Saturday, 27 August 2011
Having arrived on a perfectly clear afternoon, our plane took a few swoops giving us a good aerial view of south west Iceland and the Westmann Islands which we would be exploring later.
The landscape was very unique. Much of it looked like the surface of the moon, with the exception of a carpet of moss. We were told by a guide later on that the vikings cut down all the trees a number of centuries ago, and trees in Iceland evidently remain scarce.
Our hotel room had views of a mountian range which were not the best on the days that followed due to fog and some rain.
The restaurant attached to our hotel was the first shock to the wallet. We did not realise that prices of most things in Iceland were so expensive. We paid $17 for a soup of the day, and in the coming days we realised this price range was not unique to this restaurant.
Too jetlagged to do much else (as we had done the three stop flight in one go), we got an early night to prepare for the two day tours ahead.
Having arrived on a perfectly clear afternoon, our plane took a few swoops giving us a good aerial view of south west Iceland and the Westmann Islands which we would be exploring later.
The landscape was very unique. Much of it looked like the surface of the moon, with the exception of a carpet of moss. We were told by a guide later on that the vikings cut down all the trees a number of centuries ago, and trees in Iceland evidently remain scarce.
Our hotel room had views of a mountian range which were not the best on the days that followed due to fog and some rain.
The restaurant attached to our hotel was the first shock to the wallet. We did not realise that prices of most things in Iceland were so expensive. We paid $17 for a soup of the day, and in the coming days we realised this price range was not unique to this restaurant.
Too jetlagged to do much else (as we had done the three stop flight in one go), we got an early night to prepare for the two day tours ahead.
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