After being up late in the hotpot, we got up and got going on the rainy morning. We drove over to a nearby dormant volcano filled with water, and some other hot springs for a hike. It was foggy and rainy all morning, but the hike was awesome. The volcano was at first too foggy to see much, but after our hike, we came back to it and it was clear and awesome. The hike looped around some hot springs, too hot to be in, and some lava fields, which were steaming and smoking from the ground everywhere.
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| "Adorbs" says Mel |
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| Friends! |
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| ??? |
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| ?????? |
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| Walkways in place because the ground was pretty hot apparently |
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| Hot! |
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| Steam rising everywhere |
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| Lake in a volcano!?@ |
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| Oh, but then there was snow around too! |
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Geothermal power plant!
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After our hike, we headed east towards the northeast of Iceland. We stopped along the road a few times, and even got to check out Detifoss, Europe's most powerful waterfall. There was so much water moving, it was crazy. Unfortunately, we were already wet when we started this part, and it was raining more, and was colder, so we didn't just sit around and look for too long, but we did take it in!
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| Dettifoss!!! |
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| Creeping? |
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| We like each other |
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| Dave got close |
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| Dettifoss!!!! |
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| Pit stop on the side of the rode |
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| Pit stop again |
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| Looking the other way at our pit stop |
After this, we decided to head to the coast near Seydisfjordur, which was an unplanned point prior to this day. Little did we know, this was the coolest part we visited (in Matt's opinion at least!). We got into town, found a camp spot just outside of town, along the fjord and right next to a nice stream and waterfall. After eating, we headed into town to a cafe to check out a free show of a Polish folk band called Domowe Melodie, which we saw a poster saying they were playing in town that night. They were awesome! None of us expected much, other than something different to do that night, but they were sooooo good! It was awesome just hearing another language being sung, and in a smooth, fun, and energetic way. Here's one song from them -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjpdgvPnOEQ
We were all pumped to have a dry night, listen to good tunes, and fell asleep very quickly.
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| Setting up camp |
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| "Our" waterfall for the night |
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| Domowe Melodie! |
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| One of our better campspots |
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| Stream/kitchen sink for the evening |
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| Couldn't complain about this spot |
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