Wednesday, 7 December 2011

The mountains in Iceland reflect the ever changing skies
It is beautiful in Iceland. God's geology experiment.

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

In Reykjavik, the sky never sleeps

Standing behind a roaring waterfall is about the most exhilarating experience I've ever had.
You become overwhelmed by the force of nature and you feel very small indeed.

Mark from Melbourne. Not exactly the camera you would use at Wimbledon.
Interesting guy, he develops the plates himself. I never got around to
getting his contact details, would love to see how his shots turned out.
When lava solidifies, the different metallic ores crystallise into different colours.
I never knew that.


Reykjavik, I loved it. Drama and peace in a changing land.
Geysir, 'the original' from which others got their name. This erupts every
4-5 minutes blasting boiling sulphurous fumes into the air.

Happily, the whaling boats are laid up and rusting,
there is thankfully more money in getting tourists to watch whales in the sea,
rather than persuading tourists to eat them.

There is a mistaken belief that whale meat is a traditional
Icelandic cuisine and hence tourists are tempted to try it.
I did not.
Please visit Iceland and view the remarkable landscape and flora and fauna.
But please do not eat whales.
Go out on a boat and watch them, they will love you for that
and you will have a better day.