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Skaftafell National Park: Svartifoss, Vatnajokull and Skaftafellsjokur

First we headed along the 5.5 km loop, hitting Svartifoss, a unique waterfall tumbling over a sort of amphitheater of basalt columns. You're able to see the waterfall from above, below and in a larger context, as a hole in the surrounding hills and scrub forest, fed by a thin, snaking river.

travel, photography, icelandcheree francoOctober 28, 2016iceland, skafatell, skaftafellsjokur, glaciers, Icelandic hikes, Icelandic waterfalls, sell, mangusarfoss, sod house, sod farm, Icelandic national parksComment

Southeast Iceland: Nupsstadur Farm

Nupsstadur Farm belongs to the National Museum of Iceland, but it isn't open for tourism. There's a gate at the end of the curling drive and a private property sign. It's easy to miss, since there's nothing identifying the turf buildings tucked in a rocky hamlet, in the shadow of Lomagnupur cliff.

photography, travel, icelandcheree francoOctober 17, 2016nupsstadur, iceland, turf houses, old icelandic farmComment

A wrecked plane and Iceland's Vik by the Sea

Our trail split into three paths with no markers at what looked like an old communications tower. The fog was so thick, we couldn't see the cliff drop. All these warnings I'd read about tourists falling off cliffs and freezing in Icelandic blizzards swirled in the paranoid mush of my brain.

photography, travel, icelandcheree francoOctober 13, 2016Iceland, Vik, Solheimasandur, Puffin Hostel, Icelandic hostels, Reynisfjara, plane wreck, abandoned plane IcelandComment