Ten days exploring Iceland

Starting with a visit to the President of Iceland this trip offered spectacular weather and remarkable experiences in many corners of the country. It is perhaps the most beautiful place I have been.

Started from JFK, nice and safe First stop, of course, the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa Reykjavik I assume they will fix this Invitation to meet the President of Iceland The President's home: Bessastaðir Official presentation to the President Near Thingvellir Strokkur, the famous geyser Gullfoss Looks better without me Reykjavik night life, just warming up on a Thursday Geothermal energy venting from boreholes at Hellisheiði We left Reykjavik and headed along the south coast Walking behind the falls at Seljalandsfoss Falls everywhere: this is Skógafoss, 60m high The shore at Reynishverfi Moss-covered lava field from the eruption of the volcano Laki, 1783 With Vatnajökull glacier in the background The church at Hof Psalm books in the Hofskirkja A finger of Vatnajökull near Skaftafell Up onto the glacier We hiked to Svartifoss, "the black falls" Svartifoss rock formations The glacial lagoon at Jökulsárlón A hydrogen-powered BMW, during a commercial photo shoot The fishing boat harbor at Höfn in Hornafjörður Jón, our driver in the Lónsöræfi desert, with his Superjeep We drove about 25km inland, mostly off-road. View here of Mt. Snæfells A sheep that strayed too far in winter; we found it the following summer We chartered a flight to Akureyri in the north... ...and crossed Vatnajökull without a cloud to obscure our view The fertile agricultural river valley south of Akureyri Akureyri scenes... The town from across the fjord Lava cave at Dimmuborga After an evening ride on Lusifer (lus means lice in Icelandic) Boiling sulfur mud at Námafjall geothermal area At Leirhnjúkur near the Krafla caldera I soaked in the "new" lagoon, natural geothermal spa near Mývatn Mývatn means "midge lake." Here are the midges Back in Reykjavik, a private presentation and tour at deCODE Genetics At Perlan, on the observation deck With Hallgrímskirkja and Faxaflói in the background On to Greenland...