Like every morning we woke up at 6:30am and went down and had breakfast. This morning on the other hand was a hard one. We were both super tired and exhausted from a Sunday of lots of walking and a Monday of getting sick at sea.
We walked to the BSÍ which is just the central bus terminal where many rental car places are. Before we left the US we went through RED car to rent a car for the day. We set out in the small car and with GPS in hand we started driving to the first destination. The geothermal fields of Krýsuvík are only 30 minutes outside (south) of Reykjavík. We took rout 42 to the geothermal spot of Seltún. Before we made it to the sulfurous bubbling spring we had to get this little car up this gravel Mountian and we were very worried we wouldn’t make it up! Brian had to switch down to first gear and we just barely made it. Lol. We don´t know why this small section of road was gravel, because right after it was paved again. We swung around the biggest lake in the area, Kleifarvatn and then arrived stepping out and instantly knowing that you were there with the smell of rotten eggs.
I got Brian to climb this larger hill (i guess it could be a mountian) with me. It was steep and at the top was another sulfurous spring.
We made our way back down and left Seltún and headed the hour to the next spot. The lake crater Kerið.
Along the way we took the costal road and saw lots of small homes. The landscape is very mossy in southern Iceland. The wind picked up and clouds started to get dark as we arrived at Kerið. The crater is aprox. 3000 years old and is located in the Grímsnes area of south Iceland. Volcanologists seem to think that the most likely cause of Kerið is that there was a cone volcano and after the magma chamber was emptied the volcano colapsed under itself. We walked around the lake and enjoyed the high winds that could probably have been knocked over. After we ate a small bite to eat from the lunches we packed we headed to Þingvellir & Öxarárfoss.
The national park of Þingvellir was only about 30 min from Kerið. It started to rain a little heavier. After fighting wtih the GPS and seeing many camp grounds we ended up at the amazing sight of the waterfall.
Öxarárfoss is on of the main attractions of Þingvellir National Park and it was apparent. There were more people here at the waterfall than at Kerið or Seltún. The waterfall flows from the river Öxará over Almannagjá. The rock walls were beautiful.
After this we decided to take the trek back to Reykjavík. We followed Esja, the mountian that you have probably seen in many of the pictures from the bay. Because of the weather and tiredness we just opted to head back.
Esja and I will meet at one of her peaks someday!
Over all the day was great. We will come back and have dinner at the hotel. Tomorrow we are going out to eat for dinner and will just chill. So I probably will not be posting many pictures.
Always!
-Tveir Ferðalangar -
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