{"id":466,"date":"2015-01-15T08:34:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T06:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyastigar.se\/?page_id=466"},"modified":"2015-11-19T09:08:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T08:08:09","slug":"iceland-roundtrip-june-2013","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nyastigar.se\/?page_id=466","title":{"rendered":"Iceland roundtrip June 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-52668068-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"start\">Island \u00f6n runt 2013<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"#d1\"> Dag 1 <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#d2\"> Dag 2 <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#d3\"> Dag 3 <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#d4\"> Dag 4 <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#d5\"> Dag 5 <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#d6\"> Dag 6 <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#d7\"> Dag 7 <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#d8\"> Dag 8 <\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"d1\">Dag 1<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Quiz<\/strong><br \/>\nInnan resan s\u00e5 publicerades ett litet Quiz p\u00e5 facebook f\u00f6r att gissa destinationen:<br \/>\nSome facts about the travel destination for quiz support:<br \/>\n\u2022 The destination had today almost same temperature as home. It can also be very hot! Sometimes also very \u201ccloudy\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 The time difference causes some disturbances<br \/>\n\u2022 The military base is closed down so hopefully the travel group will not be taken as potential terrorists, etc.<br \/>\n\u2022 The capital has approx. 120.000 inhabitants<br \/>\n\u2022 If you like to party, this is the place. But you will be outperformed by the locals who have very skilled drinking stamina<br \/>\n\u2022 We passed the famous pool area and will consider a visit when returning. Even if the destination country has suffered from financial crisis it still have \u201ctourist\u201d prices during peak season<br \/>\n\u2022 I think the football team will play 4-4-2<br \/>\n\u2022 Think some in the city we are approaching understands some Swedish but I guess they prefer to speak English<br \/>\n\u2022 The pictures will of course support to find the answer!<br \/>\n<strong>Resan<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00c4ntligen p\u00e5 v\u00e4g mot destinationen. Senaste veckan har varit n\u00e5got p\u00e5frestande. Allt \u201del\u00e4nde\u201d verkar ha hopat sig till just denna och k\u00e4nner en viss utmattning inf\u00f6r resan. Bilf\u00e4rden innebar inga problem mer \u00e4n att n\u00e5gra bilar k\u00f6rde of\u00f6rsk\u00e4mt n\u00e4ra framf\u00f6r reses\u00e4llskapets bil mellan Str\u00e4ngn\u00e4s och Enk\u00f6ping. Otroligt vilken tr\u00e5kig v\u00e4g!<br \/>\nParkeringen p\u00e5 Arlanda var mycket full och m\u00e5nga verkar vara \u201dutflugna\u201d fr\u00e5n Sverige<br \/>\nP\u00e5 Arlanda gick allt smidigt f\u00f6rutom familjen \u201dkr\u00e5ngel\u201d som beh\u00f6vde 20 minuter f\u00f6r att l\u00e4mna sina v\u00e4skor i \u201dbagage drop\u201d disken.<br \/>\nArlanda var ganska tomt och det verkade ocks\u00e5 som m\u00e5nga i personalen hade midsommarledigt. Usch vad det var grisigt i flygplatsrestaurangen.<br \/>\nDet verkade som m\u00e5nga anv\u00e4nder denna aktuella resa som ett tv\u00e5-stegs hopp till andra resm\u00e5l. Lyssnade till m\u00e5nga medpassagerares spr\u00e5k och bed\u00f6mde att de skall de vidare till land X.<br \/>\nSamma familjen \u201dkr\u00e5ngel\u201d lyckades ocks\u00e5 mycket effektivt stoppa upp ombordstigningen p\u00e5 planet.<br \/>\nPlanet bj\u00f6d p\u00e5 en extra tj\u00e4nst medan det stod vid gaten \u2013 Finsk torrbastu! I dessa tider av sparad flygfotogen s\u00e5 var motorerna stilla och d\u00e4rmed \u00e4ven luftkonditioneringen! Tur man rutinerat kl\u00e4dde sig enligt \u201dPlaya-style\u201d. \u00d6vriga i reses\u00e4llskapet var nog mera f\u00f6rberedda f\u00f6r en tur till magnetiska nordpolen?<br \/>\nBastun var det enda som var gratis p\u00e5 denna ekonomi klass transport. Leendet hos personalen satt l\u00e5ngt inne och man kanske var tvungen att k\u00f6pa n\u00e5got f\u00f6r att \u00e4ven erh\u00e5lla denna f\u00f6rm\u00e5n?<br \/>\nUtrymmet i planet \u00e4r v\u00e4l utnyttjat f\u00f6r att kl\u00e4mma in s\u00e5 m\u00e5nga passagerare som m\u00f6jligt. 3 + 3 stolar i raderna. Av n\u00e5gon anledning s\u00e5 skall passagerare i den ena raden alltid l\u00e4gga upp sitt skrymmande bagage p\u00e5 samma hylla ovan som undertecknad sitter. Sitter man i stolen n\u00e4rmast g\u00e5ngen s\u00e5 har man i s\u00e4msta fall ett skrev i \u00f6rat, n\u00e4r passageraren ifr\u00e5ga skall rota fram det man naturligtvis gl\u00f6mde ta ur innan avf\u00e4rd och som man absolut n\u00f6dv\u00e4ndigtvis beh\u00f6ver under denna resa.<br \/>\nF\u00e5 se om sonen kommer hemma detta dygn efter sitt \u00e4ventyr i s\u00f6dra Sverige. \u201dYnglingen\u201d var \u201ddroppen\u201d som rann \u00f6ver sista dygnet.<br \/>\nKonstaterade via Facebook att \u201dslyngeln\u201d n\u00e5tt Norrk\u00f6ping och var p\u00e5 v\u00e4g mot S\u00f6dert\u00e4lje f\u00f6r t\u00e5gbyte till hemstaden. Junior har f\u00e5tt ansvaret som kattvakt och medhavd syster ville f\u00f6rs\u00e4kra sig att den unge herrn anl\u00e4nder till bostaden f\u00f6r utf\u00f6rande av plikter som utfordring och kel. B\u00e5da mycket viktiga ingredienser i denna katt-madams vardag. Det har nog blivit n\u00e5got f\u00f6r mycket av det ena d\u00e5 ett skateboard skulle beh\u00f6vas som st\u00f6d under en kroppsdel i mellanregionerna.<br \/>\nLandade lyckligt p\u00e5 destinationens flygplats och gjorde n\u00e5gra intressanta iakttagelser:<br \/>\n\u2013 Planet k\u00f6rde till fel gate och fick g\u00f6ra en u-sv\u00e4ng och k\u00f6ra till r\u00e4tt<br \/>\n\u2013 V\u00e4skorna kom snabbt som bara den men p\u00e5 den elektroniska anslagstavlan det stod inget att reses\u00e4llskapets flight skulle h\u00e4mta v\u00e4skor vid n\u00e5got band<br \/>\n\u2013 Skylten till hyrbilar lurade ut reses\u00e4llskapet till parkeringen och d\u00e4r gavs budskapet att kontoret i terminalen skulle bes\u00f6kas f\u00f6rst<br \/>\n\u2013 Skylten i terminalen var obefintlig och efter mycket letande och fr\u00e5gande (En del kunde inte ens Engelska!) hittades hyrbilsdisken<br \/>\n\u2013 Pilarna som pekade mot exit vid parkeringen var felriktade och utg\u00e5ngen hittades enligt pilarnas kontrakurs<br \/>\nIntressant ordning p\u00e5 denna flygplats! N\u00e5v\u00e4l efter n\u00e5gra f\u00f6rs\u00f6k s\u00e5 var hyrbilen packad och det bar iv\u00e4g till stora staden.<br \/>\nKartorna som reses\u00e4llskapet innehade var ganska bristf\u00e4lliga s\u00e5 den yngre deltagaren i reses\u00e4llskapet \u00e5tog sig utmaningen att lotsa r\u00e4tt. De mera seniora medlemmarna brukar ha ganska \u00f6ppenhj\u00e4rtiga meningsutv\u00e4xlingar i samband med kartl\u00e4sande p\u00e5 fr\u00e4mmande orter varf\u00f6r detta kanske var den mest l\u00e4mpliga l\u00f6sningen.