Reykjavik is too cool.
They obviously don't want my type in their
restaurant, so I didn't eat here.
restaurant, so I didn't eat here.
The famous geyser at Geysir is tiny.
The famous waterfall at Gullfoss is nice.
Outside the Blue Lagoon.
Inside the Blue Lagoon.
Hallgrimskirkja Church.
Holavellir Cemetery.
The Breidamerkurjokull glacier empties
into the Jokulsarlon lagoon.
into the Jokulsarlon lagoon.
The boat captain explaining the different
types of glacial ice.
types of glacial ice.
Ice from packed snow is white, ice which melts and refreezes is clear but looks black in the water, and very dense ice looks blue.
Land of sheep.
Charming restaurant in the middle of nowhere, strange artifact lying by the side of the road, and clouds that look like flying saucers.
Blue skies are rare. It rains 2 out of 3 days in Iceland.
You can walk to the glacier in Vatnajokull Park which covers much of southern Iceland.
In spite of all the rain, there's much less green than brown, gray, and black in the countryside.
Reconstruction of century-old sod-walled houses with historical interiors at Skogar.
Preserved country churches.
Remnants of a gas bubble in hardened
lava.
lava.
This is the glacial cliff where the ice
falls into the water, seen from a boat.
falls into the water, seen from a boat.
After slowly drifting across the lagoon
and then down a river, the icebergs
float out to sea.
and then down a river, the icebergs
float out to sea.
Tjornin Lake in Reykjavik.
Waterfalls.
And rainbows on the rare sunny day.
The Reynisfjara black sand beach in Vik.
Everywhere is lava stone.