When we got to the Blue Lagoon I tried to take my first picture and quickly realized I had left the camera battery in the ship on the recharger. I did have my iPhone with me and gave Deen a quick course on how to take pictures with it. She did really well ! Transferring the photos to the iPad later on became an issue but ultimately easily solved with the cable and attachments I have.
So the photo here shows various aspects of the Blue Lagoon. Not so much blue as aquamarine. The water was lukewarm in spots and hotter in other spots. It had a slight sulphur smell and I joked I was swimming in sulphuric acid. The bottom of the lagoon was relatively smooth with some rocks but at lot better that what we encounter at our cottage. When we got there it was uncrowded but that changed as tour buses arrived.
After lunch the ship departed and I' m adding some photos of that. The ship was moored in a very tight spot at the pier and with the aid of side thrusters was able to slide out very easily. Imagine parallel parking being able to use side thrusters or turning the wheels 90 degrees. There was another ship in port and you can see it leaving at the same time. The picture of the white house is apparently "The Peace House" built by Yoko Ono to honour John Lennon. Finally I was fascinated by a dredging operation taking place just beside us.
I must add one last picture from the Golden Circle Tour on Sunday as Deen took it on the iPhone . It is a great shot of the geyser.
We are now heading to Djupvigor ,a small town (300 people) on the east coast of Iceland. Supposed to be very scenic. Rough seas for this portion of the trip so I had a gravol to help settle my stomach but all was OK. The post dinner entertainment was a country and rock n' roll production called Road House - very entertaining.
From RCD's iPad
Location:Reykjavik, Iceland
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