DC-3 Wreckage
A Douglas Super DC-3 airplane lies hollow and forgotten on a deserted black beach in Iceland - untouched since it crashed more than four decades ago.The United States Navy cargo plane is now no more than a husk - dented and bruised by 41 punishing years of arctic gales and rain.Its tail and wings are gone and its windows are all smashed in since it was forced to crash land on Sólheimasandur beach on Saturday November 24 1973. Amazingly, the crew all survived the impact, but the plane was abandoned rather than recovered, meaning the weather-beaten remains are still standing at the crash site.
But i guess it was my last time to visit this wreckage, the landowners of the land where the C47/DC3 plane wreck is on Sólheimasandur have closed access to their land because of environmental reasons, people are driving offroad there and leaving the place and the plane in a mess and therefore they have decided to close access.
The landowners had marked out a clear path to the wreckage to deter people from going off-road into the sand but this has not been respected. A sign has now been put up banning all access to the area. I recommend you to respect the land you're visiting.
Reynisfjara
Along the south coast of Iceland, with only about 300 residents, Vik still holds the title to be the biggest village in the southern most part of Iceland. Just about 180 km away from Reykjavik, you will get to feel the black sand and the warm welcome of the locals. Vik is also a black beach and is the wettest place in Iceland. Reynisfjara The black beach in Vik also allures people by its hidden caves and folklore stories.
The legend says that these are the remains of two night trolls who were petrified as they were trying to pull three-masted ship out of the sea. The dawn caught them and had them turned into stone. Well ofcourse, we all know now that these are created by lava flows that cooled down. It created hexagonal forms due to the contraction of the lava as it slowly flows and cools down. In overall view they have formed more like of a staircase. Climbing on these rock formations is easier than it looks as long as you watch your step on each of the blocks. When you reach the top, which is where you can view on different directions the places that are also rewarding to continue your expedition with.
WATERFALLS
Seljalandsfoss
Skógafoss
A waterfall you can walk behind
Eyjafjallajökull
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty movie brought me to Iceland. I fall in love with Iceland since then and was so curious about its landscapes and the volcanoes. One of the volcanoes called Eyjafjallajökull. I was getting interested by this volcanoe because of its name and how to pronounce it. Eyjafjallajökull last eruption was in 2010.
The eruption is thought to have begun on 20 March 2010. This first eruption, did not occur under the glacier. On 14 April 2010 Eyjafjallajökull resumed erupting after a brief pause, this time from the top crater in the centre of the glacier, causing meltwater floods to rush down the nearby rivers, and requiring 800 people to be evacuated.
This second eruption threw volcanic ash several kilometres up in the atmosphere, which led to air travel disruption in northwest Europe for six days including the closure of airspace over many parts of Europe.
The eruptions also created electrical storms.
As of August 2010, Eyjafjallajökull was considered dormant.
So i dare myself to climb it, and wasnt regret it. Because i found a warm pool on top of the mountain!! Its called Seljavallalug :)
From the car park you walk for 15-20 minutes towards the bottom of the valley.
Just walk and climb the rocks, you might need to slide down the valley and in the end you will see the pool peaking behind a corner.
You can’t see it until you get to it so if you think you’re going the wrong way you probably aren’t.
You will have to jump over a little stream and the way is a bit uneven.
Its a free pool, so threat it with care!
Seljavallalaug
GOLDEN CIRCLE
Urriðafoss
I found this waterfall accidentally and was really surprised by its beauty.
This place is really great if you want to enjoy a moment with mother nature.
These waterfalls may not be the biggest, nor the loudest, or what so ever, but they are lovely and definitely a great place.
Gullfoss is called the "Golden Falls", since on a sunny day the water plunging down the three step staircase and then tumbeling in two steps down into the 32 m deep crevice truly looks golden.
It has an heroic story behind, it makes you wonder how great Icelandic people are :)
Go and find the story ;)
Gullfoss
Strokkur geysir
little geysir
This Great Geysir has been regularly erupting, its height up to as much as 70 metres.
A warning to visit this Geysir site : dont touch the water around this area, they are so hot you could burn your fingers!
