Thursday, February 25, 2010

Day 9 - East Coast Drive to Hofn

Today was spent driving again, we drove all along the east coast, back to Egilsstaðir to Reyðarfjorður to Fáskrúðsfjörður to Breiðdalsvík to Djúpivogur then finally to Hofn. These towns are along the coast. Mostly small towns consisting of a couple of hundred. In Hofn the population is 1695. We drove about 270 kms today, estimated.  It was a pretty nice drive, most of the roads were clear and it wasn't snowing much if at all.

Here's some photos we took along the way.

Town of Fáskrúðsfjörður from across the road.




















Island off Fáskrúðsfjörður.


















Coastline of Heyklif.
























We went through a tunnel that went under a mountain.  See the next image for the location of this tunnel.


















Tunnel at Kollufell, shortly before arriving at Fáskrúðsfjörður.















Coastline of Skoruhjalli.















Green trees!  They exist in winter too!

























Icelandic horses.



















More coastline of Skoruhjalli.



















The town of Hofn.  This shot was taken off one of their small islands which you can take a walk just off the road.  It was beginning to snow when this shot was taken.


















Chair with town in the background.


















Seamen and Fishermen's Monument.


















Boats at the harbour.


















We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening unpacking and having a swim at the town swimming pool.  Tomorrow hopefully we'll get on a tour to the vatnajokull glacier, weather permitting and then head off to the small town of Vik which will be another long coastal drive.
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2 comments:

  1. digitalformulaFebruary 25, 2010 at 5:35 PM

    Wow, great shots guys! How are you Brissie folk finding the cold?

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  2. Skyjuice LimoFebruary 26, 2010 at 12:19 AM

    Thanks, I would upload more but it takes a while! What the photos don't capture is the experience of the cold and the winds! It's surprisingly bearable for a few minutes outside when the winds aren't blowing. :) Also it's not as cold as it is along the coast. In the central areas it's a lot colder. I think the worst we've been in so far is -15 without the wind chill factor. I'm surviving on 1 bottom layer, 3 top layers, 2 pairs of thick socks, lauren's about the same except she puts on 2 or 3 bottom layers.

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