2015-09-08 Day 06 Selfoss

We start the day with a self-made breakfast in the hostel kitchen full of noisy Americans and Germans ... Mark is not pleased ...

We have a little shopping to do so we don't get out of town until about 10am.

The first part of todays run is traight East with not a lot to look at except slapping windscreen wipers.

Towards mid-day there is an easing of the rain in our general area as a storm front moves through a little further away. We are hoping for some "god light" on a fairly large rock, about the size of Uluru, some way in the distance but unfortunately it doesn't happen. Never the less the little break is nice.

In driving up to get a better view of the rock we discover a small church very typical if the Icelandic style. It seems there was one plan drawn when Iceland adopted Christianity and nearly all churches have been made to that plan ever since.

Our next stop is at one of the more famous waterfalls ... Seljalandsfoss

I need a shot from the carpark just to give some indication of scale.

You can climb right up to the waterfall and walk behind it as it overhangs quite some way. Unfortunately the spray and rain driven by the wind makes it very hard to keep the camera and lens dry so I am reluctant to stay too long.

We have a very expensive roll for lunch with a cup of coffee at about $20 each! To make it worse the roll is not quite up to Australian standards ... food is a bit of a problem in Iceland both in terms of quality and price. Even when you pay a lot you don't get much. Last night in Selfoss Mark decided to order the "Surf and Turf" at $69 as it was steak and lobster ... the waiter then asked if he wanted the lobster as well ??? Apparently it was another $25 if you want the surf part of the "surf & turf"!!!

As we leave Seljalandsfoss we look we look over toward the hills and can see that with the wind we have some of the waterfalls aren't even making it to the ground.

Our next stop is, wait for it, another waterfall ....

This one is called Skogafoss and is equally famous. It's a little larger than Seljalandsfoss but is much easier to approach, the ground is level and the carpark not far away. It is in a narrow gorge and the spray gets blown directly out at you as you approach. I take a shot from the carpark but am not prepared to take my camera into those conditions. Mark decides he will but unfortunately ends up with condensation in his brand new expensive camera. It's going to have to be dried out.

Now all that's left is to find accommodation for the night . Apparently we picked the "wrong time" ... it's strange but I don't remember ever having picked a "right time".

Eventually we find a somewhat expensive guest house in Vik about 30 minutes away fortunately in the direction we are travelling. And for once it turns out to be very nice. There are two restaurants in town and, you guessed it ... overpriced mediocre food ... and that's the better of both our comments.