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Jul 15

Landmannalaugar

Landmannalaugar Campsite

Landmannalaugar Campsite

Trailhead

Trailhead

There was a lot of rain at night, so far our tent is holding up nicely, so we slept until after nine. Got us a map of local hikes (shittiest map ever btw, looks like it was hand-painted by a local schoolchild, with no regard for topography or scale), and decided to walk up to Ljótipollur – a small lake in a red volcanic crater. The walk was really nice, we spiced it up by walking over a couple of ridges. When we got back, we made some hot chocolate and got us a little book for the Laugavegur trek ahead of us for the next few days.

Frostastadavatn - lake

Frostastadavatn – lake

Hills of Landmannalaugar

Hills of Landmannalaugar

Landmannalaugar

Landmannalaugar

Iest along the ridge

Iest along the ridge

Gina in the Hills

Gina in the Hills

"Which way Gins?"

“Which way Gins?”

Frostastadavatn

Frostastadavatn

I went to the local hot springs afterwards, which Iest didn’t feel like as it was a bit cold (I would say that would be the reason to actually got to hot springs, but what do I know). We both took a nice hot shower and had a dinner and just headed to bed as indeed it was a bit chilly.

Ljótipollur

Ljótipollur

Hot springs of Landmannalaugar

Hot springs of Landmannalaugar

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12
Jul 15

Skaftafell – Landmannalaugar

We woke up into a bit of rain and low cloud, and decided to head over to Landmannalaugar today. That meant we had some time for a lazy morning as the bus was not leaving until half 11. By that time the weather cleared up quite nicely, so we dried the tent and soaked up some sun. Our bus driver turned out the same chatty guy from Höfn, which was nice. The route to Landmannalaugar from the east we originally wanted to take was still closed, the summer this year is really late, so we had to go all the way to Hella (with a couple of waterfall stops on the way, who even cares by now; for the second one we didn’t even bother to get out of the bus anymore; and also a stop in rainy Vík’s black sand beach), and switch to an off-road bus to Landmannalaugar from there. Off-road bus it really was, and the road was pretty rough for the last about 60 kms, including a few river crossings. We arrived in Landmannalaugar at about half eight in a slight drizzle. After pitching the tent and making a nice couscous dinner we went to have a look at the local hot springs where a few people were bathing (we’ll do that tomorrow), and then straight to bed.

Vik under heavy rain

Vik under heavy rain