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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

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Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
Taking a rest,
Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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Finally after the last of the Fjords we turned off of the paved road towards Breidavik and into some cold and very foggy weather. Arriving at the lodge we were freezing at 8 pm and the fog was so dense you could hardly see. Since the camping was very expensive we opted for a bunkroom where you use your own sleeping bags for not much more.


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This church is 20 meters from the hotel and you could barely see it when we arrived, but it cleared up and today for the puffin wall we have spectacular weather!

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The road from Breidavik to Latrabjarg is 12 KM and good except for a small section with freshly poured gravel.

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Arriving at the most western point in Europe we stopped for a photo OP.

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We headed towards the cliff edge and were surprised to see when we looked over puffins everywhere. You can spend hours watching them and we did. We also walked about 2 km along the cliffs, but the best viewing was nearest the car park.


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The road out was much better when you could actually see where you were going and there were lots of thing we had not seen at all on the way in.

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Today’s plan is to head to the northern coast of the west Fjords in 404 km or at least to the largest town on the peninsula at Isafjordur. Much of this route is unpaved also.


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We came across a few small waterfalls as well as hot pools.



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Coming around the corner and down the steep decline you are awed by the view of the massive collection of 7 falls at Dynjandi (Fjallfoss or thunderous falls) with a cumulative height of 100 meters.

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Leaving here we continued over yet another few snow covered mountain passes.


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There are also a number of tunnels. The 7 km Vestfjaroagong tunnel that opened in 1996 and ended the winter isolation of 3 villages by connecting them to Isafjordur. There are actually several side tunnels from this tunnel of 2.9 and 2.1 kms. This was the last tunnel with one-way sections built here in Iceland.

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We decided to keep going to the town of Bolungarvik thru another 5.4 km tunnel, since the sun would be shining longer on that side of the peninsula. There is a modest campground here at the recreation center.


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Today we had 427 km to get to Blonduos over the “most fjorded” section of the coast.


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You literally drive into the mountain when leaving town via the tunnel.


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Once we got over the mountains the day was spent going in and out of the long fjords.

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The going in was pretty good, but the going out was into the wind and much colder and harder work.

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Here in Blonduos there is a not bad campground that was luckily out of the wind. The best part was the N1 across the road where you could get a cold . This is a difficult thing in Iceland since you buy liquor at special stores that have very limited hours. At the gas station restaurants they can sell you a if they open it. Otherwise they only sell low alcohol .
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Great pics guys, enjoying the trip (that must be a good camera Dan )
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