photograph. Boy was it...
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Landmanalaugar 9
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Landmanalaugar 10
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Landmanalaugar 12
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Strokkur geysir
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Strokkur 1
This geysir erupts about every 10mins.
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Strokkur 2
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Strokkur 3
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Strokkur 4
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In and around Geysir
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Snow on the Mountains
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Volcanic Crater
Just off the road from Gullfoss to Sellfos.
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The East Coast
There are frequent landslides along this stretch of coast. Its very isolated.
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The Glacier & the Sea
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Paul & the glacier
This was our first view of the Vatnajökull glacier. Its the third...
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Jokulsarlon
Iceland has the 3rd largest glacier in the world(after Antartica &...
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Jokulsarlon 1
Paul watches the icebergs float by.
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Jokulsarlon 2
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Jokulsarlon 3 Iceberg dead ahead!!!
Ice from the freezer appears white because all the little air bubbles in it...
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Jokulsarlon 4
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Jokulsarlon 5
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Svartifoss or "Black Falls"
This beautiful waterfall is located in Skaftafell National Park. The...
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Beside Svartifoss
The architect responsible for designing the Hallgrímskirkja church in...
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Walking through Skaftafell National Park
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The glacier flowing down
Its hard to get a perspective but we were on a ledge 400m above the...
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Kasia takes a rest
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View of glacier from inside Skaftafell
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Kasia & Paul in an ice cave
Inside an icecave in the Vatnajökull glacier. Its the third...
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Kasia & the ice cave
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Kasia on the Glacier
There is no stopping her now. With ice axe and crampons next stop is Everest!
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Kasia and her mountain guide :)
The peak in the background is about 2100m high.
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Kasia on Vik beach
This is a the black bassaltic beach of Vik.
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Vik beach
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Just outside Vik
We had the whole beach to ourselves...
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Skogafoss and Paul.
Kasia took this photograph....and yes I was getting soaked!
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Hverfjall crater near Mývatn
This was the view that greeted us from our little guesthouse :)
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Kasia Resting
A brief stop on the road from Myvatn to the east coast.
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Paul fixing a puncture
With the conditions of the roads in Iceland (almost as good as in Ireland!)...
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The Fjords on the East Coast
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The East Coast
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The East Coast on a Beautiful Day
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Should be called "Land of Waterfalls"
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Icelands east coast
The road here is not paved and snakes along following the coastline....
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