Just got back from a weekend of dinner parties in Halifax, and now faced with the prospect of job and apartment searching in Montreal, I'll take a quick break and -- with my laptop back in my possession -- post some shots from my tour around Iceland.
I'll do a little write-up one of these days, but I'm feeling lazy right now (Plus, I'm writing mock essays for some job applications I sent in. Weird, I know.)
(Note: With the hunt ahead of me and being a master procrastinator, I posted a buttload of photos.)
Sheep head, anyone?
Each time I saw a waterfall, I had to pee. Iceland has a lot of waterfalls. It got to the point where, if I started to feel my bladder expand, I'd expect a waterfall around the corner... and that's usually what happened.
No matter where you'd look, on sheer cliffs or outcrops, you'd see these tiny white dots -- grazing sheep. Sometimes you'd wonder how the hell they got up there.
Little foothills heaven.
I couldn't muster the guts to walk up on this natural bridge. Good thing probably, since the sea was a-ragin'.
Black sand beaches are the norm on the island.
Volcanic sediment that just completely overran an area of vegetation after a glacial burst in 1996 that took out bridges and stretches of roads. It's about 19km from the glacier to the sea, and the burst delta is even wider. It's all just volcanic sediment now.
Trying a dramatic cliffhanger pose. Actually, in setting this dopey picture up, the rock from the little outcrop crumbled out of my hands and from under my feet and I nearly bit it. Yup, that would have been a classy way to go.
Herbiberous at the smell factory. These sulfur pits just reeked, mon!
Mars meets moon.
I walked up to this caldera and could feel the heat coming up through the rocks, like this was the planet's stinky, heat-relieving armpit. (Note all the flakey white stuff.)
Run-off from a geothermic plant. Hot spring rivers, for Chrissake.
Can you spot the ogre faces?
What the Deh Cho Bridge will look like once the four piers petrify?
Akureyri
Dammit, now I have to get back to work again.
Hooey/
2 comments:
"What the Deh Cho Bridge will look like once the four piers petrify?"
Buwaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaha!
That was awesome. Oh, and I like the photos, too. I always wanted to see Iceland. I guess that just saved me a pile of money. :)
I am a little concerned that you took photos of sheep's asses. Lone;y in Iceland?
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