<br \/>\nEfter en extra titt p\u00e5 kartan och tack vare att s\u00e4llskapet befinner sig vid den lokala idrottsstadion kunde det aktuella hotellet \u201dspikas\u201d.<br \/>\nHotellet var nyligen \u00f6ppnat och var mycket fr\u00e4scht men service och teknik var inte riktigt intrimmat \u00e4nnu. Rummet var en n\u00e5got st\u00f6rre garderob och skulle storleken p\u00e5 kommande rum vara i samma storlek under rundturen s\u00e5 kommer detta att kr\u00e4va stor anpassningsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga och h\u00e4nsyn av medlemmarna i reses\u00e4llskapet!<br \/>\nSoffan var inte b\u00e4ddad f\u00f6r den tredje i s\u00e4llskapet varf\u00f6r detta fick ordnas i efterhand.<br \/>\nNyckel till det moderna elektroniska l\u00e5ssystemet fungerade sporadiskt. Dock b\u00e4ttre \u00e4n n\u00e5gra grannar l\u00e4ngre bort i korridoren som s\u00e5g ut som ett djupt l\u00e5gtryck efter upprepade misslyckanden och omladdningar av nyckelkorten.<br \/>\nV\u00e4l installerade gick f\u00e4rden vidare till den centrala delen av denna metropol. Trots s\u00f6ndagskv\u00e4ll var det full kommers i alla souvenirbutiker, restauranger och pubar. Middagen avnj\u00f6ts p\u00e5 en italiensk (till namnet) restaurang och till \u201dturist-priser\u201d. Maten var kraftig varf\u00f6r den centrala delen av metropolen avverkades i l\u00e4tt promenadtakt f\u00f6r att g\u00e5 ner maten litegrann.<br \/>\nN\u00e5gra vackra souvenirer kunde besk\u00e5das men reses\u00e4llskapet har veckan p\u00e5 sig att avg\u00f6ra vad som \u00e4r investeringar kopplade till maximal nytta.<br \/>\nVi h\u00f6rs igen n\u00e4sta dag!<br \/>\n<a href=\"#start\">Tillbaka till start<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"d2\">Dag 2<\/h2>\n<p>The geographical location creates some disturbances when it comes to the sleeping. Slept poor this night and probably because of the current travel \u201clocation\u201d. The female part of the travelgroup had no problem to keep on sleeping so a degree of \u201ccommand\u201d took to get the sleeping beauties back on their feet.<br \/>\nThe weather does not look as promising as described at weather sites. Strange?<br \/>\nYesterday the travelgroup had problems with calculating prices on restaurants and shops since the currency has so odd exchange rates. Finally a system could be found making it easier to get more financial control.<br \/>\nToday the travelgroup are going to visit some of the more interesting natural attractions. The maps are somewhat poor here and the GPS for Geocaching does not include maps as standard for this area. Will probably let the young travel group member read the map avoiding some \u201cdiscussions\u201d between the more senior members. Wonder at what age the younger generation is qualified to be part of the more common \u201copen-hearted\u201d discussions?<br \/>\nThe days travel schedule will be 320 kilometers to the next stop. The itinerary promises a number of highlights.<br \/>\nWow, what experiences traveling party had today!<\/p>\n<p>Though there cannot be anything to write about an ordinary hotel breakfast. BUT the breakfast was somewhat a VPS disaster!<br \/>\nThe hotel seemed to have many guest and today\u2019s breakfast must have been a disaster for someone familiar with VPS requirements.<br \/>\n\u2022 The production capacity was totally under dimensioned.<br \/>\no 18 tables<br \/>\no 2 persons was the whole staff<br \/>\n\u2022 The breakfast buffet table was totally wrong designed for efficient production.<br \/>\no The logistical flow was a disaster<br \/>\n\u2022 Lines where note balanced<br \/>\no The cleaning of the table could not match the number of incoming guests<br \/>\n\u2022 Material supply failed<br \/>\no The kanban flags \u2013 If existing, where not observed by the staff.<br \/>\nThe customer had to push the andon button themselves because of material shortages<br \/>\n\u2022 The staffing was underestimated<br \/>\no Extra staff needed to be allocated from reception<br \/>\n\u2022 The staff where not trained<br \/>\no The only standardization performed was a uniform clothing<br \/>\nTasteful black clothes an orange scarf for the females and orange braces for male staff (Lena has designed?)<br \/>\no Training of staff was poor<br \/>\n\u2022 Security and safety failed<br \/>\no Inexperienced staff dropped the whole tray with breakfast tableware<br \/>\nSenior guest almost got hearth attacks when the tableware hit the floor<br \/>\n\u2022 Quality failed<br \/>\n\u2022 Takt was to high<br \/>\n\u2022 The whole breakfast was a logistical disaster<br \/>\nThe guests where not easy to manage. Germans in group requiring best service and \u201clebensraum\u201d, Snobby French complaining about the food, Russians acting like buffaloes and last but not least a Swedish whining reporter!<br \/>\nThe travelgroup managed to insert an arm between the breakfast table urgent mob, grab some food and clear the most urgent hunger.<br \/>\nFinally everything regarding the morning procedures were fixed and the travelgroup headed by car to the first sight-seeing stop. By the way, the car is a Suzuki swift \u2013 same as the private car at home. The only difference is the extra features for pussies \u2013 Automatic gearbox.<br \/>\nThe traffic outside capitol city was much quit. But there were many speed controls. Felt somewhat overambitious in such light traffic?!<br \/>\nArrived to the first destination \u2013 the famous crack! Took a walk and also registered the first Geocache for this country! While walking and taking photos hordes of buses full whit tourists arrived. The parking was too small for swallowing all these masses of buses and tourists. Decided to leave quickly to next famous sight-seeing stop to avoid further confrontation with these unpleasant hordes. Masses run across individuals.<br \/>\nNext stop was a geothermic area with bubbling and cascading water. The whole area also smelled of sulfur.<br \/>\nNext stop was at famous waterfall \u2013 The biggest in this country. The area could swallow all the hordes of tourists so there was not any problem to get around. Impressive waterfall! The facility could also be used for a lunch even if there were many others having same ideas. A simple but excellent lunch which could be joined on a balcony with view.<br \/>\nThese three attractions are the main ones for the masses who reside in the capitol and just want to experience a convenient part of the country. The next visits to attractions caused therefore a significant reduction of visitors. First was a church visit but gave not any big excitement.<br \/>\nThe coming attractions were waterfalls and could of course not match the first huge one. Still they offered some nice experiences.<br \/>\nLast attraction was an impressing Glacier. This is not the biggest one but still significant. The biggest challenge was driving on the small stony road to approach the glacier. It was four very long kilometers.