If We have been to Iceland, we must of course also see the volcano. We do not have enough time to return. So we want to ride the bus to Skogar, which is also a starting point for the most famous hiking trail in Iceland - the Laugavegur. The path out between the two glaciers and Eyjafjallajökull Myrdalsjökull along and somewhere there must be yes, the volcano erupted. In the tourist office we ask about the accessibility of the road in this part. If the road is ever released. The nice lady tells us that the path is released and which one should bear in wind respirators, because it is very dusty there. She also explained that the old ways no longer fully accessible, is because it is buried by lava. We get a map on which the new way the lava flows and broken chasms are located.
We drive by bus from Selfoss to Skogar, we still look to the Skogarfoss and make us finally on the way up. 1000hm we have to put behind us. Today we need to do is come up first and then tomorrow we will get to watch the descent of the lava and the outbreak sites. Directly into the col between the two gel is a Shem farmed hut. Managed to say in this case, there is someone there who collects the Ünernachtungsgeld and organizes the assignment. We have not reserved, there will be a way to stay even.
So we go along the river slowly but steadily uphill. The many waterfalls look very nice, but the scenery has a gray coat. It is all very dusty and the vegetation is partially covered with thick ash.
The higher we get, the thicker the ash layer. It clouds move past us, we do not know if there are clouds, fog or clouds of ash. The landscape is gray and inzwschen only at each step, it is thrown around.
Finally we reach the area where at the time of the outbreak was a lot of snow. The ash fell on it and made it very difficult to melt the snow in the spring. This strange funnels have formed, which extend almost regularly distributed over the entire landscape. The fog makes the whole area is very scary.
We reach the hut in which of course no sleep there is space for us. We build on the tent. The herrings are difficult to put into the snow. We camp on a layer of old snow with thick ash covering verharrschtem.
A body in the ashes were shoveled and serves as a water source. We melt the snow on the stove to cook food.
night it stormed heavily and George goes out often to the Lord Inge with stones and tightened to secure the guy lines.
will also have to contend against morning rain that accompanied us then for a while on the road to the valley. Then we arrive at the outbreak sites. You can see the streams of lava and strangely shaped rocks. Very red stones lie across the Way. Judges sometimes it still smoky and sulfur. In some places it is still smoking. George climbs up to a point that is still so hot that the air above it still flickers.
Slowly we get further down and eventually it will be green again. But the valley is gray gray gray. On the otherwise beautiful white glacier is a thick gray layer. A gust of wind can fly ash through the valley.
We are glad when we reach the campsite and make first a rough cleaning of tents and equipment. Everywhere small black stones like sand paper effect.
The next day we go out with a highland from the valley. The bus has to make on the way out of the valley some spectacular river crossings behind. Since is a real-bissel different, but also fun.
After a pit stop in Selfoss, we arrive at 31.07. Reykjavík, our starting point. We explore the city and the most famous sights.
The famous Blue Lagoon we must not omit, of course. The next day we leave here we go all day well. The hot springs here are touristy and best use of the blue water look real on the white sulfite deposits in the black lava rock from beautiful.
The following day the bus leaves the airport and before we know it, we are back in the S-Bahn in Berlin.
Beautiful, Exciting, Exciting, Exhausting, impressive, calm, stormy, sunny, untouched, mysteriously .... this reminds me of everything on this holiday.
