The charts from autumn and winter considered Iceland to be by far the safest travel destination.
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At first I cram everything into my smaller backpack but it seems that tripod, rubber boots and thick pants don't get along there very well. And crampons.
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It still rains in the morning. And it's pretty dark too.
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Before ten most places are still closed and streets are quiet. Only jeeps with huge tires and tour buses drive around collecting tourists from hotels for various excursions.
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I pack up. It's raining outside.
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In the morning we have to dress weather-tight.
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In the dim morning light the wind tries to blow the house away. The sky in unevenly grey, with a lonely blue patch.
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It's raining cats and dogs. And trolls.
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Early wake-up without breakfast to go to the beach and photograph pieces of ice at sunrise.
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Wake-up earlier than yesterday to catch an even better sunrise. The cloud situation looks promising but most of the ice has left the beach.
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In the morning we attack the ice on the beach once more with a smaller group. An additional delivery of it was supposed to have arrived there last night.
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We get to sleep longer today and that means until quarter past seven.
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After breakfast we meet our super vehicles. Two jeeps and one bus kind of thing.
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Sunrise is presented over the smoking fields of Hverir.
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There was a sun eclipse in the morning. Luckily the sky over Iceland was in thick clouds otherwise I would of been very sorry to have missed it.
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It rains some kind of ooze in the morning. The webcameras that allow you to see the road condition show just white screen in one place.
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It rains as predicted.
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Sun. A lot of sun. Waterdrops on the car have frozen into ice bumps.
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In the evening there still were northern lights in the other direction.
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When I peek out in the morning then the first thing I see is a Chinese guy taking a picture of clear blue skies and a row of snow-clad mountains. Not the best day for driving a car.
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The main attractions of Reykjanes peninsula are Blue Lagoon and Keflavík international airport. It is very time-consuming to avoid the airport, lagoon can be managed more easily.
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Gas station next to the airport is busy. More and more tourists travel around in rental cars and they have to fill the tank before returning the car.
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