<br \/>\nThe \u201ccity\u201d were the hotel was located has approximately 200 inhabitants. There is a hotel, a shop a petrol station and\u2026.. That\u2019s all!<br \/>\nTook a short jogging tour on the lava sand beach. It was very heavy to run on this surface. When running some birds came and wanted to fool me away from their close nests because at this time they were nesting and wanted it to be left alone. Very nice looking birds.<br \/>\nTook a shower which also offered an experience. The shower head had a blue light helping finding the soap!<br \/>\nThe day was ended by a visit to the hotel restaurant for a dinner. Tourist prices also in this little outskirt.<br \/>\nNext day will offer more adventures.<br \/>\nAnyone who have guessed were the travelgroup are? Please send the answer to karitall@hotmail.com<br \/>\nAll correct answers will be honorably mentioned!<br \/>\n<a href=\"#start\">Tillbaka till start<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"d3\">Dag 3<\/h2>\n<p>V\u00e4dret var vidrigt n\u00e4r delar av reses\u00e4llskapet vaknade i morse. 10 grader och \u00f6sregn.<br \/>\nUndertecknad f\u00f6rs\u00f6kte f\u00e5 liv och action hos den yngre medlemmen i reses\u00e4llskapet. Det fordras ett visst m\u00e5tt av t\u00e5lamod d\u00e5 \u00f6vriga i s\u00e4llskapet har ett n\u00e5got annat m\u00e5tt p\u00e5 \u201dlivstempo\u201d.<br \/>\nV\u00e4l nere i frukosten s\u00e5 hade \u00f6vriga g\u00e4ster redan avslutat sin frukost men lyckligtvis var inte buff\u00e9 bordet rensat helt.<br \/>\nHar Ni k\u00e4ra l\u00e4sare t\u00e4nkt p\u00e5 att det spelas \u201dmusik\u201d i hotellfrukostmatsalarnas h\u00f6gtalare. Gissar att syftet \u00e4r att skapa en lugn st\u00e4mning och syftet \u00e4r kanske att man inte koncentrerat lyssnar p\u00e5 vad som framf\u00f6rs. Tyv\u00e4rr r\u00e5kade undertecknad g\u00f6ra det i morse d\u00e5 det tog en viss tid f\u00f6r tidigare n\u00e4mnd medlem i reses\u00e4llskapet att klara av sin frukost. Detta trots att hon lider av en k\u00e4nslig mage och inte kan tillgodog\u00f6ra sig mer \u00e4n begr\u00e4nsat frukostintag.<br \/>\nMusiken i detta fall inspirerade till att undertecknad skulle g\u00e5 och h\u00e4nga sig! Vilket musikval!<br \/>\n\u00c4ntligen p\u00e5 v\u00e4g och f\u00f6rsta stopp var vid \u201dsamh\u00e4llets\u201d bensinstation f\u00f6r p\u00e5fyllning. Det tog ett tag innan texten p\u00e5 det aktuella spr\u00e5ket kunde uttydas. Till slut blev det lite bensin i tanken!<br \/>\nDagens etapp inneh\u00f6ll mindre sev\u00e4rdheter enligt aktuell resebeskrivning. V\u00e4gen till n\u00e4sta etapp-stopp var synnerligen deprimerande. L\u00e5nga rakstr\u00e4ckor \u00f6ver lavagrus-f\u00e4lt eller kn\u00f6liga lava-f\u00e4lt. Ett totalt \u00f6de landskap med n\u00e5gra f\u00e5 hus efter den aktuella v\u00e4gen. N\u00e5gra intressanta stopp fanns vilket texten strax \u00e5terkommer till!<br \/>\nI b\u00f6rjan av f\u00e4rden var utsikten begr\u00e4nsad av allt regn men senare visade det sig att s\u00e5 mycket inte fanns att se eller att samma utsikt erbj\u00f6ds l\u00e4ngre fram.<br \/>\nLandskapet varierade med svarta lavasandf\u00e4lt, Kn\u00f6ligt lavalandskap och f\u00e4lt av lupiner. Enstaka bro\u00f6verg\u00e5ngar var det som ibland br\u00f6t av mot det enformiga m\u00f6nstret. Lupinf\u00e4lten var vackra \u00e4ven om dessa stryper all annan v\u00e4xtlighet. De kn\u00f6liga lavaf\u00e4lten var enligt undertecknad vackra d\u00e5 de erbj\u00f6d trolska skulpturer t\u00e4ckta av limegr\u00f6n f\u00e4rgad mossa. Dessa \u00f6dsliga vidder erbj\u00f6d en viss charm \u00e4ven om den yngre medlemmen i familjen t.ex. betraktade de kn\u00f6liga lavaf\u00e4lten enligt en j\u00e4tte som hade \u00e4tit mycket gr\u00f6t och sedan f\u00e5tt diarr\u00e9. Vi har alla olika spr\u00e5k f\u00f6r att beskriva v\u00e5ra upplevelser.<br \/>\nF\u00f6rsta stoppet blev vid ett vattenfall (suprise!). Dessa finns i m\u00e4ngd och en del \u00e4r vackrare \u00e4n andra. Detta var ett tips fr\u00e5n resebeskrivningen. N\u00e5gra kilometer l\u00e4ngre fram s\u00e5 d\u00f6k ett icke annonserat vattenfall upp och var definitivt n\u00e5got som var v\u00e4rt att stanna f\u00f6r och att dokumentera med kameran.<br \/>\nMin f\u00f6rdom ang\u00e5ende Audi-f\u00f6rare \u00e4r h\u00e4rmed bevisad. Audif\u00f6rare har en lite pick!<br \/>\nHypotesen fr\u00e5n tidigare upplevelser fick sin definitiva bekr\u00e4ftelse denna dag p\u00e5 den smala riksv\u00e4g 1 i detta land samt p\u00e5 en enfilig bro p\u00e5 n\u00e4mnda riksv\u00e4g. De flesta broarna var enfiliga och medgav inga m\u00f6ten.<br \/>\nP\u00e5 ett st\u00e4lle p\u00e5 den aktuella riksv\u00e4gen hade en f\u00f6rare av en Audi hyrbil beslutat sig f\u00f6r att stanna mitt i h\u00f6ger fil f\u00f6r att ta n\u00e5gra f\u00f6r denne intressanta fotografier av aktuellt landskap. Bakom-kommande trafik d\u00e4ri undertecknad ingick, var tvungna att bromsa in bakom denne spontant parkerande chauff\u00f6r d\u00e5 m\u00f6tande trafik (som var ganska s\u00e4llsynt) hindrade en eventuell passage.<br \/>\nOvan n\u00e4mnda hypotes fick en f\u00f6rsta indikation p\u00e5 sin riktighet. Varf\u00f6r hyr man en stor Audi d\u00e5 man \u00e4r endast tv\u00e5 personer? Tror det \u00e4r picken som styr igen?<br \/>\nN\u00e5v\u00e4l, f\u00e4rden fortsatte och efter n\u00e5gon mil s\u00e5 beslutade undertecknad att vara artig vid en enfilig bro f\u00f6r att ge m\u00f6tande trafikant en m\u00f6jlighet att f\u00f6rst passera aktuell bro. Vad h\u00e4nder d\u00e5? Den tidigare n\u00e4mnda Audin susar f\u00f6rbi, k\u00f6r om undertecknad och stoppar d\u00e4rmed effektivt m\u00f6tande bilists m\u00f6jligheter att passera.<br \/>\nH\u00e4nger spontant p\u00e5 bakom Audin och konstaterar efter n\u00e5gon mil att den aktuella f\u00f6raren med den minimala penisen skall stanna p\u00e5 samma st\u00e4lle och p\u00e5 samma parkering som reses\u00e4llskapet.<br \/>\nDen kvinnlige medpassageraren som m\u00e5ste leva med den minimala picken tittade v\u00e4ldigt generat och visade att hon kanske inte helt delade \u201dlill-pickens\u201d man\u00f6ver.<br \/>\nVilken tur att undertecknad inte \u00e4r stor och stark f\u00f6r d\u00e5 hade nog frestelsen att \u201dprata\u201d lite med den aktuell minipicken blivit f\u00f6r stor. Tror inte att han ens klarar av att bestiga sin medhavda fru utan en n\u00e4ve viagra. Fy fan f\u00f6r Audi-f\u00f6rare!<br \/>\nVandringen vid det aktuella stoppet var trevligt. Ett vattenfall (s\u00e5klart) bes\u00f6ktes efter en viss kl\u00e4ttring uppf\u00f6r. M\u00e5nga vackra vyer och bilder kunde dokumenteras. Tillbaks till g\u00e4stcentret intogs en lunch best\u00e5ende av dagens soppa samt br\u00f6d. Efter lunchen togs en promenad till en glaci\u00e4r som \u00e4r en utl\u00f6pare fr\u00e5n Europas st\u00f6rsta glaci\u00e4r. Nu b\u00f6rjar det nog bli ganska enkelt avseende att gissa vart reses\u00e4llskapets destination f\u00f6r rundturen \u00e4r?!<br \/>\nAprop\u00e5 v\u00e4dret. S\u00e4llskapet hade maximal tur denna dag avseende v\u00e4derleken. \u00d6sregn innan vandringsstoppet, Uppeh\u00e5ll under vandringarna och regn igen efter vandringarna.