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Our 19 passenger van pulling luggage
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Bales of hay, covered with white plastic,
dot the countryside
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Fields of white cotton grass
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Sheep grazing in grass
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Glacial rivers run through the landscape
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Fields of Lupine
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Active Geothermal Area
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Hot water from springs is piped to towns.
95% of houses in Iceland are heated by geothermal energy.
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Carsons pose by hot springs
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Road through countryside
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Hraunfossar Waterfalls
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Water from the glacier fields seeps out
of old lava and flows into the glacier river below.To see
a short video of the falls, click
here.
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View of waterfalls from trail
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Water rushing through lava forms arches
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Wildflowers around waterfalls
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Old church at historic Settlement Site
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Interior of old church. It is still used
today and is typical of the over 200 Lutheran country churches
found all over Iceland.
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New church built in 1950's at settlement
site.
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12th century spa from nearby hot springs.
Door opens to tunnel that leads from basement of home of Snorri
Sturluson, Iceland's most revered saga writers.
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Statue of Snorri Sturluson.
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Elf village on hillside. Many Icelanders
still believe in their existance.
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Helgafel Mountain. Considered to be a sacred
hill. If you climb to the top without speaking, without looking
back and face east when you get to the top, you will be granted
3 wishes.
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At the top of Helgafel Mountain
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View from top
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Robin walking back down
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Church at base of Helgafel Mountain was
built in 1903.
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Church in Stykkisholmur
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We climbed up a hill by the harbor
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Our group by the lighthouse at the top of
the hill
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Carsons along the harbor at Stykkisholmur
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Wildflowers were in full bloom along our hikes
Field of Buttercups
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Moss Campion
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Water Avens
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Nooka Lupine
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Wild Pansy
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Thrift and Moss Campion
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Cotton Grass
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Nooka Lupine
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