3FI 1601 - Iceland First Lap

Day 10: Flúðir - Reykjavik On our last day there was still someting to see! This big island can leave you breathless every day! Thingvellis, the plain where the old parliament was (already in the 10th century) and also the long crack between the two tectonic plates. Late mornign ride cruising along a scenic fjord and an early arrival in town to enjoy a stroll... Day 9: Kirkjubæjarklaustur - Flúðir THE DAY has come! The dirt-fun road F208 going through the highlands and reach the backpackers-hikers haven Landmannalaugar has about 25 water crossing. Water levels are a bit lower than last year, so everyting went very smoothly... Day 8: Höfn - Kirkjubæjarklaustur Quite an amazing scenery ahead of us today, cruising along the Vatnajökull on southern coast... and we are blessed with good sunshine and blue sky! Day 7: Egilsstaðir - Höfn Goooood morning.... ehm... Who did piss the trolls this morning? I mean, how's that possible to have one broken rim, one bike tipped like a leaf by the wind and one flat front tyre, all within 15 minutes? Oh well, this wasn't enough... just before getting to the hotel, support truck with flat tyre as well! Un believable! Anyway, another amazing day despite of the mishaps: the weather on the southern coast is simply "summer feeling". Have a look at the late sunset pics with the imposing Vatnajökull glacier in the background! Day 6: Husavik - Egilsstaðir What a day! Again iceland is capable of putting up quite an impressive scenery. New route compared to last year, so even for the tour guides there was something new to explore! We circumnavigate the peninsula east of Husavik and have our first stop at Ásbyrgi canyon.  The road after this point is (fortunately, but who knows for how long more) still gravel, with quite a bit of muddy potholes and bumpy section. Truly a delight, isn't it? Then we have a long stop at the largest waterfall in Iceland (and Europe as well), the stormy Dettifoss. The afternoon brings us through lunar-scaped panoramic roads, mostly gravel, far from traffic and settlements. We can really feel the call for wilderness here... Day 5: Akureyri - Husavik This day started with a nice road to warm up for the day because it was quite cold. We were lucky with the rain though and only got wet for about 10 minutes. First we stopped at the Godafoss Waterfall. Afterwards we explored the sights around Mývatn and continued to Husavik in the north of the island. Have a look at our photos! As we arrived in town we had lunch and spread out to explore the city and it's surroundings. Some went into the highly recommended whale museum, some went for a ride even further up north. And some went to the Exploration Museum were you get informations about the NASA crew training in Iceland. A pretty good day! Day 4: Sauðárkrókur - Akureyri After crossing inland yesterday, today an entire coastal day is awaiting us! Shorter ride, late start (also to allow Manuel and Michael to fix the flat tyre of the Tiger 800) and a pleasant cruise along the northern coast of Iceland until we reach its second biggest town: Akureyri. Day 3: Laugarvatn - Sauðárkrókur The appetisers of this country we have seen yesterday were quite astonishing, but nothing in comparison with what we are going to experience today. A fairly long day with about 280km, 160 of which is gravel. The first part is paved and brings us into the "golden triangle" of Iceland, visiting Geysir Strokkur and the powerful waterfal Gulfoss. Day 2: Reykjavik - Laugarvatn We start with some classic sights: heading off the capital we move through the Reykjanes peninsula, featuring extensive lava fields, craters, geothermal activity, hot springs, mud hot pots and the world famous Blue Lagoon. Day 1: Welcome to Reykjavik! Another Icelandic season is about to start! Actually for some of the group has started already a few days ago: Michael started 7 days ago with the preparation in Austria, loading all the bikes on the trailer and then driving first to the top of Denmark, then catching a two-days long ferry ride docking on the east coast of Iceland, afterwards driving the van (which is not the usual blue Iveco but a blue Ranger pick-up since we have some rough roads up here) and the trailer to Reykjavik for another day and a half. Here Manuel joined him for setting up the Triumph fleet for this motorcycle tour. Yes there was a bit to do, also a last-minute tyre fix because of a small defect and then.... everything ready to welcome a great group of familiar faces... Stay tuned!