<br \/>\nF\u00e4rden vidare mot n\u00e4sta stopp \u2013 Isbergssj\u00f6n \u2013 Innebar n\u00e5gra intressanta iakttagelser. Ett antal cyklister f\u00e4rdades ocks\u00e5 p\u00e5 denna riksv\u00e4g 1. Detta \u00e4r mycket tappert och f\u00f6rutom v\u00e4drets utmaningar m\u00e5ste det vara oerh\u00f6rt p\u00e5frestande f\u00f6r psyket att trampa p\u00e5 mil efter mil p\u00e5 dessa \u00e4ndl\u00f6sa och intets\u00e4gande sl\u00e4tter. Men de gned p\u00e5 och senare p\u00e5 kv\u00e4llen b\u00f6rjade en del droppa in p\u00e5 reses\u00e4llskapets etapp-m\u00e5l.<br \/>\nEn annan mycket skum iakttagelse var att vid ett tillf\u00e4lle sprang en ung dam med en olympisk fackla i n\u00e4ven. Denne var assisterad av en bil som blinkade med sina varningsblinkers. N\u00e5gra mil l\u00e4ngre fram sprang en ytterligare, i detta fall en manlig l\u00f6pare med en liknande fackla. Vad p\u00e5g\u00e5r? N\u00e5got olympiskt spel finns definitivt inte inplanerat f\u00f6r detta land? F\u00f6rresten finns nog inte heller den finansiella kraften f\u00f6r ett dylikt arrangemang.<br \/>\nDen ganska tr\u00e5kiga bilf\u00e4rden fortsatte och avbr\u00f6ts \u00e4ntligen av Isbergs-sj\u00f6n! Detta var en mycket h\u00e4ftig upplevelse. Stora isblock lossnade fr\u00e5n tidigare n\u00e4mnda glaci\u00e4r och hamnade i denna sj\u00f6 f\u00f6r att senare flyta vidare till n\u00e4rliggande \u00e5 och vidare transport ut i havet. Det var en m\u00e4ktig syn att se alla dessa mindre isberg! Mitt i denna observation fick reses\u00e4llskapet en liten bonus! En s\u00e4l d\u00f6k upp och hade en kort f\u00f6revisning innan den f\u00f6rsvann i djupet p\u00e5 jakt efter mer krubb. St\u00e4llet erbj\u00f6d b\u00e5tf\u00e4rd bland isbergen men v\u00e4dret och b\u00e5trutten var inte s\u00e5 attraktiv f\u00f6r en s\u00e5dan utflykt.<br \/>\nF\u00e4rden fortsatte och landskapet ifr\u00e5ga gjorde att denna blev ganska enformig och psykiskt uttr\u00e5kande. Som tur var kunde lite intressanta vyer skymtas i bergen till v\u00e4nster d\u00e5 det mulna v\u00e4dret ibland sprack upp. Fina fj\u00e4llvyer och glaci\u00e4r-utl\u00f6pare f\u00f6r aktuell stora dylikt kunde besk\u00e5das av de i s\u00e4llskapet som inte beh\u00f6vde koncentrera sig p\u00e5 k\u00f6rningen.<br \/>\nSlutm\u00e5let b\u00f6rjade komma n\u00e4rmare och en koll p\u00e5 resebeskrivning visade vad det aktuella \u00f6vernattnings-etablissemanget skulle heta och vara lokaliserat. En viss besvikelse uppstod d\u00e5 det visade sig att det aktuella etablissemanget var lokaliserat en mil utanf\u00f6r det som i reseguiden ben\u00e4mndes som en \u201dmetropol\u201d (1.600 inv\u00e5nare). Hotellets yttre sken och l\u00e4ge gav upphov till en viss skepsis. Skepsisen kompenserades till en viss del av att det aktuella rummet ifr\u00e5ga d\u00e5 det i detta fall erbj\u00f6d gener\u00f6sa utrymmen och s\u00f6mn-etablissemang f\u00f6r reses\u00e4llskapet. Tidigare tv\u00e5 n\u00e4tter har spenderats i garderober med den n\u00e5got tvivelaktiga beteckningen \u201dfamilje-rum\u201d.<br \/>\nHotellet erbj\u00f6d en middags-buff\u00e9 med villkoret att denna inte skulle serveras f\u00f6rr\u00e4n ett st\u00f6rre rese-s\u00e4llskap skulle anl\u00e4nda. Priset ifr\u00e5ga var ocks\u00e5 n\u00e5got anm\u00e4rkningsv\u00e4rt varf\u00f6r reses\u00e4llskapet besl\u00f6t sig f\u00f6r att unders\u00f6ka utbudet i den st\u00f6rre n\u00e4rliggande \u201dmetropolen\u201d.<br \/>\nEnligt medhavd resehandbok fr\u00e5n Lonely Planet hade alla restauranger f\u00e4rsk hummer i sitt utbud. Detta \u00e4r en lokal specialitet. Metropolbes\u00f6ket startades med en snabb loggning av en Geocache p\u00e5 andra sidan av metropolen ifr\u00e5ga. Trots ett omfattande v\u00e4garbete och en starkt nedsatt hastighetsbegr\u00e4nsning f\u00f6r t\u00e4tort kunde metropolen ifr\u00e5ga genomkorsas p\u00e5 n\u00e4rmare en minut.<br \/>\nAllt \u00e4r naturligtvis relativt och j\u00e4mf\u00f6rt med senaste \u00f6vernattningsst\u00e4lle s\u00e5 skulle kanske beteckningen metropol vara relevant.<br \/>\nReses\u00e4llskapet stannade vi ett av metropolens n\u00e4ringsst\u00e4llen och det sj\u00e4lvklara valet blev f\u00e4rsk hummer. F\u00f6r samtliga i reses\u00e4llskapet var intagandet av hummer en synnerligen s\u00e4llsynt aktivitet. Samtliga medlemmar i reses\u00e4llskapet hade intagit hummer endast vid ett tidigare tillf\u00e4lle varf\u00f6r denna middag innebar en viss festlig glans. F\u00e4rsk hummer var en riktig delikatess och upplevelse!<br \/>\nS\u00e5 mycket mer finns inte att f\u00f6rmedla om denna dag som innebar lite mindre upplevelser j\u00e4mf\u00f6rt med g\u00e5rdagen. Det blev dock m\u00e5nga finna upplevelser och f\u00f6rhoppningen \u00e4r att dessa kan f\u00f6rmedlas med ovan bilagda bilder.<br \/>\nI morgon en ny dag med nya m\u00f6jligheter (tyv\u00e4rr \u00e4r regn utlovat)<br \/>\n<a href=\"#start\">Tillbaka till start<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"d4\">Dag 4<\/h2>\n<p>Woke up first this morning (again). Tried to make some noises to get the rest of the travelgroup on their feet\u2019s. The beauty sleep seems to be deep.<br \/>\nFinally the whole travelgroup entered the breakfast room and of course most of the guest have already finished. It seems that the bigger travelgroups have tight schedules and stress to manage their program. One exception is the Japanese travelgroup who stayed at the same place the second night. The busdriver got more and more stressed while his Japanese passengers seemed to have no hurry at all.<br \/>\nThe breakfast logistics worked well on this service facility and the travelgroup managed to get parts of all what was offered.<br \/>\nWhen strolling around the breakfast buffet table your humble reporter noticed small shoot glasses and besides a bottle with some yellow liquid.<br \/>\nCuriosity about the yellow stuff was big so the staff was to be inquired. The bottle contained some fish oil \u201cTorskalysi\u201d which should be very healthy. Somewhat suspicious but to curious your humble reporter decided to taste the stuff.<br \/>\nThe taste was as fish shin smells after 2 days in very warm weather! Probably healthy but horrible taste! Later your humble reporter realized that the oil had some more effects than just healthiness. The digestion was very much stimulated and the \u201ccrack\u201d has to be hardly squeezed together avoiding any \u201cincident\u201d before a place where people spend time by themselves was found.<br \/>\nThe schedule regarding interesting stops was limited today. BUT the views on the eastern coast was enormous beautiful and there were spectacular sights every kilometer.<br \/>\nFirst stop was at a location were seals often showed up. This time there were no invasion and the only observation was two seal heads looking curiously at the travelgroup. The travelgroup should have brought a bucket filled with small fish so the spoiled creatures would come somewhat closer.<br \/>\nTo get some extra stop two Geocaching hides were visited. The wind was hard today and frequent rain showers appeared during most of the day.