4 days after leaving Reykjavik, we finally set foot in Greenland, albeit in an abandoned Cryolite mining outpost nestled in one of the many fiords around the south-west coast of Greenland. A collection of derelict buildings and mining equipment scattered around a deep hole in the ground that was the open cut mine and is now filled with water. The only human habitation in the discernible area was a Danish military base staffed by 6 personnel. The voyage across ...

Well, any thought of leaving Myvatn as planned were eventually dashed when we looked out of our hotel window and then checked the road and weather conditions for the rest of the day. The forecast was for a deep artic low pressure system moving towards Myvatn with increased snow and wind. Most of the roads east of Myvatn were already closed and the one to the west that we were taking was subject to falling snow, patches of ice, sub zero temps and 70km/hr+ winds, ...

Today we awoke to blue sky, sunshine and wind, not gusts, just constant gale force wind. When Douglas Mawson described Antarctica as the windiest place on earth, he clearly hadn’t been to Iceland!! Driving up the east coast we finally made it to Puffin Country and neither wind nor rain, or the gravel road over the 500m mountain pass we had to traverse in order to see them could deter Jean and her iPhone, as you not doubt may have already seen. The next day, l...

Following in the footsteps of those who came in Viking ships, we have now launched into our Icelandic Saga. Our ship for the next two weeks is a 4WD Kia Sportage, and although it uses way more fuel than the Dacia we had in Ireland, (4.?/100kms) it is quieter, bigger and has all the assisted driving features I could hope for, except the occasional assistance I get from the passenger seat. I have come to the conclusion that it is impossible to capture in a photo, ...

Well here we are, just a short 2 hour flight from Dublin to LAND 3 of our 4 LAND adventure, Iceland. Arriving mid afternoon under cloudy skies and a light misty rain, what better time to catch up on our washing than with a trip to the laundromat. Not only did we do our washing, but we also spent an hour or so meeting other laundromatees and swapping stories with them about our travels. The stoicism of Australians prepared to travel “ all that way and for so ...