Iceland

I had been planning to travel to Iceland for a long time, but my previous attempts failed because I could no longer book a hotel at every point on my itinerary. So this time around I booked well in advance, but even so I couldn't stay in every hotel of my choice. Unfortunately, as on many recent trips I had a lot of rain. Indeed, locals told me that the summer of 2018 was one of the wettest in recent history. Even so, I had a great time and I'm already planning a second trip (Update: The COVID-19 also derailed my plans. I would have loved to travel to Iceland to capture the volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula). The photos here are uncategorized and were taken across Iceland.

The famous wreck of a US Navy DC on the black beach at Sólheimasandur. Beware: it's an uneventful two hour walk from the parking lot.

Gjáin is a breathtakingly beautiful oasis in the Þjórsárdalur valley. I was told that it was a location for an episode of Game of Thrones.

I hiked the entire rim of the Hverfjall crater. It was extremely windy and I had great difficulty keeping on my feet.

More Iceland! Jokulsarlon, Leirhnjúkur, Reynisfjara, Hljóðaklettar, the Námafjall geothermal area, the Seltún-Krýsuvík geothermal area and the Falljökull glacier.