<br \/>\nThe torch runner\u2019s secrets have now been reviled! When passing a runner the travelgroup stopped took a picture and asked what was going on. The explanation was that the runners were part of an international peace run which takes place around the island. Hope they are many since running around the island will be a challenge!<br \/>\nMid of the day the travelgroup reach a small \u201ccity\u201d (360 inhabitants) for logging of a Geocache and time was also right for having a lunch. The lunch on the local hotel was excellent with onion soup and fresh fish as main course! Very nice little place to eat and relax.<br \/>\nThe only very ugly experience was the tiny local church. It was made by corrugated iron!<br \/>\nThe trip continued with same weather condition mixed with very beautiful views of the coast.<br \/>\nNext stop was in a small \u201ccity\u201d offering a visit in a private stone collection garden. One lady (not living anymore) has collected thousands of spectacular stones and has an exhibition in a garden. The collection is very impressing and becomes almost too much. That lady must have had a special life mission and a burning interest for this area.<br \/>\nThis was the last stop before arriving to today\u2019s final destination. The road continued besides cost, went through a very long (5, 9 km) tunnel and over a pass surrounded with snow-covered mountains and further down to the final destination. Just a thought \u2013 The traffic is VERY limited in this area of the island and what is the economic value building this huge tunnel? Why do they need to have speed cameras also in such very desert areas?<br \/>\nWhen checking in at the hotel the travelgroup again was lucky to get a real family room. Besides that the views from both sides in the flat are fantastic!<br \/>\nThe city is said to be an \u201cindustrial center\u201d (2270 inhabitants) for the region. Must admit that the city looks modern both when it comes to shops and the houses. It seems to be a very young city.<br \/>\nThe travelgroup made some shopping and your humble reporter went out for a short jogging. The weather became very good at end of the day. Have seen in the forecast that the current north east area seems to have the best weather conditions on the island.<br \/>\nSee you tomorrow!<br \/>\n<a href=\"#start\">Tillbaka till start<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"d5\">Dag 5<\/h2>\n<p>Vaknade till vackert v\u00e4der och j\u00e4ttefin utsikt \u00f6ver fj\u00e4llsidan med omv\u00e4xlande gr\u00f6nt och vita sn\u00f6fl\u00e4ckar. Mot andra sidan erbj\u00f6ds utsikt \u00f6ver fjorden. Fin start p\u00e5 en morgon<br \/>\nVattnet i duschen luktar konstigt och det finns ocks\u00e5 en varningsskylt som ber\u00e4ttar att de tar vattnet fr\u00e5n varma k\u00e4llor och d\u00e5 kan svavellukten pr\u00e4gla vattnet. Enligt samma anslag meddelas att det kalla vattnet kan drickas utan n\u00e5gon fara. Men de kommer ju fr\u00e5n samma kran????<br \/>\nSom vanligt hade grupperna ockuperat st\u00f6rre delen av frukostmatsalen och rensat stora delar av buffen. Dock lyckades reses\u00e4llskapet f\u00e5 av de flesta sorter.<br \/>\nDagens f\u00e4rd gick \u00f6ver \u00f6dsliga vidder. I b\u00f6rjan hade man utsikt \u00f6ver fj\u00e4llsidor och vattenfall men ju l\u00e4ngre f\u00e4rden gick desto mer \u00f6de blev landskapet. Knapp ett enda hus s\u00e5gs p\u00e5 denna etapp. Kan f\u00f6rst\u00e5 de isl\u00e4ndska grabbarna ig\u00e5r lunch. Det gick ig\u00e5ng med \u00f6l redan kl 12:00. Kanske man m\u00e5ste ta en hutt f\u00f6r att palla med att bo i detta land?<br \/>\nIg\u00e5r skulle vi ta te och en \u00f6l f\u00f6r vissa. Tyv\u00e4rr tog vi fel d\u00f6rr och hamnade i ett hippie-cafe med konstiga te-sorter. Dock inga man blev rolig av. Hade vi tagit d\u00f6rren bredvid s\u00e5 hade det inte blivit bara te utan ocks\u00e5 en \u00f6l f\u00f6r vissa!<br \/>\nN\u00e5gra cachar togs under dagens f\u00e4rd vilket gav lite omv\u00e4xling. Mot slutet blev det en avstickare till ett som det visade sig gigantiskt vattenfall. Ridley Scott har anv\u00e4nt detta i sin film Proteus. Det var en hissnande upplevelse. En Geocache fanns ocks\u00e5 d\u00e4r men det visade sig vara p\u00e5 andra sidan \u00e4lven! Tusan ocks\u00e5!<br \/>\nF\u00e4rden gick vidare mot slutm\u00e5let vid en vulkansj\u00f6. Hela omr\u00e5det var geotermiskt aktivt med r\u00f6k, bubbel och varma k\u00e4llor. Reses\u00e4llskapet tog en lunch vid en badanl\u00e4ggning direkt vid ankomst till omr\u00e5det. N\u00e4sta m\u00e5l var att g\u00e5 till en vulkanisk spricka vid en vulkan som hade senaste utbrott 1986! F\u00f6rst besk\u00e5dades en kratersj\u00f6.<br \/>\nTyv\u00e4rr hade solen f\u00f6rsvunnit under dagen och vinden hade tilltagit rej\u00e4lt och effekten blev att det blev riktigt kallt. Reses\u00e4llskapet beslutade att vandringen till sprickan fick vara och bes\u00f6kte ist\u00e4llet det mest aktiva geotermiska omr\u00e5det. I n\u00e4rheten hade f\u00f6rresten ett v\u00e4rmekraftverk byggts upp och som helt drevs av de varma k\u00e4llorna.<br \/>\nI omr\u00e5det s\u00e5 stank det svavel \u00f6verallt. Mycket bubbel kom upp ur underjorden och det p\u00e5minde mer om \u201dhelvetet\u201d. I dessa \u00e5ngor kunde man helt fritt l\u00e4gga en brakare och inte en k\u00e4ft skulle m\u00e4rka det.<br \/>\nP\u00e5 v\u00e4gen till hotellet gjordes n\u00e5gra f\u00f6rs\u00f6k att logga n\u00e5gra Geocachar. Tyv\u00e4rr hittades inte anslutningsv\u00e4garna och i ett fall visade det sig senare fanns det ingen alls.<br \/>\n\u201dSamh\u00e4llet\u201d d\u00e4r hotellet fanns var det minsta hittills. Tv\u00e5 hotell och en bensinpump! Inte ens en skylt som markerar samh\u00e4lle. H\u00e4r fick reses\u00e4llskapet ganska snabbt \u201d\u00e5gren\u201d. Beslut togs snabbt att \u00e5terv\u00e4nda till termalbadet med bad f\u00f6r vissa och l\u00f6ptr\u00e4ning kombinerat med Geocaching f\u00f6r andra.<br \/>\nL\u00f6pturen gick genom lavaterr\u00e4ng i olika formationer. I omr\u00e5det fanns ocks\u00e5 underjordiska bubbel och pysningar. Hoppades se dessa innan man trampade fel!<br \/>\nTyv\u00e4rr lade tr\u00e4ningsklockans tidtagning av ganska snabbt av n\u00e5gon anledning. En stund senare varnade GPSen f\u00f6r l\u00e5g batterisp\u00e4nning. Det blev ett trixande med att sl\u00e5 av och p\u00e5 GPSen f\u00f6r att f\u00e5 bitvis v\u00e4gledning och framf\u00f6rallt v\u00e4gledning in till g\u00f6mman. Vid f\u00f6rsta g\u00f6mman var en turistbuss parkerad och folk v\u00e4lde omkring \u00f6verallt d\u00e4r avsikten var att leta efter g\u00f6mman. Tog beslutet att hoppa \u00f6ver denna d\u00e5 den uppenbarligen kan n\u00e5s med bil.<br \/>\nFortsatte till g\u00f6mman d\u00e4r det inte fanns n\u00e5gon stickv\u00e4g. Det blev ca 700 meter uppf\u00f6r till g\u00f6mman. PUH! Terr\u00e4ngfaktorn var endast 2 och anm\u00e4rkte i loggen att den borde h\u00f6jas! Det blev i alla fall bra tr\u00e4ning.<br \/>\nHade verkligen tur! GPSen dog helt precis n\u00e4r g\u00f6mman hade blivit loggad. Nu g\u00e4llde det bara att hitta tillbaks\u2026.