More wet adventures in Iceland

Sight-seeing around Iceland continued for another day, this time with visits to the Skaftafell National Park and then to JÃ¶kulsÃ¡rlÃ³n.

We arrived at Skaftafell to rain and fog and ‘enjoyed’ a very damp meal of sweet and sour noodles with about 50 other people under a very crowded shelter. The next morning we awoke to a brief lull in the persistent rain, so we headed up the hill to get views over the nearby glacier. From here we made our way to Svartifoss, a spectacular waterfall flowing over a wall of fantastic basalt columns.

After our walk, we decided to go in search of sunbeams. Apparently the weather was better to the east, so we drove to JÃ¶kulsÃ¡rlÃ³n. Here, a huge glacier descends from the Vatnajokull ice cap into a lake, which is right on the coast. It is a fantastic spectacle and even the sun came out! In addition to visiting the main tourist-trap, we also visited FjallsÃ¡rlÃ³n, 5 minutes to the west, which was perhaps even more spectacular and less frequented by tourists.

After absorbing enough sunbeams, we headed back west to Vik and spent the evening eating delicious food from the cafe next to the tourist information, and watching literally hundreds of puffins flying around the cliffs.