Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Amazing Canyon - Fjarðrárgljúfur

(This is a field of lava rocks, covered in thick green moss. We probably weren't supposed to walk on it but too late for that.)

(Amazing how lava rocks covered in moss can look like a human brain, if also covered in green moss.)

(At the start of the canyon, simply named Fjarðrárgljúfur.)

(Mike hiding in one of the precarious nooks of the tall canyon.)

(Lots of narrow walkways jutting out over the water below made for some good pictures.)


(If Mike had to describe himself in one word, it would be stoic. He might say stowic, but that's what he means.)

(This unique place was almost other-worldly, though, on the contrary, it did remind me in parts of some pictures I've seen of Madagascar.)


(After hiking about a mile and a half to the end of the canyon, we took a nap on the soft grass, admiring the view and tranquility of the area. We didn't see another person until we got back to our car.)

(Another random waterfall along the side of the road. This is Foss a Siðu.)

(Me back at Svartifoss. We tried a bit of hiking around the area, but it was very windy, and it looked like heavy rain was coming in. Though, it looks like that a lot of the time in Iceland.)

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