We woke to a new day in Akureyri after a snug night in our apartment to find the car dusted in ice and snow..nature had been busy overnight. Temperatures dropped to -3 and didn’t improve all day, in fact in some places with the wind it would’ve been close to -10. Today we did the Diamond Circle drive focusing on Lake Myvatn, Godafoss Falls, Hverfjall thermal mud pools and the mighty Dettifoss Falls. Light snow fell all day, but it it wasn’t wet; the snow crystals were soft and just seemed to float in the air..very pretty.
We woke to find the car park covered with snow.
The red traffic lights in Akureyri have red hearts, just to be different
Akureyri from the other side of the fjord
The road to the falls and thermal pools.
The stunning Godafoss Falls
Patrick and Graeme climb down to the lower viewpoint
The Godafoss falls are like a small Niagara
At the Hverfjall Thermal Mud pools that were very active bubbling away and sulphuric smelling
On the way to Krafla Crater Lake, which had its access road closed due to snow, we came across this shower and basin in the middle of nowhere. The shower was running with hot water from the thermal springs.
The powerful Dettifoss Falls had so much force that signs on the walkway indicated danger because the spray from the falls made the path very slippery and, without fences, some parts were rather precarious.
Driving to our destination just outside of Hofn on the east coast we had to get through snow squalls and areas of the journey that were a total white out - white sky, landforms and road except for the bright yellow markers to guide your way. It was a very tiring 5 hour journey but one that saw us ‘rescue’ two young Chinese tourists whose car had broken down 10kms outside of the nearest town and had waited 3 hours in the cold for help. We drove them to the nearest town and found a hotel for them. They had put petrol into a diesel car!
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