Our first two stops were at Guðafoss waterfall and Höfði natural park. Guðafoss was pretty lame as a waterfall but the actual water was bright and had gorgeous blue color. Höfði natural park was just a forest - perhaps it's a sight for icelanders. Lake Mývatn looked nice from Höfði.
Guðafoss
Lake Mývatn looking from Höfði
Námafjall was out of this world, literally. I've seen pictures of bubbling mud ponds and Mars-lookalike landscapes, but experiencing them personally is a whole different thing. And the smell of sulphur <3 (smells like a gentle hangover fart).
Námafjall
"The road was slippery and the tires were bad"Fictive Mika Häkkinen quote almost fit there. The road wasn't slippery but quite bumpy when we got closer to Dettifoss waterfall. The first half an hour our average speed was 20-30 km/h. Then we realized that going faster means less bruises in our asses. Perhaps faster speed wasn't good for suspension or tires, but there's nothing what a lithuanian boy-wonder couldn't fix :) Dettifoss was definately worth of seeing.
Dettifoss
Next we were off to Ásbyrgi canyon. Before entering Jökulsárgljúfur national park we made a quick stop to a gas station where some little punk (what is kusimutteri in English?) tried to frame me for breaking a milk jug :( Ásbyrgi was outstanding. I think The Lion King was filmed there.
Ásbyrgi canyon
It was getting late so one car from our armada headed back home. They were in such a hurry that the driver Grzegorz got a 52 000 ISK fine for speeding. Running into a police is truly bad luck. There are like 10 cops in entire Iceland. Rest of our fleet drove back to Mývatn area to Jarðböðin Nature Bath.
Jarðböðin. I stole this picture from their website.
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P.S. Sorry for posting this so late. I haven't had time, interest or internet connection to update my blog.
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