Pics from the road I

These are some pics from the various Icelandic roads we've been on so far. The gallery will probably be expanded in the next two days. Some observations on traffic here in Iceland: A very high percentage of cars here have something wrong with one headlight. I estimate that maybe one in five cars have one light either completely dark, weakened or shining like a supernova. I don't know if changing lightbulbs is an expensive operation or if the Icelandic just don't give a shit, but it's definitely a characteristic of traffic over here.

Except for the major roads in and out of Reykjavik during the very height of rush hour, there is nothing resembling jams here. We've been going on major routes both north and especially south of Reykjavik, and traffic has been light. There just aren't enough people in this country to clutter up the roads. So far, it seems motorists are fairly polite and we haven't seen any insane driving (apart from our own).

The landscape here is crazy, although the weather has kind of made the whole country seem a bit grey these past two days. Now, there are stretches with boring, flat grasslands, but there are also big glaciers spouting wild waterfalls; there are fields of old, molten lava; tall, snowcapped mountain passes; winding roads and clear, blue lakes; there are deep valleys where the only signs of life are the hardy Icelandic Horse and some very windswept sheep. In short, we're in complete agreement that this island is both absofuckinlutely brilliant and that the scenery is calling out for a lot more movie shots. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, take heed!

All pics from the road(s).

This windswept fella was staring at us as we slowed down to take pics.


We'd just crossed this river.


A few hours later we crossed this river, which was full of drifting ice.


Waves frozen in ice.


Ice rapidly moving downstream. It was so effin cold and windy here.