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Murchison Falls part 1

September 8, 2016

Murchison Falls is Uganda’s oldest and largest national park. Here the Victoria Nile flows into Lake Albert to then go on as Albert Nile, first passing through the Murchison Falls, a 40m drop only 7m wide. That’s a lot of water in a narrow gorge and a very powerful waterfall. The park offers game drives, […]

Welcome to Uganda

September 7, 2016

Finally arriving in Uganda. I waited all year for this, even while diving in Sulawesi – look a blue ringed octopus, and soon I get to see gorillas, or hiking in Iceland – nice waterfall, but soon I get to see the Nile waterfall with hippos… Some last minute preparations such as getting a visa […]

Golden circle

September 4, 2016

Out of the highlands into the Golden Circle where all the other tourists are. The Golden Circle is three popular attractions close enough to Rekjavik that they can be done in a single day trip, Thingvellir, Geysir and Gullfoss. First on our route is Gullfoss. Or the Gullfoss visitor center, we are starving. Gullfoss itself […]

Hveravellir to Laugarvatn part 1

September 1, 2016

Hveravellir to Laugarvatn The day starts miserable, it’s cold, it rains, there is no view. No hiking for us then. Instead we take the car to the absolutely stunning Kerlingarfjöll. It’s ocher gravel hills, hot springs running in between, steam is rising – so awesome we don’t mind the snowstorm.

Myvatn to Hveravellir

August 31, 2016

Myvatn to Hveravellir After a hot chocolate with view on the ducklings, we are off again to see some of the many things Myvatn has to offer. We could easily spend a few days here, there’s lots to do. But as we plan to cross over the highlands on the way back to Rekjavik, we […]

Seydisfjördur to Myvatn part 2

August 30, 2016

Afterwards we drive to lake Myvatn, having another lunch inside the car, too windy outside. Myvatn is a very pretty lake in the northeast, with lots of things to do and see around it. We get to see two more waterfalls on the way, the mighty Dettifoss where you get to have a shower in […]

Seydisfjördur to Myvatn part 1

August 25, 2016

Best morning in Iceland! We drive from our fjördur to Borgarfjördur Eystri. It’s a super tiny village (luckily though including a petrol station, it would have been a long way to push the car back to town) with about 30’000 pairs of nesting puffins. There is a small harbor with a viewing platform where you […]

Skaftafell to Seydisfjördur – part 2

To avoid the rain in Skaftafell we drive another 8km and pitch our tent in Svinafell, another nice campsite and without rain. The weather is very local here, especially close to the glaciers. Luckily it stopped raining in Skaftafell overnight and we get back there in the morning for the walk to the Skaftafellsjökull glacier […]

Skaftafell to Seydisfjördur – part 1

August 23, 2016

Seljalandsfoss to Skaftafell – part 1

August 18, 2016

Seljalandsfoss to Skaftafell In the morning we visit the interesting Eyjafjallajökull visitor center (almost as difficult to write as it is to pronounce it) where they show a movie on how the 2010 eruption impacted the farmers living right below the volcano. We eat an excellent carrot cake at the glacial tongue of Sólheimjökull and […]

Landmannalaugar to Seljalandsfoss – part 2

August 9, 2016

Landmannalaugar to Seljalandsfoss Starting the day with a morning hike and then another ride on the F roads back to the main Ring Road. Lunch is a pot of soup between the two front seats, too cold and windy to eat outside. We visit Skogafoss and Seljalandsfoss, and after a short look at both campsites […]

Landmannalaugar to Seljalandsfoss part 1

August 8, 2016

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