“Golden Circle” and South Reykjaness
Thursday, September 13th, the last day of my family’s trip before flying back home, leaving me alone to bring VivaLaVida back to Switzerland. We leave to visit some spots of the Golden Circle, not far from Reykjavik. 1. Stop at Þingvellir, historic site of the firstRead More…
Snæfellsness
While there are only four days left before Isabelle and Emile go back, VivaLaVida hits the road to the touristic Snæfellsness peninsula and its various natural attractions. 1. Lava flows in the ocean. 2. Recent volcanic geology… 3. … interspersed withRead More…
Fjords of North West
1. Great weather in the morning! 2. Icebergs are still there. 3. Stop on our way to observe seals. 4. When some rest, others seem to play in the water. 5. Under the eyes of ubiquitous andRead More…
North Coast and traditional habitat
1. The Ásbyrgi Canyon is amazing with its high basalt cliffs. 2. Beautiful bay on Arctic Ocean North of Husavik. 3. We stop there for the lunch… 4. … the opportunity for Emile to play on the beach. Read More…
Lava and waterfalls of North-East
1. In the Lake Mývatn area, a pond along the trail leading to some lava tunnel. 2. Isabelle exceeds her fear and descends into the tunnel entrance. 3. Here, the lava textures are pretty incredible. 4. Flanks of Hverfjall crater.Read More…
Highlands II, Askja, Viti – F910 / F88
1. The night was cool, 24°F to the thermometer of VivaLaVida. 2. The Vatnajökull ice cap is really close. 3. At the beginning of the day, as at the end of the previous one, the track was really chaotic through lava fields andRead More…
Highlands I – F26 / F910
1. After refueling VivaLaVida (with about 10$ a gallon of diesel, it’s more than 400$.- to fill VLV!), we begin the crossing of the Highlands to the Northeast via the F26 road then the F910 which passes north of Vatnajökull. 2. We took two days toRead More…
Landmannalaugar and F208
After the gorgeous detour presented in the previous article, we reached the track F208 which leads to Landmannalaugar, a spectacular volcanic site but too touristy for me. 1. The small lake that hosted us for the night. 2. VLV on the trail. Read More…
Path less traveled…
After the Lakagigar, rather than go directly to the Landmannalaugar on F208, we decided to go to Langisjór Lake via some less traveled trails that proved to be gorgeous… 1. River in the rain, along Southern F208. 2. Rather curious sign, isn’t it? InRead More…
Lakagigar – F206 / F207
Here we are to discover the Lakagigar region, driving our first “F Roads”, trails reserved for 4×4 because of deep fords and “in principles” prohibited to rental vehicles. In principle because we saw many “unauthorized” rental SUV on these tracks. 1. F206 2. AsRead More…
D5 Creation