VivaLaVida!

A journey to meet the planet and its inhabitants...

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…

South coast…

  1. As Gaël requested it, here is the whole family. 😀       2. An example of the language at the checkout of a store, inapprehensible and unpronounceable for us.       And to show you what the rain can be there, here is a short videoRead More…

First steps with family

  My passengers well landed, we discovered the Reykjanes peninsula together before going to Reykjavik the next day to buy warm jackets to Isabelle and Emile.     1. Volcanic activity is strong on this promontory.       2. Emile is so happy to be back in “Dad’s truck”!Read More…