Iceland (2) - Skaftafell National Park

Day 2
We checked out early in the morning. Our hotel for the next two nights was at Nesjahverfi, a small village 8 km west of Höfn. There are two main attractions along the way: Skaftafell National Park and Jökulsárlón. We planned to visit the national park today, and leave Jökulsárlón for tomorrow.

1. Along the Ring Road, miles of rocks in all directions were covered by very spongy green moss.


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3. Along the Ring Road.


4. Along the Ring Road.


5. Some historical turf houses.


6. The wind was so strong, the waterfall up there couldn't really fall and was blown back up.


7. A turf church.


8. An Icelandic sheep. Sheep were everywhere when we were there. We saw them high up in the mountains, down in the field, even on the Ring Road. According to the rule, no matter how reckless the sheep is, if the driver hit the sheep, it is the driver's fault and responsibility to pay for the loss.


After arriving at Skaftafell National Park, we took two short hikes, one was to the glacier nearby, the other was to a waterfall.

9. The glacier near the visitor center.


10. The waterfall, Svartifoss, with black basalt columns behind it.


11. Another glacier down the road.


12. Dozens of people were on guided glacier walk.


13. We reached Jökulsárlón after 4:00 pm. Since it was rainy and we planned to come back here tomorrow, we didn't linger, just took some pictures and continued driving east to find our hotel.


Dinner tonight was at Gastronomy Langoustine in Höfn. Höfn is a fishing town whose main product is the lobster. So I had lobster, which they call langoustine, for dinner (6,450 ISK), while Dave had Icelandic lamb (4,600 ISK). The portions were not big but they were so good. Highly recommend!

(To be continued)

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• 谢谢介绍，跟着看。两个问题，1.波士顿飞过去几个小时？ 时差多少？ --realblue-- ♀ (40 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 08:53:16

• 谢谢realblue. 1.波士顿飞过去should be 5 hours, we only used 4.5 due to t -xux- ♀ (55 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 09:22:26

• 谢谢。好像是个不太远的地方。等着看下一集。 --realblue-- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 12:25:00

• 这个地质面貌太神奇了！太好看了！那些房子怎么藏在地下面呢？ -金色的麦田- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 09:33:52

• They are above ground, adding turf on the side for better insula -xux- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 10:10:49

• 那些石头上的moss太壮观了,这里看来很潮湿.一年四季如此么? -王医生- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 09:59:13

• We were there 10 days, it rained (at least partially) 8 out of 1 -xux- ♀ (106 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 10:13:34

• 前两张就是夏威夷叫Pāhoehoe的熔岩吧？#10柱状节理真好看 -蒙老乡- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 10:48:27

• 很奇特的地貌！ -冬梦- ♀ (80 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 11:46:14

• 很神奇！ -DeepCreek- ♂ (227 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 12:18:15

• beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing. -moab- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 12:36:57

• Thanks everyone! moab好, long time no see -xux- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 13:24:46

• Turf House在欧洲其它国家也有吗? 想起电影指环王中HOBBIT 家乡的房子 -onMove- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 17:07:25

• 在德国北部平原以前有，因为缺乏建材。Turfhouse在德国是个地名。 -泉水- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/11/2009 postreply 09:00:31

• 看了哈哈的，再看你的，越发觉得这是个景观奇特的国家。 -熊猫家的小猴子- ♀ (34 bytes) () 09/10/2009 postreply 20:06:31