<br \/>\nEftersom det nu rapporteras s\u00e5 kan man s\u00e4ga att det blev ett lyckligt men tr\u00f6tt slut!<br \/>\nFick chansen ta en kall \u00f6l med \u00f6vriga s\u00e4llskapet v\u00e4ntades in. Med rosiga kinder och \u00e5ngande kroppar s\u00e5 de ganska n\u00f6jda ut. Tillbaks till hotellet och rummet som tyv\u00e4rr igen \u00e4r en garderob!<br \/>\nMen det g\u00e5r v\u00e4l att sova f\u00f6rhoppningsvis trots att f\u00f6nstret vetter mot v\u00e4gen. N\u00e4r turisterna har g\u00e5tt och lagt sig \u00e4r det inte m\u00e5nga bilar ute!<br \/>\nVi h\u00f6rs!<br \/>\n<a href=\"#start\">Tillbaka till start<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"d6\">Dag 6<\/h2>\n<p>Woke up in the deserted hotel in middle of nowhere. Temperature is 6 degrees and heavy rain outside this morning. The walking alternative was cancelled.<br \/>\nBreakfast and again \u2013\u201c Torskalysi\u201d \u2013 Fish oil. Taste like shit but since it should be healthy the challenge was taken!<br \/>\nOne advantage with this very remote site is that the local souvenir-shop has lower prices than other more busy areas.<br \/>\nIn the souvenir shop the Icelandic mentality was confirmed. The first GLIMTEN of the nature of the locals was a big (official) sign stating about membership in EU. I do not remember the right words but understood the meaning \u2013 \u201cEU \u2013 Piss-off\u201d! The natives do not smile so much \u2013Perhaps they did it last year and that\u2019s enough?! In the souvenir shop I found a magnet badge to attach on the refrigerator with the text \u2013 \u201cDon\u2019t fuck with Iceland! We may not have cash BUT WE GOT ASH!<br \/>\nPerhaps the travelgroup have somewhat right perception about the local mentality \u2013 Spend your money and then piss-off!<br \/>\nWell, their somewhat K\u00c4RVA attitude have not made the travelgroup so unhappy. There is much other thing to experience and to focus on. Today\u2019s trip did not contain so many interesting sights. Waterfalls of course but the limit of expectations has increased ANM\u00c4RKNINGSV\u00c4RT after the prior experiences. Godafoss was the first stop for double reasons \u2013 Nice waterfall and a Geocache. Today\u2019s stage contained of many more Geocaches as before. The weather started to be sunnier and after latest days wind and rainstorms this was a real relief.<br \/>\nWhen arriving to Akureyri \u2013 Iceland\u2019s second biggest town (17.500 Inhabitants) your humble reporter insisted for a visit to the botanical garden. This was a small\/compact garden and promoted by sunshine the walk around was really pleasant. Most of the ARTERNA was already known but still very interesting to study and to look at the arrangements. The blooming status was as it was in beginning of May at our latitudes. The travelgroup experienced a second spring. The only backside was that there were no sales of seeds, plants, bulbs, etc.<br \/>\nAnother experience was that there was no entry fee to the botanical garden. This has been the case the whole week \u2013 No entry fee to any of the attractions (Besides the thermal bath). If you travel in middle Europe there is entry fees for all waterfalls, gardens, etc. Everything is private and the owner wants to get the money.<br \/>\nThe visit was ended by a cup of coffee and some pastries in the nice caf\u00e9.<br \/>\nThe town hosted another two Geocaches. One was hidden close to the very nice but odd church and one besides a sculpture at the harbor.<br \/>\nThe landscape today was different again driving in huge valleys with a river besides the road. The rivers ended with big and dramatic fjords. At noon it was time for lunch in Varmahlid (population 90). A small and very uninteresting location. The lunch was awful \u2013 Cheeseburger and fries in local style. Well, it filled the stomach and the hunger feelings disappeared. During the lunch the heavy rain started again!<br \/>\nAfter lunch the travelgroup made a quick visit to the local church. It was a very tine one with grass as walls and roof. Looked somewhat PRIMITIVT but much better as some prior views \u2013 Churches made of iron!<br \/>\nThe last drive was a short one to the METROPOL Saudakrokur (pop 2400). The \u201ccity\u201d was a very boring fishing town. Old buildings and a very boring atmosphere. BUT \u2013 The inhabitants had decided that this week-end it is a party weekend and the whole \u201ctown\u201d was ornate with flags, balloons, rosettes, artificial statues, etc.<br \/>\nThe travelgroup asked the local hotel staff and the explanation was that there was a football tournament for children today and rest of weekend will be a long party.<br \/>\nLater when passing the stadium the travelgroup noticed two girls team 10-12 year who were performing a match in shorts, 9 degrees, cold wind and rain. Brave little girls!<br \/>\nThe younger member in the travelgroup DRABBADES AV MIGR\u00c4N and had to stay in bed at the hotel. Rest of the group did some Geocaching and had a dinner at one of two restaurants! The ordered menu became lamb fillet which is a specialty on the island. Nothing strange about that since there were lambs and sheep\u2019s all over the island.<br \/>\nThe dinner was very good even if it took some time to catch the lambs!<br \/>\nThe travelgroup had the intention to take a horse riding tour today but this was cancelled due to the younger member\u2019s illness. The ride was instead ordered until 09:00 tomorrow. No one in the travelgroup has been riding before but since the Iceland horses are somewhat special, this became an objective for this trip. The horses are running in a unique way \u2013 t\u00f6lt.<br \/>\nBy the way \u2013 If visiting Iceland and Geocaching. Watch out for the electrical fences, managed to touch a wire and the electric ST\u00d6T was very strong compared to the fences in Sweden!<br \/>\nThe hotel is simple but OK. The room is not as a \u201cnormal\u201d closet but as a \u201cwoman\u2019s\u201d closet. Narrow but somewhat better than the small ones in prior nights.<br \/>\nHopefully it will be nice weather tomorrow so the riding can be pleasant.<br \/>\nTomorrow another day!<br \/>\n<a href=\"#start\">Tillbaka till start<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"d7\">Dag 7<\/h2>\n<p>Vaknade denna morgon av att ett troligt barn ville flytta m\u00f6bler i v\u00e5ningen ovanf\u00f6r. Kockan var 05:45 lokal tid och den potentiella flyttgubben var synnerligen aktiv. Stengolvet gnisslade rej\u00e4lt n\u00e4r m\u00f6bler som inte orkades b\u00e4ras sk\u00f6ts omkring i rummet.<br \/>\nTitta ut och s\u00e5g en vacker utsikt fr\u00e5n hotellf\u00f6nstret men \u00f6sregn och som det senare visade sig 6 grader! Ridning var best\u00e4llt ig\u00e5r!