Day 7 – Ash and Waterfalls day

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IMG_5778 We left Vestmanayer Island at 8.15 AM and reached mainland at 11.15 sharp.  Our bus was waiting for us with a new driver.  Our goal was to drive to our next hostel in Vik and see any geologic features along the drive.  Our new drive seem to have good idea as to what the stops were going to be, so we went along.  We ate lunch at a burger shop, and I learnt that hotdogs here are made of lamb meat, and they are delicious.IMG_5679

We visited two different water falls (Selizalandsfoss and Skogafoss) both of which are fed by glacial melt water from the highlands, visited a man-made cave, sea cliffs and sea arch/cave.  It was pretty windy, cold, drizzling, and the sea was very rough.  We braved it all to look at the beautiful columnar basalts, and highly fractured basalt.  We were not able to go see the cave because the tide was high and had cut off the beach at the promontory.  As we were driving, we also came across zones where the volcanic ash was blowing over making it very hard to see anything.  At times, the visibility was reduced to just about 10-20 feet.  IMG_5705We also got to see Icelandic Horses in a small horse farm house.  They are so beautiful.  

Finally we reached our hostel in Vik, and what a beautiful location it was.  Got to see the photos to understand!