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Photo by Lois Pryce, schoolkids in Algeria

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Great pics guys, enjoying the trip (that must be a good camera Dan )
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Great pics guys, enjoying the trip (that must be a good camera Dan )
Thanks Gino! We are really hoping to see you guys on the continent! hugs to Fi! Loved the summer Gino'sTravels....book deal????
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Yesterday was just about making miles out of the isolated western fjords and toward the Northern section of the island. Today is much the same, but over a smaller distance with more scenic stops on the way to Husavik.

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From Blonduos we went northeast across the peninsula on the small roads and then up the nest to the pretty town of Hofsos. Here there are some basalt columns from cooling lava, and hot pools.



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The road is intermittently dirt and there are a number of tunnels. The temperature today was an amazing 18 degrees!

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Near Dalvik there is a basalt sculpture carved by the sea.



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We headed south to the city of Akureyi, which is the largest in the north. Here we could stock up on food at the famous Bonus discount grocery store. Here we were back on the highway 1 and continued east to the famous Godafoss falls. Legend says that in the year 999 the “lawspeaker” made Christianity the official religion of Iceland and after his conversion he threw his statues of the Norse Gods into the falls.



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We made a slight backtrack from here to go north further to the small town of Husavik.

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