<br \/>\nPlanen var att \u00e4ta frukost tidigt n\u00e4r man \u00f6ppnade. Tyv\u00e4rr hade en som jag tror \u00e4ldre kroatiskt reses\u00e4llskap (en busslast) best\u00e4mt sig f\u00f6r detta ocks\u00e5. Gruppen verkade tydligen ha ett tight schema. P\u00e5 grund av trycket fr\u00e5n dessa s\u00e5 \u00f6ppnade frukostmatsalen 10 minuter tidigare. Frugan och dottern hade t\u00e5lamod att st\u00e5 i k\u00f6n till buff\u00e9bordet fast det n\u00e4mnda reses\u00e4llskapet i princip kl\u00e4ttrade p\u00e5 deras rygg och vr\u00e4kte sig fram f\u00f6r att knipa en nyligen framdukad ostskiva. L\u00e4mnade snabbt detta kaos f\u00f6r att surfa lite tills denna tsunami lugnat ner sig. FY FAN F\u00d6R GRUPPRESOR MED \u201dVISSA KLIENTEL\u201d.<br \/>\nF\u00f6rstod inte hur frugan stod ut d\u00e5 hon brukar vara lite k\u00e4nslig n\u00e4r det g\u00e4ller kroppsrevir.<br \/>\nSatt i receptionen och pillade p\u00e5 smart-telefonen men var tvungen att l\u00e4mna efter en stund p\u00e5 grund av observationer som inte undertecknad ville observera! En medlem i buss-gruppen beh\u00f6vde bes\u00f6ka bekv\u00e4mlighetsinr\u00e4ttningen som l\u00e5g n\u00e4stg\u00e5rds receptionen. N\u00e4r undertecknad konstaterade att denne n\u00e4mnda person var h\u00e5rd i magen s\u00e5 blev valet att sl\u00e4nga sig in i frukostens masshysteri enklare.<br \/>\nDet blev inte mycket till frukost d\u00e5 det var h\u00f6g tid att \u00e5ka till h\u00e4stg\u00e5rden f\u00f6r debut med islandsh\u00e4st!<br \/>\nV\u00e4l p\u00e5 plats s\u00e5 genomf\u00f6rde v\u00e5r guide en ung liten Tysk j\u00e4nta som sommarjobbade med detta uppdrag en granskning av oss f\u00f6r rekommendation av h\u00e4star. Vad hon tittade p\u00e5 f\u00f6r faktorer f\u00f6r att rekommendera h\u00e4st vet jag inte. Hade spanat in en vit springare men valet f\u00f6ll till slut p\u00e5 h\u00e4sten \u201dKipa\u201d.<br \/>\nUndertecknad var den enda som fick ett sp\u00f6? Undrar varf\u00f6r? Rekommendation fr\u00e5n frugan?<br \/>\nEfter en mindre elegant \u201dp\u00e5stigning\u201d av undertecknad begav det sig i sakta mak efter landsv\u00e4gen. Fick lite grunder och r\u00e5d av guide j\u00e4ntan innan det var dags f\u00f6r elddopet! Gasen i botten och full fart i T\u00d6LT! Oj vad det var roligt! Det hade nog \u00e4ven ev. \u00e5sk\u00e5dare tyckt d\u00e4r s\u00e4llskapet krampaktigt h\u00f6ll sig fast i sadlarna!<br \/>\nGuide-j\u00e4ntan ber\u00e4ttade ocks\u00e5 att de h\u00e4star som var i en hage vi passerade var \u00e4mnade som h\u00e4st-burgare! H\u00e4star finns i \u00f6verfl\u00f6d p\u00e5 \u00f6n varf\u00f6r en del blir sm\u00f6rg\u00e5s-p\u00e5l\u00e4gg! I hagen hade man blandat alla sorter \u2013 Hingstar, f\u00f6l och ston. N\u00e5gra hingstar verkade vara lite mer \u201dentusiastiska\u201d \u00e4n \u00f6vriga men, va fan, ska man bli en lunchbox s\u00e5 skall man v\u00e4l ha kul under de sista \u00e5ren!<br \/>\nRidning var en ny upplevelse f\u00f6r s\u00e4llskapet och den yngre medlemmen blev s\u00e5 entusiastiskt att innehavda golfklubbor nog dyker upp p\u00e5 blocket snart och avtal tecknas med n\u00e5gon lokal ridklubb.<br \/>\nEtt \u201dm\u00e5ste\u201d \u00e4r av-bockat och som m\u00e5ste genomf\u00f6ras vid bes\u00f6k p\u00e5 Island!<br \/>\nBy the way \u2013 Vilken tr\u00e4ningsv\u00e4rk man fick i ljumskarna! \u00d6vriga blev \u00f6mma i andra delar ocks\u00e5.<br \/>\nF\u00e4rden tillbaks till Reykjavik var l\u00e5ng och inneh\u00f6ll inte s\u00e5 m\u00e5nga stopp enligt resebeskrivningen. Detta fick hj\u00e4lpas upp med lite Geocaching stopp. Lunchade p\u00e5 ett mycket \u00f6dsligt st\u00e4lle och fick njuta av sol till lunchen. Detta var f\u00f6rsta dagen med lite mer v\u00e4rmande sol p\u00e5 denna rundtur.<br \/>\nF\u00f6rsta sightseeing stoppet blev vid en vulkan som bestegs. Vulkanen var senast aktiv f\u00f6r 3 000 \u00e5r sedan och lavastr\u00f6mmen syntes fortfarande mycket tydligt. K\u00e4ndes lite h\u00e4ftigt att vandra p\u00e5 kanten av kratern. Bes\u00f6ket avslutades med en loggning av en Geocache vid ett n\u00e4rliggande vattenfall. Vackert men som sagt niv\u00e5n f\u00f6r Oho-upplevelser har g\u00e5tt upp!<br \/>\nN\u00e4sta stopp blev vid ett historiskt museum \u2013 N\u00e4rmare best\u00e4mt Snorre-museum. Undertecknad k\u00e4nde viss tveksamhet till ett dylikt bes\u00f6k och tog en vandring till en n\u00e4rliggande Geocache ist\u00e4llet. \u00d6vriga i reses\u00e4llskapet tyckte det verkade ett lovande tema och tr\u00e4dde in i museet. Hoppas l\u00e4saren inte snubblar p\u00e5 orden men som sagt det heter \u201dSnorrastofa\u201d museet!<br \/>\nEfter bes\u00f6ket gick f\u00e4rden vidare mot Reykjavik. Bl.a. passerades en 6 kilometer tunnel under en vik. Man tj\u00e4nade 20-30 minuter resv\u00e4g p\u00e5 detta. Igen kom fr\u00e5gan \u2013 \u00c4r detta en nationalekonomisk sund investering med beaktande av trafik och folkm\u00e4ngd?<br \/>\nSnutarna var p\u00e5 hugget igen och hade fartkontroller n\u00e4r vi n\u00e4rmade oss Reykjavik. F\u00f6rst\u00e5r inte att de m\u00e5ste vara s\u00e5 ambiti\u00f6sa i detta mycket glesa trafikland? F\u00f6rklaring kanske finns vilket kommer strax.<br \/>\nV\u00e4l i Reykjavik bes\u00f6ktes det st\u00f6rsta shopping-centret f\u00f6r lite souvenir-ink\u00f6p. I samband med bilk\u00f6rningen i staden konstaterades en mycket aggressiv k\u00f6rstil hos isl\u00e4ndarna. De kastade sig fullkomligt fram i trafiken och k\u00f6rde om p\u00e5 insidan eller utsidan om man k\u00f6rde 5 kilometer f\u00f6r sakta. Undertecknad kan ibland k\u00f6ra lite v\u00e5rdsl\u00f6st\/tufft men i detta s\u00e4llskap var man mera av en \u00e4ngel i trafiken. Detta kanske \u00e4r f\u00f6rklaringen till trafikpolisernas ambition?<br \/>\nV\u00e4l tillbaks efter rundturen gick luften ur undertecknad. Bilk\u00f6rning och all planering hade tagit lite p\u00e5 orken.<br \/>\nVi hade lite otur i valet av restaurang d\u00e4r undertecknads enligt matsedeln ben\u00e4mnd pizza var rent ut sagt rena skiten! Maten f\u00f6r \u00f6vriga i s\u00e4llskapet var ok.<br \/>\nKollade senare i Lonely Planets beskrivning av restauranger och kunde konstatera att bes\u00f6kt etablissemang i guide-boken inte ens var n\u00e4mnd som n\u00e4ringsst\u00e4lle utan bar d\u00e4r man spiller \u00f6l p\u00e5 varandra!<br \/>\nSatt och funderade lite medan \u201dpizzan\u201d avnj\u00f6ts. Ser en strid str\u00f6m av turister som f\u00f6rvirrat irrar mellan olika souvenir-butiker, restauranger och andra aff\u00e4rer i staden. T\u00e4nk om detta \u00e4r det enda de upplever av Island! Kanske en dagstur till \u201dsprickan\u201d, Gejsern och vattenfallet men detta \u00e4r bara en br\u00e5kdel av landet. T\u00e4nk att missa de upplevelser som reses\u00e4llskapet haft hela veckan och i huvudsak erfarit Island i Reykjaviks shopping- och restaurang center? Det blir en mycket missvisande bild av landet d\u00e5 denna kommersiella r\u00f6ra inte \u00e4r s\u00e5 attraktiv.<br \/>\nI morgon blir det sl\u00f6ande p\u00e5 f\u00f6rmiddagen f\u00f6r att senare resa hem till Sverige p\u00e5 eftermiddagen.<br \/>\nVi ses!<br \/>\n<a href=\"#start\">Tillbaka till start<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"d8\">Dag 8<\/h2>\n<p>The travelgroup have a late return flight today. Still your humble reporter wakes up early.