Saturday, August 27, 2016

Day 7: Waterfalls and a Wedding

Day 7: 
We left our campsite at Myvatn and headed toward the Grjotagja, the grotto where John Snow & Egritt had their moment on Game of Thrones. It was so warm my camera fogged up again and it was hard to take photos. Good thing for iPhones as a backup 


Next was this giant crater. Hverfell 

It was an exhausting hike to get up to it.  We had to option to hike the rim of the crater (which I totally would have) but it was raining hard and it was cold so we only walked a small portion and headed back down. 


See the tiny people? 


Inside the crater 



Next was the waterfall of the Gods, Godafoss 

There was an engagement photo shoot and a separate wedding happening. 


Still amazed how close we can get

Our next stop was a far drive to the Koluglijufur. It was a small waterfall but so beautiful. The gorge it created was breath taking. Imagine these farmers have this as their backyard! All I have is the backside of the 60 freeway, hah! We collected more waterfall water to filter and drink (thanks Grant for the platypus!) 


We're a day ahead of schedule so we're gonna go to Hraunfossar to spend the night. Sleeping next to a roaring river and waterfall is such a beautiful music to my ears. 

2 comments:

  1. looks great lily! lol...glad to see the platypus is getting some serious usage.

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    1. It been super awesome. Although the tap water in Iceland is fine to drink there is a hint of sulfur to it. Waterfall water tastes so much better!

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