Golden Circle Tour

Twenty eight intrepid travelers headed off at 9am Sunday morning in two vans for our Golden Circle Tour in the area surrounding Reykjavik . Of course there were also many other people with similar ideas on HAL tours and from two other cruise ships in port. Lots of us out and about. And lots to see.

First up the collapsed volcano at Kerid. See some photos below. Very impressive.



Then off to the Faxa waterfall with a salmon ladder.


Another waterfall at Gullfoss was up next and it is very scenic and very powerful. They say more powerful than Niagara and it is fed from a nearby glacier called Langjokull ,literally long glacier. Second largest of 6 glaciers in Iceland.


Oh did I mention it was another cool (13C) and rainy day. It's been over a week since we last saw the sun.

And next the granddaddy of geysirs and the one that gives the name to all the other geysirs in the world. This one erupts every 6-8 minutes and is warm and sulpher in smell. My pictures don't really capture it so I had to include a photo of a photo -that one was taken on a rare sunny day. It is something strange to see with lots of steam venting in various spots throughout the area.


On our way back to town our driver stopped at a farm and called some horses over. We knew our granddaugthers would enjoy these. Unique Icelandic horses and Deen.




Then we stopped at an area where the tectonic plates meet and they too were spectacular. Pictured are the North America plates. As one guy commented "all this time at sea and we're still in North America?".





Iceland is also known for it's giant marshmallows as you can see in the distance. It's a big crop operation.

At last back to the city and I have to include a picture of the Opera House on the waterfront of Reykjavik. Very pretty.


Now I should mention I have purchased another hat. Deen thinks I've reached my limit but we have many countries still to go..... Oh my as yet unfunded research project into international gasoline prices shows that Icelanders pay 246.9 ISK ( Icelandic Kroner) per litre which translates to about $Cdn 2.00 per litre. Makes our gas at home seem cheap in comparison.

Monday morning we are going to the Blue Lagoon with some others from the ship then we set sail in the afternoon for Djupvigor on the east coast of Iceland arriving early Tuesday morning.

From RCD's iPad

Location:South West Corner of Iceland