Some photos and a video from a trip to the interior highlands with the Icelandic Land Rover Club. This was a trip for trucks with 38 inch tires or bigger, most were 38´s but there were a couple with 44 inch tires. All sizes and makes appeared, Defenders 90, 110 and 130, Range Rovers and [...]
Mountain Skriða seen from Högnhöfði Some photos from a trip in August from Laugarvatn, through Rótarsandur around Högnhöfði and ending at Gullfoss and Geysir. Small circle in the foyer of the interior highlands. Pretty good gravel roads most of the way but the gully between Högnhöfði(Tomcat-headland) and Rauðafell (Red Rock) was very rough and steep.
On the way up from Innstidalur Hengill is a beautiful area east of Reykjavik, popular as a hiking destination. It´s famous for it´s vivid colours and geothermal activity. There are two power plants that harvest the energy from the Hengill area, one at Nesjavellir by Þingvallavatn National Park and one on Hellisheiði. Even though the area [...]
Since coming home in the beginning of the year I have been a frequent visitor at my sister´s farm, Sturluhóll in north Iceland. She and her husband are farmers, with sheep and horses- so usually there are many subjects for photography. Below is a gallery with images taken at Sturluhóll. I did a couple of posts [...]
The volcanic eruption is still going strong and last week another fissure developed adding to the show. As a result some restrictions have been made at the eruption site, people are no longer allowed to go right up to the crater. There are two ways to hike to the eruption site, one way is from [...]