Hella to Vik

The road out of Hella

Day 2, the weather is still being very kind.. We departed Hella at a rather leisurely 11:30am, immediately we noticed that the traffic was lighter and the landscape more interesting. All of the section that we cycled on today is a plain between the Ocean and the Interior, excellent for cycling and increasingly excellent to look at. In fact the first real issue of the trip is that we simply cannot stop to take in everything that we should. We must re-set what we are impressed by, the alternative is that we will be caught pootling around the South Eastern end of Iceland in late September.

Hi-Lights from today were the waterfall at Seljalandsfoss, our first waterfall. Just around the corner we could just about see Eyjafjallajökull, the volcano that grounded European aviation for several days in May 2010 and also destroyed over 300 homes closer to home. Another waterfall at Skógafoss and the snout (?? Dr CP Green will no doubt correct me here) of a glacier.

Some non scenery related observations from today are that Icelanders not only love enormous 4x4s but also Cadillacs, for a country with a population of 320 000 they are heavily over represented. There is also a tendency for people to hand paint their small vans, Kim Il Jung being my favourite to date. Apologies but I didn't manage to capture either the Cadillacs or the painted vans.

Seljalandsfoss 

Cousin selfy at Seljalandsfoss

Obscured view of Eyjafjallajökull

Skógafoss

The snout (?) of a glacier after Skógafoss)

Today's journey ended in Vik, about 96km from Hella and on the Southern most part of the island. The last 10km sprung a delightful 12% climb that both Humphrey and myself enjoyed, the down hill and the Viking ale aided our recovery.