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The Magic of Iceland - Aug 10-22, 2003
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Day 5-7 |
Day 8-10 |
Day 11-13 |
Iceland Tour Route Map
Trip Itinerary:
Day Date Hotel - Location Sights/Comments
5 14 Hótel Edda - Stórutjarnir Emigration Museum in Hofsós; herring town Siglufjörður
6 15 Hótel Edda - Stórutjarnir Húsavík, Goðafoss, Dettifoss and Lake Mývatn region
7 16 Hótel Blanda Get tree-plants at Akureyri; botanical Gardens; restored turf farm

Day 5 - Emigration Museum in Hofsós

Troll and Bjarni near museum.

Road side sheep

Herring town Siglufjörður

Siglufjörður harbor. In past years (pre-1968) 100's of boats were here.

Herring packing exhibition #1

Herring packing exhibition #2

Herring packing exhibition #3

Relaxation after Herring packing exhibition

Stop along the road to Ólafsfjörður

Stop along the road to Ólafsfjörður #2

Downtown view from Akureyri church

Pedestrian stairs and waterfalls

Day 6 - Goðafoss panorama

Goðafoss

Jökulsárgljúfur National Park - Ásbyrgi Canyon

Jökulsárgljúfur National Park - Ásbyrgi Canyon #2

Hafragilsfoss

Road to Hafragilsfoss

Dettifoss - Europe's most powerful (by volume of water)


Hverarönd (Devil's Kitchen) - Lake Mývatn region

Hverarönd (Devil's Kitchen) #2

Manual panorama of Víti crater near Mt. Krafla (I didn't overlap the pictures!)

Power Plant below Víti crater

Lake Mývatn region

Fissure crack near Mývatn

Dimmuborgir lava formations

Day 7 - "A luxurious privately owned lodge in the valley Fnjóskadalur" - NOT!. Cramming 10 people into a house with one bath room and no phone. 5 people were moved to Hótel Edda - Stórutjarnir after a lot of flailing...

Getting tree plants at Akureyri nursery

Akureyri nursery #2

Looking back to Akureyri

Looking back to Akureyri panorama

Akureyri Botanical Gardens Collage

'Sleeping Giant' formation on road to Húsavík

Restored turf farm at Glaumbær

Glaumbær collage w/ map

Icelandic Horses

After about 5 years, all horses are marked. First digit is year (1990), second is farm, third and fourth are 'serial number'

Icelandic Horses #2

Blanda River as it empties into sea. Salmon Fishing on this river can run in excess of $1000 USD per day!

Post rain showers rainbow at Hótel Blanda

Sunset from Hótel Blanda shoreline
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Day 5-7 |
Day 8-10 |
Day 11-13
Credits:
- U.O.N., Olympus C-740 UltraZoom Digital Photography by William F. Smith (3.2 MP, 2048x1536, 10X optical 38-380mm)