<br \/>\nThe night has been spent in exact same room number and hotel as first night. This time the extra bed was made. Even if the wake-up was early it took some time for the not so stressed younger travelgroup member to manage all morning routines.<br \/>\nHopefully all bigger travel groups already have been eating their breakfast. When the travelgroup approached the breakfast restaurant the volume was very high. The interior with bare walls made the noise very disturbing instead of mute it. Let\u2019s see what the VPS work during the week has given. Hopefully the staff had focused on this since the first breakfast was a disaster. Let\u2019s summarize the status today:<br \/>\n\u2022 Low scoring for the environment \u2013 To noisy<br \/>\n\u2022 One extra \u201cline\u201d (extra breakfast buffet table) has been established to spread the hungry hordes<br \/>\n\u2022 Kanban did still not work. Material shortage everywhere<br \/>\n\u2022 The restricted areas have not been marked. Guest where standing and eating\/drinking\/discussing in front of the \u201clines\u201d obstructing the flow of food grabbing guests. It was also somewhat disturbing<br \/>\n\u2022 The buffet tables were filthy after earlier guests who had spilled all sorts of food and liquids and the staff have not had the time to fix this<br \/>\n\u2022 The staff seemed somewhat more skilled but still two persons was not enough. One of the staff members used glows to handle the used plates etc. but kept them also on when supplying and arranging complementary food. Not so nice<br \/>\nSomewhat better but still not an attractive breakfast buffet.<br \/>\nLast breakfast on the island was ended with another shot of the \u201cdelicious\u201d \u201cTorskalysi\u201d! Terrible but probably very healthy!<br \/>\nThe weather was very fine today so the decision became to do some Geocaching. The shops did not open so early and most of them were closed on Sundays.<br \/>\nThis was a real nice Geocaching! The selected hides were most of them situated on very nice places. One was close to the Saga-museum and while searching the travelgroup realized that an orienteering competition was ongoing! Runners were running everywhere and some came from Sweden (competition dress). Got homesick!<br \/>\nThe completion was a three day competition \u2013 Ice-Orienteering.<br \/>\nOne Geocache hide was just 10 meters besides the start of the competition. Tried to be as discrete as possible so the organizers don\u2019t see me as trying to cheat in the competition. The finish was close to the public bath. The bath had one heated basin and some people also jumped into the Atlantic! Probably not many degrees! Some hides were besides the beach walk and it was a nice walk in the sun. By the way \u2013 the bath was free and no admission fee had to be paid! Compare it to other countries!<br \/>\nThe two last Geocaches were located in a forest in the other side of Reykjavik. What a nice place! It was an area between two very beautiful rushing rivers with a number of waterfalls. Many locals were walking, running and had picnics in the area. Have not seen so many other nice areas like this, where you can do your running exercises. Thanks to the Geocaches the travelgroup got the opportunity to see the highlight areas of the city compared to wander around in the common tourist ghettos.<br \/>\nAs mentioned before the weather was like early May and there was lot of blooming and nice smells. Must also mention that this island seems to be a real paradise for all the different species of birds. They could be observed everywhere and seemed to have all that they need.<br \/>\nToday the sun was burning so the group had red cheeks after the half day in the sun. By 01:00 it was time to start the trip to airport and also to return the rental car. The little car with its sew-machine motor has made a good work taking the group around the island (approx. 2400 km).<br \/>\nPassed one interesting sign on the way to the airport which caused a lot of thoughts and questions. The sign said \u201cSubba-training\u201d. Wonder what kind of guests they had\u2026\u2026<br \/>\nAgain there was speed control today but have been driving much disciplined whole week and did not \u201cstumble\u201d on this last part. Very ambitious for such little traffic but as seen before there is some very aggressive driving at least in Reykjavik.<br \/>\nEverything went smoothly at the airport until the Security control was passed.<br \/>\nThe tax-free area and bars were very compact and to many travelers. You bumped into other people all the time. The internet connection was for free (good!) but had to low capacity. Out in the gates the aisles where very narrow and had no seats. People in the closer gates were blocking the passage of others coming\/going from\/to the more outer gates. The boarding was delayed, the stay on the gate was delayed and the taxing of the plane to the runway start took a long time. If people would choose vacation destination just from airport experiences not many countries would be visited! Keflavik is sorry to say one of the lower graded airports. Of course this will still not darken any memories of this fantastic roundtrip. What a beautiful country!<br \/>\nOn the way now almost one hour delayed and the travelgroup will be home in Eskilstuna after midnight. A nice surprise showed up when the Iceland air compensated the delay with free sandwiches, coffee\/the and beverages. Good initiative.<br \/>\nThe flight delay caused some extra cost for the parking. When booking parking in advance it seems to be a fair price but the extra charge for the delay is proportionally high. BUT these are peanut money in this context.<br \/>\nThe last drive home went smoothly since there where almost no traffic this time of the night. No elks either.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s all folks<br \/>\n<a href=\"#start\">Tillbaka till start<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Island \u00f6n runt 2013 Dag 1 Dag 2 Dag 3 Dag 4 Dag 5 Dag 6 Dag 7 Dag 8 Dag 1 Quiz Innan resan s\u00e5 publicerades ett litet Quiz p\u00e5 facebook f\u00f6r att gissa destinationen: Some facts about the travel destination for quiz support: \u2022 The destination had today almost same temperature as home. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nyastigar.se\/?page_id=466\" class=\"more-link\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Iceland roundtrip June 2013<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-466","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyastigar.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyastigar.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyastigar.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyastigar.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyastigar.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nyastigar.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2015,"href":"https:\/\/nyastigar.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466\/revisions\/2015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyastigar.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}