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Iceland Volcanic Eruption 2011: Why I Won’t Fly with Ryan Air, Ever.
Normally it would be for the reasons of space and comfort. Plus, I’ve only flown to Ireland once, and we chose to fly with Aer Lingus. Just because. I’ve just watching the news on Sky, catching up on...
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Catching the Late Evening Light at Reykjavik Harbour
It may be the land of the midnight sun, but my sister and I arrived precisely 1 month too late to experience 48 hours of solid daylight. It still took me long enough to adjust to the extremely long...
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Thingvellir: The Birthplace of Iceland
Thingvellir (Þingvillir) is literally where it all started for Iceland, both politically and geologically: Iceland sits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge – a large underwater mountain range that runs the...
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Letting Off Steam at Geysir
The seemingly placid landscape of Thingvillir belies the youthful geological nature of Iceland, but not too far away is the location of Geysir. Here, the earth is cooking: steaming fumaroles, burbling...
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Grey. Glacial. Gullfoss.
The weather had been in steady decline the whole day long - such that by the time we reached Gullfoss the wind was whipping up a frenzy and the rain was coming in at angles I'd never before witnessed -...
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No Such Thing As Bad Weather…
…but there may well be a case for bad planning. On the second day of our visit to Iceland we were greeted with rain. Lots and lots of rain. My sister and I drove north from Reykjavik for a road trip...
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The Road North
From Reykjavik we started out on a very long journey. Our mission was to reach Laugar (just south of Húsavik) in time for dinner, without speeding tickets. (I could have said night-fall, but...
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Turf Dwellings {Luxury}
For whatever reason, who knows why, when I hear the phrase “turf dwelling” I immediately think of the Monty Python sketch “Four Yorkshiremen“, despite the fact they don’t mention “turf dwelling” once....
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Waterfall of the Gods: Goðafoss
They may not be the tallest of waterfalls in Iceland (a mere 12m high), nor are they the most spectacular of waterfalls, of which there are many in Iceland, but they are still impressive and even have...
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Raw Earth: Iceland Shows its True Colours
It is only the beginning of Day 4 of our trip to Iceland, and EPIC makes a comeback in a big way. There is no doubt as to why this adjective is reinstated as the word of choice, for we had a pretty...
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A Surprise Sighting On The Road To Hell
Innocently minding our own business, as we took in the atmospheric scenery on the drive up towards the Krafla Geothermal Power Station and the Víti explosion crater, we saw this: I had heard, prior to...
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Iceland’s Colourful Lavascapes
When you think of lava, you might think of red-hot molten rock oozing, if not pouring, down the sides of an erupting volcano. When you think of basalt – a cooled, solid-rock version of lava...
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Dettifoss (The Prometheus Waterfall)
It is with renewed impetus that I return to Iceland. There can be nothing worse than feeling like you have lost momentum. My first post on Iceland was way back in August. That’s four months ago,...
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Jökulsárlon: Glacier Lagoon
Finally, as we reached the southern coast, with Vatnajökull lurking above us, we got to experience ice in Iceland. Sculptures of all shapes and sizes litter this vast lake before tumbling out to the...
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Puffin Fantastic!
Six million of these irresistibly cute birds make Iceland’s islands and coastal cliffs their home every summer for the breeding season. We visited the colonies that are found on the cliffs both at Vik...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Smappathy and Beyond
Ok, here’s a new Portmanteau for you all to muse… I’ve Googled it – it doesn’t exist (the closest Google got was sympathy) so you can consider this term coined here and now on The Unwitting Traveller!...
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In To The Blue
And so, to the last port of call, in Iceland, for us. We had circled the country, admired much hot mud and ice and now it was to time to unwind. The Blue Lagoon is possibly the ultimate destination...
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