Highlands, northeast, southeast and south coast
We decided that two weeks from the second July to 16 July 2005, to explore with a rented camper Dodge RAM 1500, the island of fire and ice. The 4 × 4 is the only campers at budget, which you can drive through the highlands. That we glowed in the course of a journey, because it coarse gravel, lava fields and river crossings (rivers, which run through the streets) are posted on the band. But that makes the whole course, even more adventurous. Iceland has, although it is far to the north near the Arctic Circle, relatively mild temperatures in the summer. However, the summer is about 3 months with very short growing season. Also, it is never dark at this time. The sun went below the horizon around midnight and arrived a little later reappear.
Iceland is located exactly at the zone where the Eurasian North American plate drifts away from the ocean. As a result, it always comes back to the island to volcanic eruptions and tremors. There are about 30 active volcanoes that can erupt again at any time. About a third of the world's last 500 years the lava originated in Iceland. Therefore, there is also the island almost entirely of rocks such as basalt, tuff and lava. The island has about 290,000 inhabitants, more than half of them fall on the Greater Reykjavik. As so often in the north, it is also expressed in Iceland for Swiss relations expensive. Cooking with yourself saves you a lot if you do not buy at a gas station. Even the gasoline accounts for over SFr. 2 - (and a 3.7 liter engine of 20 liters per 100 km consumed) a large hole in the wallet.
Iceland is also the land of trolls, elves and other spirits of nature. Anyway, it is the only country I know that the state recognized this phenomena. So will not just planned a new road through a green hill before is not clear, whether it elves live. If yes, is built around it, or encouraged the elves to find another dwelling. However, this can take years. In Reykjavik there is even an elf school, where you can learn all that.
And now to our Itinerary:
We landed at Keflavik airport and have moved directly to our campers. Then ran the route as shown on the plan. Keflavik - Reykjavik - Þingvellir - Strokkur - Gullfoss - Asolfsstadir - Sprengisandurroute - Laugafell - Laugar - Myvatn - Krafla - Husavik - Raufarhöfn - Herdubreid - Askja - Kverkjökull - Vopnafjörður - Egilsstadir - Eyjölfsstadir - Djupivogur - Höfn - Jökulsarlon - Skeiðarársandur - Lakagigar (Lakispalte) - Landmannalaugar - Selfoss - Grindavik (Blue Lagoon) - Reykjavik - Keflavik.
