{"id":10092,"date":"2024-12-10T00:24:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T07:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=10092"},"modified":"2024-12-10T00:24:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T07:24:53","slug":"iceland-2024-contd-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/10\/iceland-2024-contd-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland, 2024 — contd — 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are many fjords on the east coast of Iceland. The road follows the coast for much of the journey to Egilssta\u00f0ir. At one location, I passed this very distinctive amphitheater in the mountains, covered with snow.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"3079-0001-Amphitheater-In-The
Amphitheater In The Mountains.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

At Streitishvarf, I passed a lighthouse that is not orange! This one also appeared to have antennae that serve as a beacon.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"3079-0023-Just-A-Plain-White-Lighthouse\"
Just A Plain White Lighthouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Farther along the coast is an abandoned farmhouse by the fjord.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"3079-0027-Abandoned-Farmhouse-By-The-Fjord\"
Abandoned Farmhouse By The Fjord.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here I found another orange lighthouse! Looking at the image above, just to the right side of the house, one can make out the shape for the lighthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"3079-0053-Lighthouse-Near-Abandoned-Farmhouse\"
Lighthouse Near Abandoned Farmhouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The path to the lighthouse crossed through a puddle formed by a small creek. An orange reflection of the lighthouse was just visible in the pool of water.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"3079-0051-Lighthouse-Reflection-In-Puddle\"
Lighthouse Reflection In Puddle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Returning to the farmhouse, I passed by some fence posts, with a view of the distant mountains and the fjord. Time to move on!<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"3079-0064-Fence-Posts-On-An-Abandoned-Farm\"
Fence Posts On An Abandoned Farm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I reached Egilssta\u00f0ir and moved into the hostel just after the sun had set. The following morning, I made a side trip to Unaos to explore the area. Along the roadside, I stopped to make this image of the farm buildings that were located close to the foot of the mountain range.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"3080-0010-Farm-And-Mountains-Along-Route-To-Unaos\"
Farm And Mountains, Along Route To Unaos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Continuing on, the road climbed up the mountain side to a viewpoint that offers a great view of the long bay and coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"3080-0014-Bay-Near-Unaos-Northeast-Coast.\"
Bay Near Unaos, Northeast Coast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

At this point, I turned back so that I could make the rest of the trip to Akureyri during daylight hours. There were several kilometers (or miles) of snow covered roads during this journey. I stopped at Myvatn, where I could make some images of the spectacular Hverfjall crater that were located in the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"3081-0029-Rock-Wall-With-Hverfjall-Crater-In-The-Distance\"
Rock Wall With Hverfjall Crater In The Distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Continuing on to Akureyri, after cresting a mountain pass, I reached the fjord where the city is located. At this point, there was a magnificent sunset with clouds dropping snow on the mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"3081-0044-Sunset-Over-Mountains-Near-Akureyri\"
Sunset Over Mountains Near Akureyri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here is another view along the fjord towards the open sea.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"3081-0051-Overlooking-Fjord-Near-Akureyri\"
Overlooking Fjord Near Akureyri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

On the far shore it the town of Dalvik that was to be my destination for the night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are many fjords on the east coast of Iceland. The road follows the coast for much of the journey to Egilssta\u00f0ir. At one location, I passed this very distinctive amphitheater in the mountains, covered with snow. At Streitishvarf, I passed a lighthouse that is not orange! This one also appeared to have antennae that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[362,714,1959,1955,1890,273,1075,833,89,1956,211,974,28,1957,34,27,259],"class_list":{"0":"post-10092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-general","7":"tag-abandoned","8":"tag-amphitheater","9":"tag-bay","10":"tag-egilsstadir","11":"tag-farmhouse","12":"tag-fence","13":"tag-fjord","14":"tag-lighthouse","15":"tag-mountains","16":"tag-myvatn","17":"tag-orange","18":"tag-pool","19":"tag-reflections","20":"tag-sea-shore","21":"tag-sunrise","22":"tag-sunset","23":"tag-white"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMatQ-2CM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10092"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10101,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10092\/revisions\/10101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}