Aug
09.
09.08.08 Hellissandur
by Garik and Lena
- We woke up this morning without an alarm clock, quite late. It was a bit chilly outside the tent. After a quick breakfast we read in the book that it is possible to see seals on the western cliffs of the peninsula somewhere near the Vatnsborg crater or something like that, so we decided to take a walk to the cliffs (something like 12 Km each direction). We’ve started walking on 08:15 AM, after an hour or so, we passed the highest structure in Iceland (some US radio antenna), an old house where fish were salted and stored and an Irish well with whale skeleton near by. We decided to skip the last two places for now, and if we’ll have time on our way back, we’ll go see them. For now we had other main targets, seals, two lighthouses on the edge of the peninsula and a golden beach where a vikings’ skeleton was found in the 60s’. Read the rest of the entry »
Tags: 2008, August, Hellissandur, Iceland
