Our 3rd day in Iceland, we enjoyed breakfast at our hotel and then walked out to explore beautiful Skogafoss.
^ The view from the cafe in the hotel. We could see part of the waterfall as we were eating.
Then we walked outside to explore the waterfall. It still shocks me that these magnificent sites had so few tourists. We were the only people at the waterfall for the first part of the morning.
There are stairs that you can climb to the top of the waterfall. The view was incredible!
Skogafoss definitely makes the list for one of the best waterfalls in Iceland. It's so powerful and the pictures don't do it any justice.
^ This photographer had his camera set up on a tripod and then walked a few feet away right when a big wind gust came. His camera went falling down on the rocks and my photographer heart wanted to cry for him. I'm not sure how his lens was but I don't see how it could have gone undamaged. Yikes.
^The view from our room window.
After exploring around we went back to our room to pack up our stuff and check out. Then we hit the road again to head to Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach. This beach is famous for the beautiful basalt columns. We had some fun climbing along them.
And of course Kenneth had to one up me and climb up way higher haha.
^ When I was researching about this beach, I read tons of warnings about how dangerous this beach is. Many people have died here because of the dangerous waves that crash on shore. It was extremely calm when we were here, but you never know about those "deadly sneaker waves". This warning sign made me laugh haha.
^Legend has it that these large columns in the ocean were once trolls trying to pull ships from the ocean. But when dawn arose, the trolls turned into solid stone.
^ Halsanefshellir Cave
After we explored around, we hit the road again to head to our next stop. We drove through these cool lava fields on the way so we pulled over. They're covered with moss and it goes on for miles. It's considered really disrespectful to step on the moss because it kills it. From what I remember, it takes years for the moss to grow back, so don't step on it. Apparently Justin Beiber got in some trouble for stepping on the moss while filming a music video.
Everything in Iceland was more brown because it was winter time. If you go in the summer, it'll be way more lush and green.
The wind was so strong when we were here! I thought the car door was going to fly off haha (but seriously).
We continued on to Fjadrargljufur (try pronouncing that lol) but I'll continue this day in another post because there are so many pictures!
xo, Lo
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