January 24, 2009

Iceland, Day 2: Jokulsarlon

Everything that went wrong started with an incident in the morning. We wanted to go to Laki, a volcano 4 hours away from Skaftafell, and the driver, that sweet, kind, helpful driver from yesterday was supposed to pick us up at the guesthouse at 7:20. He stood us up. We waited for an hour in case he had meant 8:20 instead, but he was still a no-show.
The bus to Laki left Skaftafell at 8:30, so no Laki for us today. The alternative was Jokulsarlon, where you can see glaciers and icebergs. We walked down to the main road, and after waiting for 15 minutes or so, we saw the bus coming and stopped it.
The scenery in Jokulsarlon was not exactly spectacular but weird enough. There were numerous icebergs on the sea, and above it was a mountain laden with glacier.

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