An old Volcano crater now a beautiful lake.
Yesterday I went for a tour around southern Iceland. It is called the Golden Circle Tour and a lot of people do it when you don’t have enough time to really see Iceland. I was glad I did it and it was really informative.
The first set of falls = Faxa I believe
Iceland is such a young country geographically speaking. Given that it is formed from the volcanoes which are still so active and is the meeting place of the North American and European Continental Plates, it is too young to have resources such as oil and iron. As such, it’s history tells that story. It also does not have an aboriginal population but was instead initially settled by the Vikings and Irish Monks about 1100 years ago. It also came to be a Christian society peacefully when the Vikings agreed to convert to Christianity from their pagan beliefs in order to ensure that the country could come together peacefully about 1,000 years ago.
The Golden Falls I believe is the name = they were the second set - just spectacular
Yes it is a little expensive but that comes from a real reason. Here you have a country of only 320,000 people that has to develop its own infrastructure and import those things such as oil and iron in order to be at the same level as other developed countries. However they have one thing that is to their advantage – the heat created from the volcanoes. As such their heat and electricity created through geothermal energy is basically dirt cheap. If is was not for that, the quality of life for Icelanders would be about 15% less.
The beautiful Iceland Horse
Touring this beautiful raw and simple land is breathtaking. The clean fresh water from the glaciers, the billows of steam constantly rising in the air from the thermal cracks, the beautiful Icelandic horse which is everywhere, the young mountain ranges, the waterfalls, it is all pretty breathtaking.
The site of the ancient parliament = the oldest one in the world
There is so much more to see here though that I was not able to given my limited time. So definitely I need to return. Now that I know what to expect, I can plan better.
The colourful unique Icelandic sheep - mmm - yummy lamb
So see you soon again Iceland.