25.08.08 – Álftavatn – Emstrur [day 3]
By Garik and Lena

• We woke up this morning at 06:00 AM, but it was not our clock this time, it belonged to some weird guy who was acting like some soldier. The two French girls woke up with him, probably they all wanted to start early their walk today. From the small window I’ve noticed that he weather was calm and clear! We’ve slept for another hour and than got up on our feet, and that was only after the big and loudly group from yesterday made some room in the hut. After the breakfast we put all our clothes on, our wet rain coats and pans on top, boots were also wet… and off we go! Read the rest of the entry »

24.08.08 – Hrafntinnusker – Álftavatn [day 2]
By Garik and Lena

• The clock rang at 0700AM and woke up some of  the snoring people in the hut. Some kept sleeping, some started to pack their stuff, and some went to the kitchen to make breakfast. So did we! We packed our stuff quite quickly and ate a small breakfast. We cleaned a bit the table where we ate, we planned to clean the floor too, but the warden told us that he will do it. Sorry… our dirty bags made such a mess… During the night we woke up for a moment because we heard noise coming from the entrance. At the morning we realized that those were two French girls, they got lost on their way and arrived at the small hours of a night… Wow…  Read the rest of the entry »