| Around and about in Iceland |
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During the summer of 2003 (at mid-summer in fact) we visited Iceland, driving some three quarters of the way clockwise around Road No.1 from Akureyri to Reykjavik. Place names have, where necessary, been anglicised. |
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| Himalayan meconopsis in the Akureyri Botanical Gardens |
The spectactular Godafoss |
Roadside lupins near Husavik |
Emergency shelter on the way to Husavik |
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| View of Husavik | View of Husavik | Husavik church | Husavik church |
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| Evening at Myvatn | Gullfoss | Egilsstadir | ...and evening near Egilsstadir |
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| A relatively quiet mud pool | The solfatara area around Namafjall |
A steam vent | The old French hospital on a S.E. fjord |
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| Take your skidoos | A turf-roofed church at Hof |
Icebergs at Jokulsarlon | Icebergs at Jokulsarlon |
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| The church at Vik | The headland and natural arch of Dyrholaey |
Thingvellir - the parting of the continents |
Thingvellir - the site of the first Icelandic Parliament |
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| Thingvellir church | Thingvellir church interior | Skalholt Cathedral | The area around the Geysers |
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| Thar she blows! | The dome of super-heated water just about to burst |
The Kerid crater | Langahlid near Thingvellir |
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Sunday, November 21, 2010 - Alan Gentle
Akureyri
Himalayan meconopsis in the Botanical Gardens
Godafoss
The spectactular falls
Husavik
Roadside lupins near the road to Husavik
Husavik
Emergency shelter on the way to Husavik
Husavik
View of Husavik
Husavik
View of Husavik
Husavik
Husavik church
Husavik
Husavik church
Myvatn
Evening at Myvatn
Gullfoss
The Gullfoss falls
Egilsstadir
Near Egilsstadir
Egilsstadir
...and evening near Egilsstadir
Namafjall
A relatively quiet mud pool
Namafjall
The solfatara area
Namafjall
A steam vent
Iceland
The old French hospital on a S.E. fjord
Iceland
Take your skidoos
Iceland
A turf-roofed church at Hof
Jokulsarlon
Icebergs in the Jokulsarlon lagoon
Jokulsarlon
Icebergs in the Jokulsarlon lagoon
Vik
The church
Dyrholaey
The headland and natural arch
Thingvellir
The parting of the continents
Thingvellir
The site of the first Icelandic Parliament
Thingvellir
The church
Thingvellir
The interior of the church
Skalholt
The Cathedral
The Geysers
The area around the Geysers
The Geysers
Thar she blows!
The Geysers
The dome of super-heated water just about to burst
Kerid
The Kerid crater
Thingvellir
Langahlid near Thingvellir
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Sunday, November 21, 2010 - Alan Gentle
