Bus ride to Reykjavik

8:30am bus to Reykjavik was running late. Once it arrived, I sat and watched a double-exposure of my goofy face in the window, as infinite distance rolled by outside...

After nameless miles I hang suspended on a knife-edge doze, until we hit the outskirts of Reykjavik. Then we passed a geothermal power plant, the smell of sulphur is the type of eggy tang that your family pretends not to notice when you're in a car with them :)

We checked into the Youth Hostel, removed our beards (I also defuzzed my bonce!) and we headed out into town...

Kringlan, BSI, Sun Voyage and the Gay Pride Parade all worked up a hunger. A delicious meal at Caruso's led to Icelandic vodkas and Brennivín...

Good night!

Oh and Happy Birthday Dr Shorty :)

Grái Kötturin

We headed into the intimate City of Reykjavik at 10am and the place was like a ghost town! Where is everybody?

Matt and I started another day of bimbling with breakfast at Grái Kötturin - fantastic! After a few last minute purchases, we headed back to the campsite to await the arrival of the third musketeer...

Alistair promptly arrived and we headed back into Reykjavik for a final proper meal.

Once we were back at the campsite, last minute preparations were completed. Shortly after the rain arrived, as if to encourage us to bed. Requiring no further encouragement, off we went... :)

Gone fishing...

With the early morning sunlight beaming into the tent, there was little chance of a lie in! So we headed into town for a spot of breakfast.

Next... We booked our bus journeys to and from the trek. After bimbling around Reykjavik, we headed to the old harbour for a local delicacy... The legendary Icelandic hotdog! Once these were devoured, we took a whale watching tour. The whales "weren't being very active today", but the sea fishing was a good laugh.

We finished the day with a really tasty curry.

Oh and look what happens when you play with fish :)

Anyone for Curry!?

Late start today due to the 'brew'. We did eventually manage to drag our butts to the fleamarket down by the harbour - what a wierd, wonderful and slightly tacky place :)

En-route back to the campsite we found this bizarre viking ship.

After cleaning up and packing, we went for a meal at the World's most northern Indian restaurant. It was very nice, but not very spicy.

Bed early tonight, as we have an early start tomorrow!

Unlucky for some...

Another day to waste, so first we headed to the zoo! Next on our agenda was more bimbling around town. We managed to locate Hallgrimskirkja (the church whose design is based on Svartifoss).

In the evening Alistair and I went on the most expensive bar crawl of our lives... The pubs allow you to buy beer with your credit card - not a good thing. I'm dreading getting my statement :(

On a more positive note, I managed to acquire three Icelandic pint glasses :) Well, the beer was that expensive - I figured the glass came for free!?

Another lazy day...

The heat in the tent was unbearable this morning, so we were up early and headed into town.

We filled the day with bimbling round town, taking in a photographic exhibition about Iceland (with a scale model of the Vatnajökull Icecap) and eating more hotdogs :)

Happy Birthday Mum!