Day 8: Southeast Iceland

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We had a grocery breakfast of bananas, toast, nutella, & Skyr, and headed off to our first stop, Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon. The most foolproof way to pronounce the name of this canyon is to press your tongue against your soft palate, then pretend your mouth is full of marshmallows and start just saying random syllables with lots of f’s and r’s.

Headed towards the small town of Vik, going east on the Ring Road.
Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon
Waterfall at Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon – to the best of my knowledge, this is called Fagrifoss.
  • Panorama of the landscape on the road from Fjaðrárgljúfur to Skaftafell National Park
Hundafoss waterfall at Skaftafell National Park. We took an hour and 30 minute loop hike to Svartifoss waterfall and back.
Svartifoss. Known for the black lava columns surrounding it. Inspired the architecture of Hallgrimskirja Church in Reykjavik.
Fjallsarlon Glacier Lagoon. The “little brother” to the more popular Jokursarlon Glacier Lagoon.
Diamond Beach, where ice chunks from the Glacier Lagoon drift in after being carried out to sea.
Saw lots of seals on our trip. They like to hang out at Glacier Lagoon.

Jokursarlon was a spectacular place! It was already getting late and we needed to grab some dinner and drive all the way back to Reykjavik. We ended up getting a burger and salad at Kaffi Krus in Selfoss and then made it to our residence for the night around 9:30.

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