Day 70 / 61
Even though it was cloudy I went up the mountain pass F-Road (4WD) in the fog and it cleared up when I reached the Fjord to this beautiful area
down to the rough sea with no mobile phone reception in the area ..
in a beautiful valley completely alone
and found this beautiful waterfall and a lot of blueberries
and another waterfall at sunset
The waterfall loop
Day 69 / 60
it was quite windy but sunny so I stayed there and decided to do the waterfall loop hike, the path down was quite good and beautiful …
to a beautiful river bed ..
a short intense look back and then forward again ..
to this huge magnificent waterfall
to another waterfall …
then there was a long path through wetlands, the only one I met were a few sheep probably wondering why a wade through the swamp (due to a lot of rain in the recent days it was probably more wet)
finally reaching the last waterfall, only did a few long exposure shots, because I had upwind and waded back and it took more time then expected for the only 6.7 km hike, due to long exposure shots and the Wetlands ..
so I went in the hot pool again to relax a bit before heading on …
then finally, I drove to the north and ended up in yet another hot pool (no geothermal water, though) at a guesthouse to enjoy some faint Northern Lights and sleeping in a heated room
Follow the red brick road in the Land of Oz
Day 68 / 59
Was the last and only guest in the hut, and drove at noon back from the end of the road with only some light rain and stopped quite often to enjoy the landscape and take a lot of pictures of this amazing area, and was sure there will be no car coming from the back
through sand and lava fields
through streams and rivers
to the hot waterfall, unfortunately due a lot of rain in the last days it cooled down from 40 to 37-38°c stayed in there for a while but headed on to the warmer hot pool nearby with about 40°c and stayed in there in the night for a few hours
In the Highlands again
Day 67 / 58
drove in the Highlands again, I really love to go there, so much open area and it’s so calm and peaceful and sometimes you are completely alone
Driving in the Highlands is so beautiful
drove a rougher road indicated with 2 hours each direction (I needed one hour, don’t know what that says about my driving) and walked down the gorge, had to cross the small warm river a view times to get to this only luke warm waterfall due to the melting of the Glacier, in Winter this should be warmer, went in anyway but only short, the water was about 28°c (not quite sure about the temperature, but too cold to stay long )
Best way to enjoy the Northern Lights
Day 66 / 57 – To the Highlands again
even the morning was really beautiful, so i went even farther north ..
to the northernmost Lighthouse in Iceland
went up a really bad road and hiked to the northernmost point of Iceland
drove through strong wind, rain and fog to sunny Vopnafjörður
and through fog and rain to this amazing hot spring …
Enjoying the Northern Lights from a Hot Pool – done ✔
When Miracles happen
Day 65 / 56 – To the North East
short break at sunny Husavík
great hike near Ásbyrgi where I saw the basalt column man with his big heart and I extended the hike amazed by the beautiful landscape and weather
I went to the North towards dark clouds, drove through thick fog and when I arrived at my goal I had clear sky at blue hour :)
and even got to the see the strongest Northern Lights ever at this amazing place, the long exposure shots always look a little different than if you see it with your own eyes but I could see the deepest green and red and violet lights dancing, the 4 seconds shot here with only iso800 was quite too long for this short intense moment
Cruise ship at night
Day 64 / 55
Stop in Akureyri
The Steaming Dragon
Day 63 / 54
only a short trip to the Lighthouse and then back to the Hot Pool for another night of soaking
faint Northern Light after sunset, before the clouds took over
To the east
Day 62 / 53
sunset on my way to my favorite hot pool in the north of Iceland
Exploring
Day 61 / 52
Another beautiful day to explore another road and drive to the north most possible point in the east of the Westfjords, where Hornstrandir begins