The second part of our trip was "touring". Th
e weather was uncooperative for our second two day hike up north so we decided to rent a car and tour around seeing the sights. Actually, a great way to get the best of all worlds exploring a new country. Walk through it half the time, and drive around to check out the "tourist"
spots the second time. Taking the long road trip we were able to get a good feel for the character of the everyday - farm lands, coastal beauty, little towns, etc. Very nice. We stayed in hostels and camped during this time. The hostels in Iceland are really nice, clean and comfortable. We stayed only one night in a hotel, halfway through, to wash clothes and relax after the hike. That was luxurious! We started our road trip up north to a town called Husavik, a little fishing/whaling village - very quaint. We then headed to the national park up further north and enjoyed the canyons and waterfalls. We were going 
to camp there that night but decided, since it was early in the day and still raining, we would road trip all the way down the coast to Skaftafell NP, to see the big glaciers! It was a long drive but really nice. Beautiful, unspoiled coast, pristine farms - most of the farms are really pretty white buildings with red roofs, lots of rivers and fjords, tons of birds, and huge glaciers. Very nice!!
e weather was uncooperative for our second two day hike up north so we decided to rent a car and tour around seeing the sights. Actually, a great way to get the best of all worlds exploring a new country. Walk through it half the time, and drive around to check out the "tourist"
spots the second time. Taking the long road trip we were able to get a good feel for the character of the everyday - farm lands, coastal beauty, little towns, etc. Very nice. We stayed in hostels and camped during this time. The hostels in Iceland are really nice, clean and comfortable. We stayed only one night in a hotel, halfway through, to wash clothes and relax after the hike. That was luxurious! We started our road trip up north to a town called Husavik, a little fishing/whaling village - very quaint. We then headed to the national park up further north and enjoyed the canyons and waterfalls. We were going 
to camp there that night but decided, since it was early in the day and still raining, we would road trip all the way down the coast to Skaftafell NP, to see the big glaciers! It was a long drive but really nice. Beautiful, unspoiled coast, pristine farms - most of the farms are really pretty white buildings with red roofs, lots of rivers and fjords, tons of birds, and huge glaciers. Very nice!!
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