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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
Day 1-4 |
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)