felt relieved and set off to explore the Langanes peninsula . We tried to take the dirt road that led to the lighthouse , but we gave up due to the prohibitive weather and road conditions . Disappointed , we reversed and took refuge in the service station , while we watched the storm raging on the Raudanes peninsula , another strip of land that we wanted to visit .
Strong wind and pouring rain made the cliffs overlooking the sea even more wild . Not far off , rock arches and stacks were the perfect refuge for Puffins . Excited , we watched them fly , carrying their catch in their beak . We were enveloped by a sense of solitude and peace as we listened to the waves of the Arctic crashing inside the caves carved into the coast .
We touched the Arctic Circle , and , near Kopasker , we sat on the black sand to admire the ocean ; a small whale decided to dance a few
hundred metres from us , rewarding our choice . At the beginning of the circumnavigation of the Tjornes peninsula , a sign indicated gusts of wind at 23metre per second ; careless we continued , soon discovering how important it is not to underestimate Nature . The gusts were so violent that they moved the charged bike ; impossible to stop or go back . For the first time , we felt the weather surrounding us : I rode inclined trying to oppose the strength of Aeolus and we moved forward taking courage over the intercom . After crossing a high hill , we reached Husavik , and the feeling was that of having landed in a safe harbour after having sailed in the midst of the storm . We jumped like crazy when we put our feet on the ground between the astonished gazes of the inhabitants .
Lake Myvatn is located at right angles to the mid-Atlantic ridge and is subject to geological instability that has produced multicolored and varied scenarios that are vastly different from those of the rest of the country . The basin is surrounded in the southern part by flat-topped mountains formed by subglacial eruptions and pseudo craters . These spectacular holes were formed by steam bursts caused by lava flowing into the lake . We walked up to the summit of Vindbelgjarfjall to enjoy the view from above . Hofdi is a waterfowl paradise : the small headland is covered in greenery and cloaked in flowers , birch , and spruce trees . Pillars of lava emerge from the water in suggestive groups among which ducks of all kinds make slalom . We walked along the short dirt road that led to the Hverfell crater and walked amongst the lava formations of the “ tenebrous castles ” of Dimmuborgir . Arriving in the Krafla area , one has the impression of landing on another planet : smoking mouths , craters and lakes with turquoise waters create an evocative landscape . Leirhnjukur is one of Iceland ' s largest and newest lava fields ; you can walk among smoking rocks and cracks , taking care never to stray from the marked paths as the earth ' s crust is thin and extremely hot . In Hverir we will find an ocher-coloured moonscape dotted with bubbling mud pools and fumaroles .
Continuing on the 1 you meet Godafoss . It is said that the speaker of the laws of the Icelandic parliament , around the year 1000 , pondered in this place the choice of adopting the Christian religion in Iceland and threw the simulacra of pagan divinities in the swirling waves at the base of the waterfall .
Akureyri is the only true city in the north of the island and the second in terms of population . Its fully equipped campsite would be a godsend to face two days of biblical flood and the tour of the Trollaskagi peninsula . State roads 82 and 76
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