Day 70 - Hofn - "Icebergs Ahoy" !

We had can 8.30 appointment for breakfast but as H got little overnight sleep he thought he'd rock in at 7.50 and get and early start - I made a mental note to ensure that any future separate bookings are in rooms with double locks ! 

We left our high style Laurgavatyn apartments and took to the Icelandic circle route road (the main highway) that circumnavigates the island.

With fairly narrow roads, a speed limit of 90 km/hr and initial flat featureless scenery time seemed to go slowly until we stopped at the beautiful waterfalls that Iceland is famed for.

Self had majesty and class while even allowing for a spray soaked walk behind the fall itself while  ..  was sheer power with its melt running down from the massive ..Glacier. Both waterfalls were a photographers dream and there were plenty of those present !

Heading towards Vik the scenery started changing - while the road continued on its largely flat path along ancient sea beds the hills and escarpments took on an amazingly ferocious volcanic feel, jagged peaks, severe scree filled slopes deposited boulders giving you a feel for an ancient time.

We passed the amazing moss covered lava fields from the 1783 Lavik explosion that sent tonnes of poisonous glasses around the world causing starvation in many parts of the world and indirectly exoertrs think giving start to the French Revolution !

Furthger along the coasr hortly afterr we reached the asrms of the massive gla ier with its arms providing as spectacukar close up views of action although an ominous sign memorial bfor two tourists who never returned vsuggested we should be a little bit careful

With H passing in and out of consciousness mainly because of little sleep and then me telling weow by ave a look at that we pulled in to the days high-level gt the iceberg floating lakes - a magic scen e of aqua water with large chunks of Glacier working their way out to see - the aitcwas that still that the first ce blocks cakving bwas enough to reverberate

With even H indicating itbgad reached weow factorvcJev received enough to get us to Hofb in drizzle at 7.39 p.m. meaning it had taken us neakr 19 hours with stops to cover just over 499 kms ,!

Thankfukly the daukyvdiustances bvaxckoff meaning more time tyo take in thibwonderffuk ancientnkandscasoe !