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After a week of beautiful but desolate landscapes in Iceland, I fancied a bit of colour and vibrance from Cuba. This was the first shot in the list, and a bit intriguing. It’s definitely one way of keeping your car out of harm’s way!
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I was ready for a quiet day of mainly driving on Sunday. I was also ready to report a total of about 1800 shots taken, which is a bit lower than for the Cuba trip, not unreasonable given the slightly Continue reading →
Saturday was when our tour really delivered on its “fire and ice” moniker. We started the day at the Jokulsarlon glacial lagoon, where an edge of the enormous Vatnajokull glacier calves off into the sea. Whereas 100 years ago this Continue reading →
This is a small iceberg floating in the Jokullsarlon galcial lagoon – see post above for details. Continue reading →
Saturday consisted of various views of the Vatnajokull glacier. Here’s one taken by shouting “stop” at Finn when we saw a puddle which reflected this glacial tongue in good light. Thankfully his quick reactions didn’t cause an accident. Continue reading →
Here’s another view of the field beneath the Foss a Siva. I loved the light, and the simple colour palette, and just wanted to share this with you. Continue reading →
We continued our move south-east on Friday, moving from the highlands down to the coastal strip, and round Iceland’s largest glacier, Vatnajokull. We spent the morning at Landmannalaugar, which is a popular destination for all tours, so there were lots Continue reading →
… and I don’t mean the nice ham and cheese one I had for lunch! 🙂 I asked for a less dramatic day today and got it. We started with a relatively short drive through a completely empty black sand Continue reading →
Friday, August 26, 2011 in
Iceland Travel Blog,
Travel
One of Thursday’s shots, showing the sparse vegetation a near a river contrasted with the black sand desert behind. Continue reading →
Wednesday was a fascinating and rather eventful day. We started off gently enough with a group of locations around Landmannalaugar which were a combination of black hills streaked with almost fluorescent green moss, and colourful tarns surrounded by black, brown, Continue reading →
Thursday, August 25, 2011 in
Iceland Travel Blog,
Travel
This is a panorama from just one side of a small hillock near Hrafntinnursker which has a remarkable view. Bewteen this and a similar view the other way you can see no fewer than ten of Iceland’s glaciers. The one Continue reading →
This is a rather nice pollur (=”tarn”) near Landmannalaugar. I particularly like the red, green and blue palette. I’m beginning to get the hang of Icelandic pronunciation. It seems to mainly involve putting at lot of “t” sounds where they Continue reading →
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