Iceland (4) - Jökulsárlón again, and drove to Egilsstað

Day 4
Today's original plan was to drive through east Iceland. Since we didn't have a hotel booked for tonight, we didn't care how far we got to. But after we got up, the weather looked promising, so we decided to go back to Jökulsárlón again before driving north, and it really paid off.

1. Along the Ring Road.


2. We reached Jökulsárlón around 9:00 am, and the tour buses were already there.


3. Jökulsárlón again.


4. There seemed to be a lot more icebergs in the lagoon today than yesterday.


5. Jökulsárlón.


6. Jökulsárlón.


7. Jökulsárlón.


8. Jökulsárlón.


9. Jökulsárlón.


10. Jökulsárlón.


It was so hard to peel ourselves away from a beautiful place like this.

Considering how much time we still had left for the day, we decided to drive to Egilsstaðir, the largest town in east Iceland (population 2,300), to find a place to stay for tonight. The drive was rougher than before. Several sections of the Ring Road was unpaved.

11. A fish farm we saw along the Ring Road.


12. Icelandic horses. They were everywhere just like the sheep.


We reached Egilsstaðir around 5:30 pm. We stopped at an information office to ask where we could find a place to stay. It turned out that they also ran the campsite next to it, and they had two cottages to rent, both were still available (Isn't it great to travel off season!). One charges 10,000 ISK which has its own bathroom and kitchenette, the other charges 2,500 ISK/bed, there are 4 beds inside, each has a privacy curtain around it. We took the first one.

13. Our cottage.


14. The outside has a kitchenette and a futon (on the left, not shown here).


15. The inside has bunk beds and bathroom with shower.


16. The other cottage which rents individual bed out. There is no bathroom inside.


(To be continued)


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    有没有野生动物? --realblue-- 给 -realblue- 发送悄悄话 -realblue- 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/14/2009 postreply 09:35:33

    Iceland has many seabirds, sealife in/ around its water -xux- 给 xux 发送悄悄话 xux 的博客首页 (355 bytes) () 09/14/2009 postreply 10:20:56

    旷野的风景加真人秀,好看. -王医生- 给 王医生 发送悄悄话 王医生 的博客首页 (25 bytes) () 09/14/2009 postreply 10:16:10

    谢太医夸奖!不是我还能是谁?:) -xux- 给 xux 发送悄悄话 xux 的博客首页 (77 bytes) () 09/14/2009 postreply 10:29:03

    好看。下次我也想开车逛了 -哈_哈- 给 哈_哈 发送悄悄话 哈_哈 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/14/2009 postreply 12:33:23

    Thanks 哈_哈. Self-driving in Iceland has a lot of hassle and cost -xux- 给 xux 发送悄悄话 xux 的博客首页 (62 bytes) () 09/14/2009 postreply 13:49:14

    读了你的系列!谢谢分享。 真美丽。。。你也非常美丽! :-) -旁白- 给 旁白 发送悄悄话 旁白 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/14/2009 postreply 21:14:57

    旁白你就拿我开心吧 :-) -xux- 给 xux 发送悄悄话 xux 的博客首页 (106 bytes) () 09/15/2009 postreply 07:45:01

    第一次看到Iceland的风光,美的很有特点,希望有机会也去。谢谢分享! -老包- 给 老包 发送悄悄话 老包 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/15/2009 postreply 00:16:14

    谢谢老包! Long time no see -xux- 给 xux 发送悄悄话 xux 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/15/2009 postreply 07:48:00

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