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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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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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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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