Our flight out of Keflavik was fairly reasonable at 11:15 am but with all the restrictions and possible issues, we did not want to leave anything to chance. So we wanted to be at the airport bright and early. We still had the flat tire issue with the Duster to deal with at the hire … Read more
Our final full day in Iceland and we really did not have much planned. Well, we did, but it was very much in the hands of the gods and they were not seeming benevolent today. The main plan for today was to be spare. With 13 days driving around the rind-road there was a lot … Read more
The Last two days were really exhausting, we covered ALOT of miles and have had some real highs and some real lows. As day 13 of a really exhausting trip dawned a real sense of finality began to be felt. We were fast approaching the end of the trip and all the possible issues that … Read more
Today was really going to be a bit of an unknown we were heading out of the West Fjords and would overnight at Grundarfjörður on the Snæfellsnes Peninsular. However the in order to avoid another heavy driving day we had booked the 18:00 Ferry from Brjánslækur -Stykkishólmur. This 2:30 ferry ride may not have been a … Read more
Today was always going to be one of our longest, most arduous, and most adventurous days. We were heading deep into the West Fjords, the most remote region of Iceland, Way after the recommended time window for the Fjords as winter was setting in pretty quickly. The Drive was 353km so not as long as … Read more
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
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