Skaftafell — Þingvellir Stops at: Vatnajökull National Park, Svínafellsjökull glacier hike, Fjaðrárgljúfur, Vik, Reynisfjara, Dyrhólaey Arch Total driving time: 4 hours and 41 minutes . We were up and ready to go early this day. We were due for a glacier hike at 10 AM, and had absolutely no idea if it was even going to happen (given the still rainy weather) and what to even expect. Nevertheless, we layered up and met with the lovely people from Mountain Guides at the …
Author: Annie
→That’s So Annie are the chronicles of a queer, immigrant brown woman who is many things – photographer, marketer, social media junkie, engineer, incurable geek, rescue cat mom, activist – but most importantly, she is a storyteller trying to change the world, one day at a time.
Eyjolfsstadir — Skaftafell Stokksnes, Jökulsárlón Iceberg Lagoon, Diamond Beach Total driving time: 3 hours and 16 minutes . We awakened to a cloudy, drizzly morning, but nothing could dampen our spirits still high from last night. 🙂 The guy was convinced that he saw “The Grim” last night. In the middle of uncontrollable laughter about an apparent Harry Potter joke, I realized the joke was on me, as I saw a huge black dog staring at us from just around the bend. Oops. …
Egilsstaðir — Eyjolfsstadir Seyðisfjörður, Vattarnes, Breiðdalsvík Total driving time: 3 hours and 25 minutes . Still awestruck by last nights epic viewing of the northern lights, we woke up excited for a brand new day. The Egilsstaðir campsite had great bathrooms, so we took our time freshening up for the drive ahead. We picked up coffee from the community center and refueled the van. Because eastern Iceland is mainly a long coastal drive with a smattering of coastal …
Heiðarbær — Egilsstaðir Stops at: Grjótagjá cave, Hverfjall, Námafjall, Viti Crater Krafla, Dettifoss Total driving time: 3 hours and 44 minutes . We woke up to a cold, grey and rainy morning – everything we did NOT want it to be. Pbbbt. 😐 A dense cloud cover loomed around the campsite, ruining any and all plans of hanging around in Húsavik, the whale watching capital of Iceland. I had been looking forward to seeing Orcas before I was even …
Hofsós — Heiðarbær Stops at: Akureyri, Ljósavatn, Góðafoss, Húsavík Total driving time: 2 hours and 51 minutes . We woke up to a brilliant blue sky and an empty campsite. We took our time – drying out some clothes in the sunshine, cooking breakfast and taking long hot showers. We watched a thick cloud cover roll in from the icy north and decided to hit the road. We started from Hofsós down Road 76 that meets the Ring Road, towards the second largest Icelandic …