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Today we were up bright and early as we had a Whale Watching Trip planned for today. We had heard pretty negative things about Whale-Watching in Iceland with many expert commentators advising us to skip them, but we were not finding much faith in these experts who mostly seem to be grumpy, overly risk overt, … Read more
New York City and Great Steaks go hand in hand, there is even a cut named after the City, the New York Strip. In a city that never sleeps, where dinner and a Show is a City Pastime, and when indulgence and opulence normally have far more influence than a high tab, then grabbing a … Read more
Today was to be another Relocation day. Possibly our shortest driving day of the trip as we were only heading for Akureyri, less than 85km away. We have done longer backtracks than this and even covered more than that yesterday going back and forth. This meant a fairly steady morning, with a nice breakfast with … Read more
After the terrible weather yesterday we really hoped things would pick up today, however, the weather forecast was not overly optimistic and low clouds and rain were the order of the day. This meant the day started off sluggishly with little to leap out of bed for! However, when we finally got moving we were … Read more
This day was the longest driving day of the trip as we left the south behind and headed up to the north of the country. 415 Km from Hofn to Myvatn via the East Fjords region of the Island. We were really looking forward to this part of the trip as the road winds around … Read more
Yesterday was by the standards of the trip quite a quiet day, a gentle drive through the flat lava fields and some mild hikes. Today was going to be supercharged, as we head off again to continue the trip around Route 1. We were beginning to feel a bit Stuck, we had been in Iceland … Read more
Today’s plan was again to remain in Vik as a base but this time head east along the Ring Road for a while and then return back exploring places along the way. We knew there were a lot of sites along the early part of the road we wanted to explore and would not have … Read more
Day 4 was a bit of a realization day. A couple of things really hit home. One, Iceland is BIG. And two, we are small and only capable of so much. We had a HUGE day planned for today and the crushing realization came we had probably just planned too much. Bummer. The Day was … Read more
There are several ways to experience the unique and diverse landscape of Iceland but for us, it was always going to be a Route 1 road trip. We love Road Trips and these are always the way we explore any new location if at all possible. There is something so authentic about getting around at … Read more
Day 2 started nice and early as we were still on UK time so an hour behind so 7:30 felt pretty reasonable. We had tried to book all our hotels to include breakfast as a way to save money and to be far more convenient. We can be up, fed, and out exploring in less … Read more
