Iceland: 2 days in Landmannalaugur
We´re back in Reykjavík again for another overnighter, just returned from the lovely Landmannalaugur area. Thanks to the previous misadventure in the Westfjords, we did not have enough days to walk the Laugurvegurinn trek, which is a real shame. On the other hand, given the nasty weather we encountered again, we were quite happy to just camp in Landmannalaugur. We soaked for hours in the hotspring there, managed to pitch our tent in very strong wind and rain and not get blown away. Yesterday we did a reasonably hard dayhike over to Ljótipollur (the 'Ugly Puddle') which is a gorgeous blue lake inside of a red rock crater. Very pretty landscapes around the area, which were sadly hard to photograph in the foul weather.
Again, we were cursed with very strong winds and cold 45F rains. Amazingly our tent stayed almost dry and did not blow away in the wind. Other campers were not so lucky - we saw one tent get a pole broken from the wind and the inhabitant crawled out and stared sadly at the pathetic wreckage of his dwelling. Rough weather, but we managed to stay almost dry much of the time. And, thank god for hotsprings. We soaked for 3 hours each day that we were there.
This morning we bused back to Reykjavík, the 4 hour trip made even longer by a flat tire (requiring everyone to get off the bus so they could jack it up) and some hilarious neighing Spaniards that made me get an attack of the giggles. It´s also pretty amazing to ford glacial rivers in a fully loaded bus. Yikes.
Horse trek starts tomorrow, and we´re so excited. For tonight, we´re just thrilled to get a little clean laundry.
Again, we were cursed with very strong winds and cold 45F rains. Amazingly our tent stayed almost dry and did not blow away in the wind. Other campers were not so lucky - we saw one tent get a pole broken from the wind and the inhabitant crawled out and stared sadly at the pathetic wreckage of his dwelling. Rough weather, but we managed to stay almost dry much of the time. And, thank god for hotsprings. We soaked for 3 hours each day that we were there.
This morning we bused back to Reykjavík, the 4 hour trip made even longer by a flat tire (requiring everyone to get off the bus so they could jack it up) and some hilarious neighing Spaniards that made me get an attack of the giggles. It´s also pretty amazing to ford glacial rivers in a fully loaded bus. Yikes.
Horse trek starts tomorrow, and we´re so excited. For tonight, we´re just thrilled to get a little clean laundry.