On the flybus to catch our puddle jumper to the Westfjords
our plane, just above the clouds
landed in Isafjordur
the fjords and harbor!
beautiful reflections
the town of Isafjordur
post office
blue hydrants
the "marina" where we caught our boat to hesteyri.
jas and kmj
bright eyed and bushy tailed...ready boat through the fjords to hesteyri!
not so bright eyed...
or bushy tailed....
JET LAG!!
fjords to hesteyri
Hesteyri
the boat from the boat to hesteyri
Hesteyri, the abandoned village
JaSON enjoying the view
Grave site at Hesteyri
The accordian player played while we snacked on...
pancakes!
random green door
Tinna at the tourist office! She was VERY helpful!
a fishing community, back in Isafjordur
whalebone
We waited for the heavy fog to lift to kayak that afternoon
so foggy but mysteriously beautiful
kids!
We stayed at the Gamla House - it was quite cute.
Resting before the big kayak adventure!
KMJ's senior photo pose!
kayaking!! I got put in the kids one...wtf?
jas
kmj
our guide and kmj
the fog still hasn't totally lifted but the sun is trying to come out!
wait for it.....
Blue sky!
kayaking in the harbor!
more blue sky!
beautiful, crisp waters made for awesome scenery and reflections!
self portrait!
clouds in the water
a shipping boat i think...??
on the plane back to reykjavik
jas is still tired
reykjavik
my hot room in our hot apartment
the motorcycle gang square in downtown reykjavik, Ingolfstorg Square
down Hafnarstraeti Street
the very immaculate City Hall
lake at city hall
the famous hot dog stand, Baejarins Beztu
sunset
walking up the "stairs"
ambrose saw a whale in my hot cocoa!
view of reykjavik from the Perlan
The Wong family, Frank, Tammy and Ambrose
KMJ, Jas and me
KMJ and me
da plane, da plane
dancing with the statues!
on the bus from the perlin
crazy whalebone? statue on the waterfront
up Skolavodustigur street to the famous church, Hallgrimskirkja.
Entering the blue lagoon!
Tammy, Ambrose, Jason and Kendra
a little mud on the nose
or all over the face!
pretty toes in the blue lagoon
too much mud!
home alone face!
brick house rulz!
security? ok.
the swim up bar!
cheers!
playing with the empty's
he's going to live forever now.
power bracelets
mud fight!
a plane
RAWR!
full body mud
tough guys
so much mud going on
ambrose and frank
sunset on our way home from the blue lagoon
on the road to start our 17 hour road trip!
the town of Hella; cool.
scenery
tons of waterfalls on our drive
Seljalandsfoss - foss means waterfall
you can walk behind it! that's kmj in blue
there's ambrose!
from behind
me and ambrose
by ambrose!
rainbow from Skogafoss
at the top of Skogafoss
the view of the valley from the top of skogafoss
rainbow!
so big!
no pot of gold :(
on the road again
it looked like the Big Island, full of lava rock.
Reynisfjara, the black sand beach near Vik
Dyrholaey Arch
Sea stacks of Reynisdrangur, the skinny one is called Skessudrangur
Halsanefshellir - cavern basalt formations
looks like giant church organs!
crashing waves
on the rocks
rolling green hills....
to miles of moss covered lava rocks
more waterfalls
puddle drive by
glaciers!
sheep in the road!
we made it to jokularson!
beautiful glacial lagoon
jas at jok
our amphibious boat
ice!
me and jas
on the boat, suited up!
ambrose, tammy, frank, jason
glacial lagoon (jason's pic)
me and kmj (jason's pic)
self portrait
holding 1500 year old ice! (jason's pic)
our tour guide
brrrrrrr (kmj's pic)
the oldest thing i'll ever eat. 1500 year old ice!! it was cold.
me and our driver
our whole gang at jokularson (kmj's pic)
a loose seal!
the ocean
ice pieces floating out to sea
ambrose, me, jas, kmj
flat land
Svinafellsjokull Glacier
me and kmj (ambrose's pic)
ambrose
Putrid SHARK!!!
shark bite - so disgusting
little farm house and ponies (kmj's pic)
rock formations
Thingvellir national park
rift valley
Parliament house
Geysirs
THE Geysir in which all geysirs are named.
Jason went past the ropes...HUGE! (his pic)
there he is
Strokkur, errupts every few minutes. All the people gather around to watch
gettin' bubbly
Explosion!
field of geysirs
Jason is a Cool American. His chips say so
The most famous of Iceland's waterfalls, Gullfoss.
massive and impressive
kmj, jason, me
gulfoss
kmj and me
being weird
whoa, jas, your hair!
jason
our fantastic minivan! she was a trooper!
Olvisholt Brugghus
all their beer flavors
Cheers! Despite showing up unannounced, the brew master was very kind and showed us around and gave us tastes!
ambrose likes
as always, jas is double fisted!
the brewery
bottling
bottles
shipping
our free bike tour of reykjavik!
frank gets his helmet on
jas is ready
pic from behind
Reykjavik's Catholic cathedral, Landakotskirkja
inside
stained glass
Ingolfstorg Square, monument to the first settlers. Reykjavik means smoky bay.
the famous hot dog stand
our bike group at University of Iceland steps
Biking along Aegisida, Reykjavik's south facing beach
Frank, KMJ, me, Jason
Aegisida reminded us of West Seattle (Kendra's pic)
Bjork's house
The hot dog stand!
this is the lady that is famous for serving Bill Clinton!
we enjoy our three meat (beef, pork, lamb) hot dog
fancy price tags
cool american doritos are better than cool ranch
the famous Hallgrimskirkja church. Organ
massive
scaffolding ruined our view of the famous church :(
view down to the harbor
crazy wall art
it sparkled!
city scape
RUNTUR!
already broken glass and we haven't made it to the first bar yet!
Bar 1 had a library
1
Cheers!
Air leg guitar, still bar 1....
Bar 2
we liked dancing here
2
3
we had fun dancing here too
Bar 4 was the Rock dance bar
square smiles
4
cheeeeeeeese
um........???
Billy idol?
air leg guitar?
woohoo
i think he's toothpicking the statue....
broken glass - not ours....yet....
nice car so the boys said
raise the roof, jas!
these two wanted me to take their picture....so i did....
Then i wanted my picture with them. i don't know why.
dancing on the boxes!!!
ambrose has got soul
ambrose is on the box now!
bar 5!
5
bar 6 had fun disco balls
but we didn't stay here long
6!
6
7
yeah!
we had fun :)
um...i like to dance on stages....
8
this girl wanted to talk to me...i have no idea what she said, but....
we ended up dancing together.
i started that party!! i think jason didn't want it to end!
Next! the bar with the disco ball outside - YES!
and a motorcycle inside
9
happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!
or happy RUNTUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the bar
WAFFLES!!!
dude that watched the Bachelor that we met in line. I think he gave me money too so I could afford a waffle....
yummm
this kid found us on the street and followed us. we were pretend fighting and i have no idea why.
i remember wanting to fake punch him though and he played along.
maybe he was trying to steal our waffles :)
we became friends
10!!!
11!
12!!!!
time to break some glass!
Ready....
Throw!
Our fun night of Runtur. The sun was coming up so it was time to go home. that's our door to our apt.
Hangover relief and trip to the Blue Lagoon before our flight home.
one last mud
the DJ - ambrose kept saying how cool it would be if tehre was a DJ...
me, jas, kmj
getting pummelled one last time
kmj is happy
